Adding credentials to the local user store

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If you enable user authentication through the local user store, you also add user information to the local user store. This user information is validated by Secure Proxy during a Connect:Direct® client connection.

Before you begin

Before you begin this procedure:
  • Enable user authentication for the inbound connection.
  • Ensure that the engine is configured to use the user store that contains the user credentials.

About this task

To add user information to the local user store:

Procedure

  1. From IBM Sterling Secure Proxy, select Credentials from the left hand-side navigation panel.
  2. Click User Stores to display the list of user stores.
  3. Select the default user store called defUserStore.
  4. From the Configure User panel, click Add User New +.
  5. Specify values for the following fields:
    • User Name
    • Password
    • Confirm Password
  6. Click Save.