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-rw-r--r--exporting/opentsdb/README.md7
-rw-r--r--exporting/opentsdb/opentsdb.c2
2 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/exporting/opentsdb/README.md b/exporting/opentsdb/README.md
index 3765ad271..0ca6d2449 100644
--- a/exporting/opentsdb/README.md
+++ b/exporting/opentsdb/README.md
@@ -22,7 +22,12 @@ directory and set the following options:
```
Add `:http` or `:https` modifiers to the connector type if you need to use other than a plaintext protocol. For example: `opentsdb:http:my_opentsdb_instance`,
-`opentsdb:https:my_opentsdb_instance`.
+`opentsdb:https:my_opentsdb_instance`. You can set basic HTTP authentication credentials using
+
+```conf
+ username = my_username
+ password = my_password
+```
The OpenTSDB connector is further configurable using additional settings. See the [exporting reference
doc](/exporting/README.md#options) for details.
diff --git a/exporting/opentsdb/opentsdb.c b/exporting/opentsdb/opentsdb.c
index 1310c150e..7ed88fd6d 100644
--- a/exporting/opentsdb/opentsdb.c
+++ b/exporting/opentsdb/opentsdb.c
@@ -269,10 +269,12 @@ void opentsdb_http_prepare_header(struct instance *instance)
simple_connector_data->last_buffer->header,
"POST /api/put HTTP/1.1\r\n"
"Host: %s\r\n"
+ "%s"
"Content-Type: application/json\r\n"
"Content-Length: %lu\r\n"
"\r\n",
instance->config.destination,
+ simple_connector_data->auth_string ? simple_connector_data->auth_string : "",
buffer_strlen(simple_connector_data->last_buffer->buffer));
return;