# Authentication Settings

Ostara allows you to set the authentication settings for each [application](/documentation/applications.md) you wish to manage within the app. Authentication can also cascade using the [Inherit](/documentation/authentication-settings/types/inherit.md) type, allowing you to set authentication at the folder level which will cascade to all apps and folders below it.

The following authentication types are supported:

* [None](/documentation/authentication-settings/types/none.md)
* [Inherit](/documentation/authentication-settings/types/inherit.md)
* [Basic](/documentation/authentication-settings/types/basic.md)
* [Bearer Token](/documentation/authentication-settings/types/bearer-token.md)
* [Header](/documentation/authentication-settings/types/header.md)
* [Query String](/documentation/authentication-settings/types/query-string.md)


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