Enable Local User Authentication to an HTTP Inbound Connection

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About this task

You can strengthen the security of inbound connections by enabling local user authentication. This procedure describes how to configure the use of the local user store to validate an inbound connection.

Note: Check the netmap to ensure that the policy you edit is associated with the inbound nodes you want to authenticate.

To add user authentication for an inbound connection:

Procedure

  1. Click Configuration from the menu bar.
  2. Expand the Policies tree and select the policy you created in the basic configuration.
  3. Click the Advanced tab.
  4. Enable the User Authentication Through Local User Store option.
  5. Click Save.