Authentication Property Files

List of property files used by Config UI for authentication.

Based on the authentication type, define the property files. The property files are used in the configuration of the authentication process.

If you are using the LDAP server authentication, you should define an LDAP search property file. See LDAP Server Property File for LDAP Server Authentication.

If you are using the FILE-based authentication, define a user credentials file. The user credentials file is a text file containing the usernames and passwords required to login to the Config UI. See User Credentials File for File-Based Authentication.

LDAP Server Property File for LDAP Server Authentication

The LDAP server property file contains the LDAP search properties to connect to the LDAP server and authenticate the user. Define a property file for the LDAP server authentication.

Sample File

The sample file is located in the ASG_HOME/bin/ldapSearch.properties.

LDAP Server Properties Sample File: shows the example properties to be defined in the property file for the LDAP server authentication.

LDAP Server Properties Sample File:

User Credentials File for File-Based Authentication

In the file-based authentication, the credentials of the user are stored in a file. By default, the file is users.pwd file, which contains a list of user names, passwords, and roles. This file is referred as the password file. The user names, passwords, and roles are separated by colon (:) character and each pair must be present on a separate line. The user names are used to login the Config UI for file- based authentication.

The Config UI does not use the role for authentication process. The role is required only by the Management and Monitoring server. It is mandatory to define the role in the users.pwd file. Use GUI_USER as the role in the file when defining the user to log in the Config UI for file- based authentication.

Note: The password in the users.pwd file must be generated using MD5 (Message-Digest 5) hashing algorithm. For example, refer to http://www.md5hasher.net to generate the password using MD5 algorithm.

Sample File

The sample file is found as follows:

ASG_HOME/mm/config/users.pwd

Sample Property File for File Authentication shows the example file for file-based authentication.

Sample Property File for File Authentication