username = Aladdin
 password = OpenSesame

 authfile = /var/lib/hydra/sotest.auth # file containing «username»:«password»

    die 'SoTest username and password must be specified'
      unless ( defined $sotest->{username} and defined $sotest->{password} );

    die 'SoTest authfile is not specified'
      unless ( defined $sotest->{authfile} );
    open( my $authfile, "<", $sotest->{authfile} )
      or die "Cannot open Sotest authfile \${\$sotest->{authfile}}";
    close($authfile);

    my $sotest_username;
    my $sotest_password;

    _logIfDebug 'post job for ', $sotest_name;

    my $authfile;
    open( $authfile, "<", $sotest->{authfile} )
      or die "Cannot open Sotest authfile \${\$sotest->{authfile}}";
    while (<$authfile>) {
        if ( $_ =~ /(.+):(.+)/m ) {
            $sotest_username = $1;
            $sotest_password = $2;
        }
    }
    close($authfile);
    die "failed to parse username and password from ${\$sotest->{authfile}}"
      unless ( defined $sotest_username and defined $sotest_password );
    _logIfDebug "post job for $sotest_name";

    $ua->default_headers->authorization_basic( $sotest->{username},
        $sotest->{password} );

    $ua->default_headers->authorization_basic( $sotest_username,
        $sotest_password );