Configuring user authentication with local users by using the command line

Use the command line to configure the appliance to authenticate local users defined on the appliance.

1. Connect to the IBM® MQ Appliance as described in Command line access. Log in as an administrative user.
2. Type config to enter global configuration mode.
3. Type the following command to configure role based management:

   rbm

4. Enter the following command to specify the XML file authentication method:

   au-method local

5. Alter the default cache settings, if required. By default, the appliance caches results of authentication attempts for 600 seconds, but you can change the mode of caching, and the caching duration by entering the following commands:

   au-cache-mode mode
   au-cache-ttl seconds

   Where mode is one of:

   absolute

   Caches the results of user authentications for a period of time that is specified by the au-cache-ttl command (the explicit time-to-live). This setting is the default setting.

   disabled

   Disables caching. The appliance will not cache any results and instead always authenticates every time a user requests access.

   maximum

   Compares the explicit TTL to the TTL contained in the response (if any) and cache authentication results for the maximum of the two values.

   minimum

   Compares the explicit TTL to the TTL contained in the response (if any) and cache authentication results for the minimum of the two values.

mqa# config
Global configuration mode
mqa(config)# rbm
Modify RBM Settings configuration

mqa(config rbm)# au-method local
mqa(config rbm)# exit
mqa(config)# write memory
Overwrite previously saved configuration? Yes/No [y/n]: y
Configuration saved successfully.