4 files changed, 101 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/pkg/api/handlers/compat/auth.go b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/auth.go
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c152fbc2
--- /dev/null
+++ b/pkg/api/handlers/compat/auth.go
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+package compat
+
+import (
+	"context"
+	"encoding/json"
+	"fmt"
+	"net/http"
+	"strings"
+
+	DockerClient "github.com/containers/image/v5/docker"
+	"github.com/containers/image/v5/types"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/api/handlers/utils"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/domain/entities"
+	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/registries"
+	docker "github.com/docker/docker/api/types"
+	"github.com/pkg/errors"
+)
+
+func stripAddressOfScheme(address string) string {
+	for _, s := range []string{"https", "http"} {
+		address = strings.TrimPrefix(address, s+"://")
+	}
+	return address
+}
+
+func Auth(w http.ResponseWriter, r *http.Request) {
+	var authConfig docker.AuthConfig
+	err := json.NewDecoder(r.Body).Decode(&authConfig)
+	if err != nil {
+		utils.Error(w, "Something went wrong.", http.StatusInternalServerError, errors.Wrapf(err, "failed to parse request"))
+		return
+	}
+
+	skipTLS := types.NewOptionalBool(false)
+	if strings.HasPrefix(authConfig.ServerAddress, "https://localhost/") || strings.HasPrefix(authConfig.ServerAddress, "https://localhost:") || strings.HasPrefix(authConfig.ServerAddress, "localhost:") {
+		// support for local testing
+		skipTLS = types.NewOptionalBool(true)
+	}
+
+	fmt.Println("Authenticating with existing credentials...")
+	sysCtx := types.SystemContext{
+		AuthFilePath:                "",
+		DockerCertPath:              "",
+		DockerInsecureSkipTLSVerify: skipTLS,
+		SystemRegistriesConfPath:    registries.SystemRegistriesConfPath(),
+	}
+	registry := stripAddressOfScheme(authConfig.ServerAddress)
+	if err := DockerClient.CheckAuth(context.Background(), &sysCtx, authConfig.Username, authConfig.Password, registry); err == nil {
+		utils.WriteResponse(w, http.StatusOK, entities.AuthReport{
+			IdentityToken: "",
+			Status:        "Login Succeeded",
+		})
+	} else {
+		utils.WriteResponse(w, http.StatusBadRequest, entities.AuthReport{
+			IdentityToken: "",
+			Status:        "login attempt to " + authConfig.ServerAddress + " failed with status: " + err.Error(),
+		})
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/api/server/register_auth.go b/pkg/api/server/register_auth.go
index 1e5474462..56e115e30 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server/register_auth.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server/register_auth.go
@@ -1,13 +1,33 @@
 package server
 
 import (
+	"net/http"
+
 	"github.com/containers/podman/v3/pkg/api/handlers/compat"
 	"github.com/gorilla/mux"
 )
 
 func (s *APIServer) registerAuthHandlers(r *mux.Router) error {
-	r.Handle(VersionedPath("/auth"), s.APIHandler(compat.UnsupportedHandler))
+	// swagger:operation POST /auth compat auth
+	// ---
+	//   summary: Check auth configuration
+	//   tags:
+	//    - system (compat)
+	//   produces:
+	//   - application/json
+	//   parameters:
+	//    - in: body
+	//      name: authConfig
+	//      description: Authentication to check
+	//      schema:
+	//        $ref: "#/definitions/AuthConfig"
+	//   responses:
+	//     200:
+	//       $ref: "#/responses/SystemAuthResponse"
+	//     500:
+	//       $ref: "#/responses/InternalError"
+	r.Handle(VersionedPath("/auth"), s.APIHandler(compat.Auth)).Methods(http.MethodPost)
 	// Added non version path to URI to support docker non versioned paths
-	r.Handle("/auth", s.APIHandler(compat.UnsupportedHandler))
+	r.Handle("/auth", s.APIHandler(compat.Auth)).Methods(http.MethodPost)
 	return nil
 }
diff --git a/pkg/api/server/swagger.go b/pkg/api/server/swagger.go
index 92efb8ef3..12fd083bb 100644
--- a/pkg/api/server/swagger.go
+++ b/pkg/api/server/swagger.go
@@ -226,3 +226,12 @@ type swagSystemPruneReport struct {
 		entities.SystemPruneReport
 	}
 }
+
+// Auth response
+// swagger:response SystemAuthResponse
+type swagSystemAuthResponse struct {
+	// in:body
+	Body struct {
+		entities.AuthReport
+	}
+}
diff --git a/pkg/domain/entities/system.go b/pkg/domain/entities/system.go
index a1cfb4481..4b8383613 100644
--- a/pkg/domain/entities/system.go
+++ b/pkg/domain/entities/system.go
@@ -107,3 +107,14 @@ type ComponentVersion struct {
 type ListRegistriesReport struct {
 	Registries []string
 }
+
+// swagger:model AuthConfig
+type AuthConfig struct {
+	types.AuthConfig
+}
+
+// AuthReport describes the response for authentication check
+type AuthReport struct {
+	IdentityToken string
+	Status        string
+}