Modify password policy

Modifies the password policy settings in the GUI. The parameters are all optional and can be issued separately.

Request syntax

PATCH /v1/authentication/passwordPolicy {"passwordAttemptsAllowed": <attempts>, "minChars": <chars>, "minUpperCaseChars": <chars>, "MinLowerCaseChars": <chars>, "minNumericChars": <chars>, "minSpecialChars": <chars>, "maxIdenticalConsecutiveChars": <chars>,"maxPasswordAge": <days|null>, "minPasswordAge": <days|null>, "uniquePasswords": <passwords|null>}
Modify the password policy settings.

Request body parameters

passwordAttemptsAllowed (number, optional): Number of invalid password attempts before a user account is locked.
minChars (number, optional): Minimum number of characters required for new passwords. Valid values range from 8 to 30.
minUpperCaseChars (number, optional): Minimum number of uppercase characters ('A'-'Z') required for new passwords. Valid values range from 0 to 3.
MinLowerCaseChars (number, optional): Minimum number of lowercase characters ('a'-'z') required for new passwords. Valid values range from 0 to 3.
minNumericChars (number, optional): Minimum number of numeric characters (0-9) required for new passwords. Valid values range from 0 to 3.
minSpecialChars (number, optional): Minimum number of special characters (!@#$%) required for new passwords. Valid values range from 0 to 3.
maxIdenticalConsecutiveChars (number, optional): Maximum number of identical consecutive characters allowed for new passwords. Valid values range from 0 to 3.
maxPasswordAge (number, optional): Number of days it takes for a user's password to expire after it is set. Valid values range from 1 to 365. The value can be set to null to disable password expiration.
minPasswordAge (number, optional): Number of days that must pass before a password can be modified by the user. Valid values range from 1 to 365. The value can be set to null to disable this minimum.
uniquePasswords (number, optional): Number of unique passwords required before a password can be reused. Valid values range from 1 to 8. The value can be set to null to disable this requirement.

Example

> PATCH /v1/authentication/passwordPolicy {"minChars": 16,
"minUpperCaseChars": 1, "minLowerCaseChars": 1, "minNumericChars": 1,
"minSpecialChars": 1}
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json
Content-Length: 0