def METHOD_NAME(self):
    """verify that authentication is required for the realms controller
    * first we run an authenticated request via 'make_api_v2_request'
    * then we run an unauthenticated request via the standard client
      which will fail with status 401
    """
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- --
    # access the realms api via the authenticated testing api
    response = self.make_api_v2_request("/realms/")
    assert response.json["result"]["status"]
    assert isinstance(response.json["result"]["value"], list)
    # ---------------------------------------------------------------- --
    # access the tokens api with the unauthenticated testing client
    response = self.client.get("/api/v2/realms/")
    assert response.status_code == 401