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Gate local repo writes behind OIDC tokens
Add ARTIFACTAPI_AUTH_UPLOADS to require a verified token for local
uploads, deletes, evictions, /api/v1 publishes and /v2 push. Accept the
token as Bearer, Token, Basic password or bare header, and serve a
Docker registry token endpoint so pulls stay anonymous.
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Write authentication

artifactapi verifies writes against an OIDC issuer's JWKS, such as a Vault identity OIDC role. Reads, probes and anonymous pulls never need a token.

Variable Gates
ARTIFACTAPI_OIDC_ISSUER + ARTIFACTAPI_OIDC_AUDIENCE creating, updating and deleting remotes and virtuals
ARTIFACTAPI_AUTH_UPLOADS=true also every local repo write: PUT/DELETE /api/v2/remotes/<name>/files/*, DELETE /api/v2/{remotes,locals}/<name>/objects/*, PUT/POST/DELETE /api/v1/local/<repo>/* (npm publish, gem push/yank, ansible-galaxy publish) and Docker Registry V2 push/delete under /v2

Any token from the issuer whose aud is in ARTIFACTAPI_OIDC_AUDIENCE may write to every repo.

Minting a token

vault read -field=token identity/oidc/token/<role> > token

The role's client_id must be one of the configured audiences.

Passing the token

The token is accepted as Authorization: Bearer <token>, as Token <token>, as the password of HTTP Basic credentials with any username, or as a bare header value.

# curl
curl -fsSL -H "Authorization: Bearer $(cat token)" --upload-file f.tgz \
  https://artifactapi.example.com/api/v2/remotes/<repo>/files/f.tgz
curl -fsSL -u "ci:$(cat token)" --upload-file f.tgz \
  https://artifactapi.example.com/api/v2/remotes/<repo>/files/f.tgz

# docker / podman / helm (OCI): any username, token as password
docker login artifactapi.example.com -u ci --password-stdin < token
helm registry login artifactapi.example.com -u ci --password-stdin < token

# npm (.npmrc)
//artifactapi.example.com/api/v1/local/<repo>/:_authToken=<token>

# gem
GEM_HOST_API_KEY="$(cat token)" gem push --host https://artifactapi.example.com/api/v1/local/<repo> mygem-1.0.0.gem

# ansible-galaxy
ansible-galaxy collection publish c.tar.gz \
  --server https://artifactapi.example.com/api/v1/local/<repo>/ --api-key "$(cat token)"

With uploads gated, /v2/ answers anonymous requests with a Bearer challenge pointing at /v2/token. That endpoint returns the verified Basic password as the registry token, or an anonymous token that only reads, so docker pull keeps working without a login.