feat(identity): authenticate principals with Basic Auth#5451
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Pull request overview
Adds new Kong Identity documentation covering the core concepts of Directories/Principals and a Gateway how-to showing how to authenticate Principals using the Basic Authentication plugin.
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- Introduces a new Kong Identity reference page explaining Principals, Directories, identities, credentials, metadata, and limits.
- Adds a new Gateway how-to that creates a Directory + Principal and configures the Basic Auth plugin to authenticate Principals.
- Includes validation steps demonstrating unauthorized vs authorized requests.
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| app/kong-identity/principals-and-directories.md | New reference page defining Kong Identity Principals/Directories and how they map to Gateway concepts. |
| app/_how-tos/gateway/authenticate-principals-with-basic-authentication.md | New how-to for configuring Basic Auth to authenticate Kong Identity Principals and validating requests. |
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Description
closes #5037
This PR contains a new guide for Kong Identity, using Principals and Basic Auth. It should be merged after #5327
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Test instructions
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descriptionentry in frontmatter.