# Using Grafana Authentication for PMM Client **URL:** \ **Category:** PMM 1.x\ **Created:** [November 23, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/using-grafana-authentication-for-pmm-client/6701 "2018-11-23T16:56:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![gordan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/gordan/32/3438_2.png) [@gordan](https://forums.percona.com/u/gordan)\ **Post date:** [November 23, 2018, 4:56pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/using-grafana-authentication-for-pmm-client/6701/1 "2018-11-23T16:56:50Z")
Is it possible to use Grafana user/password authentication for PMM Client access? The error I get is: Even though the server is reachable it does not look to be PMM server. Check if the configured address is correct. Unexpected response code: 403 ( 403 Forbidden # Forbidden You don't have permission to access /v1/status/leader on this server. ) Is there a way to make this work, or can only simple http authentication be used? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Coburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/michael_coburn/32/18_2.png) [@Michael\_Coburn](https://forums.percona.com/u/Michael_Coburn)\ **Post date:** [December 5, 2018, 5:29pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/using-grafana-authentication-for-pmm-client/6701/2 "2018-12-05T17:29:18Z")
Hi [gordan](https://percona.vanillacommunities.com/profile/x/x/42489) Grafana does support basic auth ([url][Authentication HTTP API | Grafana documentation](http://docs.grafana.org/http_api/auth/#basic-auth%5B/url%5D)) and we’re looking to make this a seamless integration when we release PMM 2 next year. ---
**Author:** ![gordan](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/gordan/32/3438_2.png) [@gordan](https://forums.percona.com/u/gordan)\ **Post date:** [December 15, 2018, 8:17am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/using-grafana-authentication-for-pmm-client/6701/3 "2018-12-15T08:17:42Z")
So in that case I should use: Username: Bearer Password: as the credentials I give to pmm-admin? ---
**Author:** ![Michael\_Coburn](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/michael_coburn/32/18_2.png) [@Michael\_Coburn](https://forums.percona.com/u/Michael_Coburn)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 11:14am UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/using-grafana-authentication-for-pmm-client/6701/4 "2019-01-15T11:14:14Z")
Hi [gordan](https://percona.vanillacommunities.com/profile/x/x/42489) I’m not sure myself - I’m asking whether someone from Development can review this and suggest a path forward. Watch for an update shortly, thanks! ---
**Author:** ![Roma\_Novikov](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex019/user_avatar/forums.percona.com/roma_novikov/32/1161_2.png) [@Roma\_Novikov](https://forums.percona.com/u/Roma_Novikov)\ **Post date:** [January 15, 2019, 12:35pm UTC](https://forums.percona.com/t/using-grafana-authentication-for-pmm-client/6701/5 "2019-01-15T12:35:51Z")
Hi [gordan](https://percona.vanillacommunities.com/profile/x/x/42489)! Unfortunately, the other method will not work because of other checks in the system. So the only user/password is will work - the one you created during the PMM Server installation