This provider is deprecated and will be removed in a future release. The Plain provider should be used instead. The PlainPasswordFile Provider uses local file to store and manage user credentials. When creating an authentication provider the path to the file needs to be specified. If specified file does not exist an empty file is created automatically on Authentication Provider creation. On Provider deletion the password file is deleted as well. For this provider user credentials can be added, removed or changed using Management.

The user credentials are stored on the single file line as user name and user password pairs separated by colon character. This file must not be modified externally whilst the Broker is running. # password file format # <user name>: <user password> guest:guest