Manual Chapter : Authentication & Access

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Authentication & Access

Authentication and access overview

You can manage the

VELOS

system

at all levels

from the CLI, the webUI, or using REST APIs.

Each of these levels is distinct from one another requiring separate user names and passwords.

The

VELOS

system has

three

levels of user management:

System controller level (chassis): At the system controller level, after basic configuration is complete, the system includes default root (Bash access only) and admin accounts that you can use to log in to the system. The system controller administrator uses the admin account and changes the default passwords when logging in the first time. At that point, the admin user can also create additional accounts for other users, such as other system controller administrators or operators. The system controller administrator also creates the chassis partitions, terminal server administrators, or operators.
Chassis partition level: At the chassis partition level, the chassis partition administrator logs into the chassis partition previously created by the system controller administrator. The chassis partition provides a default admin account and a chassis partition root account. The chassis partition administrator utilizes the admin account for managing the chassis partition, adding users, such as additional partition administrators, operators, and tenant console operators. You can use the root account to log into the blades in the partition (when accessing the serial consoles of the blades), but cannot log into the partition webUI or CLI.
Tenant level: Since the tenants are independent of the rest of the
VELOS
system, management of tenant users is not covered in this guide. For more information, see the tenant documentation (such as
BIG-IP
software documentation at my.f5.com).

User roles overview

There are multiple user roles for managing the

VELOS

system, and each role performs different sets of administrative actions at conceptually different levels.

VELOS

systems, users with admin access can make configuration changes at the level in which they are working (either the system controller level or the chassis partition level).

System controller-level user roles

This table lists user roles at the system controller level.

System controller-level user roles
Role	Description
admin	Provides access to the system controller CLI or system controller webUI to configure the system at the system controller level with unrestricted read/write access. Can unlock any system controller users. Logs in to the active system controller or floating IP address. No Bash access. Has broader ability and can create chassis partitions, configure management interfaces, install system controller level software, modify system settings, activate licensing, set up high availability for the two system controllers, and perform user management for the system controllers. The default login credentials are admin/admin. When logging in as admin for the first time, the system prompts you to change the password. This also changes the default password for the root account to match that of the admin account.
limited	F5 internal use only.
operator	Allows read access to system controller level configurations from the system controller CLI or system controller webUI, and write access to change password only. Logs in to the active system controller or floating management IP address. No Bash access. Has read-only access to every screen and every configuration object at the level in which they are working (either the system controller level or the chassis partition level) . If an operator tries to modify any setting, however, the system displays a warning that explains that their role is unauthorized to make the configuration change.
partition_n (1-n)	Can be assigned from the system controller CLI. The system controller administrator can create one partition console role per partition, where n refers to the chassis partition ID. When a user with the chassis partition_n role logs in on a specific blade port using root credentials, they are presented with the blade console through the terminal server. This is for troubleshooting and debugging the system.
resource admin	Similar to the Admin user role, but cannot create, modify, or delete local user accounts; create, modify, or delete server groups; or modify any authentication settings. This user role can modify their own user detail to change their own password.
root	Created by the system. Used by the system controller administrator. Provides Bash shell access to the entire system including all components including the blades. The system controller root account can be accessed from any system controller IP address, and from the system controller console. The root password can be changed using the passwd command, or by an admin user from the CLI. On first login, you are forced to change the password. If you change the root user password and the admin password is ‘admin’ at that time, the admin user will have the same new password. F5 recommends disabling the root account using appliance mode in production to reduce the attack surface of the system and protect it from any vulnerabilities.

Chassis partition-level user roles

This table lists user roles at the chassis partition level.

Chassis partition-level user roles
Role	Description
admin	Used for the chassis partition administrator. Provides access to the chassis partition CLI or chassis partition webUI to configure the system at the chassis partition level with unrestricted read/write access. Can unlock operator users. Logs in to the chassis partition management IP address. No Bash access. Can access only the chassis partition to which they have been assigned. They can configure network settings, port groups, interfaces, VLANs, LAGs, partition log settings, tenant deployments, system settings, and perform user management for those chassis partitions. The default login credentials are admin/admin. When logging in as admin for the first time, the system prompts you to change the password. This also changes the default password for the root account to match that of the admin account.
limited	F5 internal use only.
operator	Used for the chassis partition operator. Allows read access to the chassis partition configuration from the chassis partition CLI or chassis partition webUI, and write access to change password only. Logs in to the chassis partition management IP address. No Bash access. Has read-only access to every screen and every configuration object at the level in which they are working (either the system controller level or the chassis partition level) . If an operator tries to modify any setting, however, the system displays a warning that explains that their role is unauthorized to make the configuration change.
resource admin	Similar to the Admin user role, but cannot create, modify, or delete local user accounts; create, modify, or delete server groups; or modify any authentication settings. This user role can modify their own user detail to change their own password.
tenant console	Has virtual console access to tenants from the chassis partition CLI. Tenant console access is authenticated by tenant root credentials. No access to any part of the chassis partition.
partition root	Has Bash access to blades that are part of the chassis partition. Provided on the system. Log in to the console on a blade. Should be used only in rare cases when troubleshooting the system. The root password can be changed using the passwd command or by an admin user from the CLI. On first login, you are forced to change the password. If you change the root password and the admin password is ‘admin’ at that time, admin will have the same new password. F5 recommends disabling the root account and using appliance mode in production to reduce the attack surface of the system and protect it from any vulnerabilities.

