Defining a password policy for GUI users

You can enforce strong passwords for the GUI users whose credentials are stored in the internal repository by defining a password policy.

1. Go to Services > GUI > Password Policy page in the IBM Storage Scale GUI.
2. Select the password history size in the Password history size field. The password history size defined the number of unique new passwords associated with a user before an old password can be reused. To disable this feature, select 0.
3. Select the minimum number of alphanumeric characters required, in the Minimum password length field.
4. Select the minimum age of the password in the Minimum password age field. This age defines the minimum period for which the password can be used before it can be changed.
5. Select the maximum age of the password in the Maximum password age field. This age defines the maximum period for which the password can be used after which it must be changed.
6. Click View advanced policies and define the following details:
   • Minimum number of characters in the password
   • Number of uppercase alphabetic characters
   • Number of lowercase alphabetic characters
   • Number of numerical characters
   • Number of special characters
   • Number of consecutive repeating characters
   • Number of characters that must be changed in the new password
7. Select the Disallow username in the password checkbox if you do not want the user name to be used as the password.
8. Click Save to apply the password policy. A password policy is created for the GUI users.