Manual Chapter :
About HTTP 401
Response
Applies To:
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BIG-IP APM
- 15.0.1, 15.0.0
About HTTP 401
Response
The HTTP 401 Response action sends an HTTP 401 Authorization Required
Response page to capture HTTP Basic or Negotiate authentication.
For a
per-request policy subroutine, HTTP 401 Response supports HTTP Basic authentication only.
The HTTP 401 Response action provides up to three branches: Basic,
Negotiate, and fallback. Typically, a basic type of authentication follows on the Basic branch
and a Kerberos Auth action follows on the Negotiate branch.
An HTTP 401 Response action provides these configuration elements and
options.
- Basic Auth Realm
- Specifies the authentication realm for use with Basic authentication.
- HTTP Auth Level
- Specifies the authentication required for the policy.
- none- specifies no authentication.
- basic- specifies Basic authentication only.
- negotiate- specifies Kerberos authentication only.This option is not available for a per-request policy subroutine.
- basic+negotiate- specifies either Basic or Kerberos authentication.This option is not available for a per-request policy subroutine.
The action provides customization options that specify the text to display
on the screen.
- Language
- Specifies the language to use to customize this HTTP 401 response page. Selecting a language causes the content in the remaining fields display in the selected language.Languages on the list reflect those that are configured in the access profile.
- Logon Page Input Field #1
- Specifies the text to display on the logon page to prompt for input for the first field. WhenLanguageis set toen, this defaults toUsername.
- Logon Page Input Field #2
- Specifies the text to display on the logon page to prompt for input for the second field. WhenLanguageis set toen, this defaults toPassword.
- HTTP response message
- Specifies the text that appears when the user receives the 401 response, requesting authentication.
