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# Access Control

Access control can be setup at various points in Pinot, such as controller endpoints and broker query endpoints. By default we will use [AllowAllAccessFactory](https://github.com/apache/incubator-pinot/blob/master/pinot-controller/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/api/access/AllowAllAccessFactory.java) and hence not be enforcing any access controls. You can add access control by implementing the [AccessControlFactory](https://github.com/apache/incubator-pinot/blob/master/pinot-controller/src/main/java/org/apache/pinot/controller/api/access/AccessControlFactory.java) interface.

The access control factory can be configured in the controller configs by setting the fully qualified class name of the AccessControlFactory in the property `controller.admin.access.control.factory.class`

The access control factory can be configured in the broker configs by setting the fully qualified class name of the AccessControlFactory in the property `pinot.broker.access.control.class`. Any other properties required for initializing the factory can be set in the broker configs as properties with the prefix `pinot.broker.access.control`.


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