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Basic HTTP Authentication Scheme

The Basic HTTP Authentication Scheme may be used to provide configuration for BASIC (RFC 2617) authentication with a username and password

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↓dsconfig Usage

Parent Component

The Basic HTTP Authentication Scheme component inherits from the HTTP Authentication Scheme

Properties

The properties supported by this managed object are as follows:


Basic Properties: Advanced Properties:
↓ description  None
↓ enabled
↓ realm

Basic Properties

description

Description
A description for this HTTP Authentication Scheme
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

enabled

Description
Indicates whether the authentication scheme is enabled. If a scheme is not enabled, then its authentication requests using this scheme will not be processed.
Default Value
None
Allowed Values
true
false
Multi-Valued
No
Required
Yes
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action

realm

Description
Specifies the realm name that will be used.
Default Value
Identity Broker
Allowed Values
A string
Multi-Valued
No
Required
No
Admin Action Required
None. Modification requires no further action


dsconfig Usage

To list the configured HTTP Authentication Schemes:

dsconfig list-http-authentication-schemes
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To view the configuration for an existing HTTP Authentication Scheme:

dsconfig get-http-authentication-scheme-prop
     --scheme-name {name}
     [--tab-delimited]
     [--script-friendly]
     [--property {propertyName}] ...

To update the configuration for an existing HTTP Authentication Scheme:

dsconfig set-http-authentication-scheme-prop
     --scheme-name {name}
     (--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}
     [(--set|--add|--remove) {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To create a new Basic HTTP Authentication Scheme:

dsconfig create-http-authentication-scheme
     --scheme-name {name}
     --type basic
     --set enabled:{propertyValue}
     [--set {propertyName}:{propertyValue}] ...

To delete an existing HTTP Authentication Scheme:

dsconfig delete-http-authentication-scheme
     --scheme-name {name}