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+# Enforcing anonymous access with Kuadrant AuthPolicy
+
+Learn how to allow anonymous access to certain endpoints using Kuadrant's `AuthPolicy`
+
+## Prerequisites
+
+You have installed Kuadrant in a [kubernetes](https://docs.kuadrant.io/latest/kuadrant-operator/doc/install/install-kubernetes/) or [OpenShift](https://docs.kuadrant.io/latest/kuadrant-operator/doc/install/install-openshift/) cluster with a Gateway provider.
+
+### Create Gateway
+Create a `Gateway` resource for this guide:
+
+```sh
+kubectl apply -f -<<EOF
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: Gateway
+metadata:
+  name: kuadrant-ingressgateway
+spec:
+  gatewayClassName: istio
+  listeners:
+  - name: http
+    protocol: HTTP
+    port: 80
+    allowedRoutes:
+      namespaces:
+        from: Same
+EOF
+```
+The `Gateway` resource created above uses Istio as the gateway provider. For Envoy Gateway, use the Envoy Gateway `GatewayClass` as the `gatewayClassName`.
+
+### Deploy Toy Store application
+
+Deploy a simple HTTP application service that echoes back the request data:
+
+```sh
+kubectl apply -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kuadrant/kuadrant-operator/refs/heads/main/examples/toystore/toystore.yaml
+```
+
+### Expose the Application
+
+Create an `HTTPRoute` to expose an `/cars` and `/public` path to the application:
+
+```sh
+kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
+apiVersion: gateway.networking.k8s.io/v1
+kind: HTTPRoute
+metadata:
+  name: toystore
+spec:
+  parentRefs:
+  - name: kuadrant-ingressgateway
+    namespace: default
+  hostnames:
+  - api.toystore.com
+  rules:
+  - matches: # rule-1
+    - method: GET
+      path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: "/cars"
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: toystore
+      port: 80
+  - matches: # rule-2
+    - method: GET
+      path:
+        type: PathPrefix
+        value: "/public"
+    backendRefs:
+    - name: toystore
+      port: 80
+EOF
+```
+
+Export the gateway hostname and port for testing:
+
+```sh
+export INGRESS_HOST=$(kubectl get gtw kuadrant-ingressgateway -n default -o jsonpath='{.status.addresses[0].value}')
+export INGRESS_PORT=$(kubectl get gtw kuadrant-ingressgateway -n default -o jsonpath='{.spec.listeners[?(@.name=="http")].port}')
+export GATEWAY_URL=$INGRESS_HOST:$INGRESS_PORT
+```
+
+### Test the Unprotected Application
+Test requests to the unprotected application:
+
+```sh
+curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/cars -i
+# HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+```
+
+```sh
+curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/public -i
+# HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+```
+
+### Deny All Traffic with AuthPolicy
+
+Apply an `AuthPolicy` to deny all traffic to the `HTTPRoute`:
+
+```sh
+kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
+apiVersion: kuadrant.io/v1
+kind: AuthPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: route-auth
+spec:
+  targetRef:
+    group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
+    kind: HTTPRoute
+    name: toystore
+  defaults:
+    strategy: atomic
+    rules:
+      authorization:
+        deny-all:
+          opa:
+            rego: "allow = false"
+EOF
+```
+
+### Test the Protected Application
+
+```sh
+curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/cars -i
+# HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
+```
+
+```sh
+curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/public -i
+# HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
+```
+
+### Allow Anonymous Access to /public
+Create an `AuthPolicy` to allow anonymous access to the `/public` endpoint:
+
+```sh
+kubectl apply -f - <<EOF
+apiVersion: kuadrant.io/v1
+kind: AuthPolicy
+metadata:
+  name: rule-2-auth
+spec:
+  targetRef:
+    group: gateway.networking.k8s.io
+    kind: HTTPRoute
+    name: toystore
+    sectionName: rule-2
+  defaults:
+    rules:
+      authentication:
+        "public":
+          anonymous: {}
+EOF
+```
+
+The example above enables anonymous access (i.e. removes authentication) to the `/public` rule of the `HTTPRoute`.
+
+### Test the Application with Anonymous Access
+
+Test requests to the application protected by Kuadrant:
+
+```sh
+curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/cars -i
+# HTTP/1.1 403 Forbidden
+```
+
+```sh
+curl -H 'Host: api.toystore.com' http://$GATEWAY_URL/public -i
+# HTTP/1.1 200 OK
+```
+
+## Cleanup
+
+```sh
+kubectl delete -f https://raw.githubusercontent.com/Kuadrant/kuadrant-operator/refs/heads/main/examples/toystore/toystore.yaml
+kubectl delete httproute toystore
+kubectl delete authpolicy route-auth
+kubectl delete authpolicy rule-2-auth
+kubectl delete gateway kuadrant-ingressgateway
+```