---
layout: api
page_title: /sys/internal/ui/default-auth-methods - HTTP API
description: The '/sys/internal/ui/default-auth-methods' endpoint returns any configured or inherited default and backup auth methods for a given namespace.
---

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# `/sys/internal/ui/default-auth-methods`

@include 'alerts/enterprise-only.mdx'

`/sys/internal/ui/default-auth-methods` is a Vault-internal endpoint used to
return the explicit, or inherited, default and backup auth method types for a
given namespace.

The namespace is derived from the request itself in the `X-Vault-Namespace` header.

This should only be used internally by the UI. Due to the nature of its
intended usage, there is no guarantee on backwards compatibility for this endpoint.

## Get UI default login configuration

@include 'alerts/unrestricted.mdx'

Return any configured, or inherited, default and backup authentication methods
for a given namespace.


| Method | Path                                        |
| :----- | :------------------------------------------ |
| `GET`  | `/sys/internal/ui/default-auth-methods` |

### Sample request

```shell-session
$ curl
    -- header "X-Vault-Namespace: it-admins" \
    --request LIST \
    http://127.0.0.1:8200/v1/sys/internal/ui/default-auth-methods
```

### Sample response

```json
{
  "data": {
    "backup_auth_types": [
      "token",
      "userpass"
    ],
    "default_auth_type": "ldap",
    "disable_inheritance": false
  },
}
```