RODA keeps asking for authentication

[alexweirig]

Dear all,

I've have installed a RODA instance using docker on my local machine. I get everything up and running and I can login at the welcome page using the default userid and password (admin/roda).

Unfortunately, when I try to navigate within the UI (e.g. Catalogue) a popup windows is displayed:
Authentication
You need to be authenticated to access this page. Do you want to authenticate?
CANCEL LOGIN

No matter how often I try to login this windows keeps showing up. When I click CANCEL I'm back at the RODA Weclome Page but I still see the "admin" user menu (Profile, Logout). So the admin session is still active.

I've tried using different browsers (Edge, Chrome).

What am I missing?

Thank you very much in advance for your support

Alex

[luis100]

This issue is caused by RODA now requiring HTTPS with a valid (or accepted) SSL certificate for authentication and session persistence. Running RODA under plain HTTP (which is common in local Docker setups) leads to repeated authentication popups, even though you appear logged in. This is a recent security change and there is no straightforward way to test RODA under HTTP anymore, even for local development. You need to serve RODA over HTTPS, either by configuring your Docker setup to use self-signed certificates or by placing a reverse proxy (like nginx or Traefik) in front of your container to handle HTTPS termination. More details and confirmation from the maintainers can be found here.