au-method

This command specifies the RBM authentication method.

Syntax

au-method method

method

Sets the RBM authentication method. The default value is local.

client-ssl: Uses a SSL certificate from a connection peer. Requires validation credentials associated with the au-valcred command.
ldap: Uses an LDAP server. Requires information about the LDAP server with the au-server-host and au-server-port commands.
local: Uses the user configuration that is maintained on the local system. Does not access external resources.
oidc: Use public keys from an identity provider for OIDC authentication. This method requires information about the identity server. Use the au-oidc-client-id, au-oidc-client-secret, au-oidc-identity-service-url, au-oidc-key-fetch-interval, and au-oidc-identity-service-ssl-client commands.
XML file: Uses a locally stored RBM Info file. Requires the location of the file with the au-info-url command.

The au-method command sets the authentication method for RBM. The selected method must be fully configured before invoking this command.

If the admin account is not configured with all permissions, the admin account is locked out of the GUI. Use the CLI to change this circumstance.