# How to start scyalladb in docker by enabling PasswordAuthenticator

**URL:** <https://forum.scylladb.com/t/how-to-start-scyalladb-in-docker-by-enabling-passwordauthenticator/1248>\
**Category:** ScyllaDB\
**Tags:** docker\
**Created:** [January 29, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/how-to-start-scyalladb-in-docker-by-enabling-passwordauthenticator/1248 "2024-01-29T22:19:24Z")\
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**Author:** ![Irfan\_Pasha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/irfan_pasha/32/622_2.png) [@Irfan\_Pasha](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Irfan_Pasha)\
**Post date:** [January 29, 2024, 10:19pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/how-to-start-scyalladb-in-docker-by-enabling-passwordauthenticator/1248/1 "2024-01-29T22:19:24Z")

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Hello,

I am new to scyalladb and I dont see documentation on starting scyalladb on docker with PasswordAuthenticator with username and password as variables. Is there a way to do that ?

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**Author:** ![Irfan\_Pasha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/irfan_pasha/32/622_2.png) [@Irfan\_Pasha](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Irfan_Pasha)\
**Post date:** [January 30, 2024, 4:32pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/how-to-start-scyalladb-in-docker-by-enabling-passwordauthenticator/1248/2 "2024-01-30T16:32:03Z")

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Appreciate any response on this issue ?

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**Author:** ![Botond\_Denes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/botond_denes/32/163_2.png) [@Botond\_Denes](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Botond_Denes)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 8:43am UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/how-to-start-scyalladb-in-docker-by-enabling-passwordauthenticator/1248/3 "2024-01-31T08:43:44Z")

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You can follow the steps here: [Enable Authentication | ScyllaDB Docs](https://opensource.docs.scylladb.com/stable/operating-scylla/security/authentication.html)

Note that there is even separate instructions for a Docker deployment.

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**Author:** ![Irfan\_Pasha](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.scylladb.com/irfan_pasha/32/622_2.png) [@Irfan\_Pasha](https://forum.scylladb.com/u/Irfan_Pasha)\
**Post date:** [January 31, 2024, 4:06pm UTC](https://forum.scylladb.com/t/how-to-start-scyalladb-in-docker-by-enabling-passwordauthenticator/1248/4 "2024-01-31T16:06:54Z")

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Thank you @Botond_Denes I have seen that. The solution for docker is to use volume where you can provide the config.yaml to overwrite. I was more interested in environment variables, all I need is to enable authentication and I dont need to provide the whole set of config.