basic-auth-block.md

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Name	Type	Description	Default	Required
username	string	Basic auth username.		no
password	secret	Basic auth password.		no
password_file	string	File containing the basic auth password.		no

password and password_file are mutually exclusive and only one can be provided inside of a basic_auth block.