Remote authentication overview

The

VELOS

system includes support for using a remote authentication server to store system user accounts. After you have created system accounts on the remote server (using the server vendor's instructions), you can configure the

VELOS

system to use that server type to authenticate and authorize users. You can enable all available remote authentication methods and use either the CLI or webUI to indicate the order in which you would like the methods to be attempted when a user logs in.

Enable remote authentication from the webUI

If you want to use a remote authentication server with your

VELOS

system, you must configure the type of authentication and settings to use at both the system controller/chassis level and chassis partition level. You can configure LDAP, RADIUS, Active Directory, and/or TACACS+ for external authentication from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

For

Authentication Methods

, from the

Available

list, select one or more options and click the arrows to move them to the

Selected

list.

The authentication server must be configured and reachable from the system.

The

Local (Always Selected)

option is always enabled and cannot be changed. Local authentication is always enabled, by default, so the administrator can always access the system in case of external authentication server failure.

Click

Show

to display additional settings, as needed, such as those in the Common LDAP Configuration area.

This is required only if you want to use LDAP and create LDAP server groups with LDAP servers.

Click

Save

The authentication settings are configured at the system controller/chassis level or the chassis partition in which you are working. When a user logs in, the system attempts to authenticate them against the configured authentication methods. When the account has a match within any of the configured authentication methods, the user is authenticated and given access.

Configure remote authentication priority from the webUI

You can configure the order in which the

VELOS

system attempts authentication methods when a user logs in to the system from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

For

Authentication Methods

, from the

Selected

list, select an authentication method and click the arrows to move it up or down in the list.

The

Local (Always Selected)

Click

Save

Create authentication server groups from the webUI

You can create authentication server groups from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI to organize servers using the same type of authentication method at both the system controller/chassis level and the chassis partition level. This is because the authentication servers used on the chassis partition might differ from those used on the system controllers at the chassis level.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Server Groups

Click

Add

For

Name

, enter a recognizable name for the server group.

For

Provider Type

, select

LDAP

OSCP

RADIUS

, or

TACACS+

to qualify the type of servers that will be in the group.

Click

Save & Close

You have created the authentication server group.

Next, you can add servers to the server group.

Add servers to authentication server groups from the webUI

Before you add server groups, you must have previously created at least one server group.

You can add servers to an authentication server group from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Server Groups

Click the server group to which you want to add servers.

The Edit Server Group screen displays.

Click

Add

Add server information for the server group.

Provider Type

is set when you create the server group and cannot be changed.

For an LDAP server group, you can change the

Port

number or

Type

of the server.

Select from these options:

LDAP over TCP

LDAP over SSL

(requires SSL certificate) depending on which protocol the LDAP server uses.

For an OCSP server group, you can change the

Port

number.

For a RADIUS server group, you can change the

Port

number,

Secret

(string or password), or

Timeout

(seconds to wait for a response from the server).

For a TACACS+ server group, you can change the

Port

number,

Secret

(string or password), or

Source Address

Click

Save & Close

Add as many servers as needed to the authentication server group. OCSP server groups can contain only one OCSP server.

Group IDs (GIDs) and system authentication roles

Users with the admin role can configure the system to use these authentication methods to authenticate users:

External LDAP Server (includes Active Directory)

External RADIUS Server

External TACACS+ Server

Local (local UNIX authentication)

Each user role is internally mapped to a group ID. Users created and managed on external LDAP, Active Directory, RADIUS, or TACACS+ servers must have the same group IDs on the external servers as they do on

VELOS

systems to enable authentication and authorization to occur on

VELOS

systems. Users created on external LDAP, Active Directory, RADIUS, or TACACS+ servers must be associated with one of these group IDs on the system.

You can only use existing roles and cannot create new roles.

The group IDs are specified in a user configuration file on the external server (file locations vary on different servers). You can assign these F5 user attributes:

F5-F5OS-UID=1001
F5-F5OS-GID=9000   <-- THIS MUST MATCH /etc/group items   
F5-F5OS-HOMEDIR=/tmp  <-- Optional; prevents sshd warning msgs 
F5-F5OS-USERINFO=test_user  <-- Optional user info 
F5-F5OS-SHELL=/bin/bash    <--  Ignored; always set to /var/lib/controller/f5_confd_cli

Setting

F5-F5OS-HOMEDIR=/tmp

is a good idea to avoid warning messages from sshd that the directory does not exist. Also, the source address in the TACACS+ configuration is not used by the

VELOS

system.

If F5-F5OS-UID is not set, it defaults to 1001. F5-F5OS-GID is required; if not set, user authentication will fail. The F5-F5OS-USERINFO is a comment field. Essentially, F5-F5OS-GID is the only hard requirement and must coincide with the group ID's user role.

Group IDs for system controller roles

This table lists group IDs for system controller roles.

Role	Group ID
admin	9000
operator	9001
partition_1	9101
partition_2	9102
partition_3	9103
partition_4	9104
partition_5	9105
partition_6	9106
partition_7	9107
partition_8	9108
resource admin	9003
root	0
ts_admin	9100
user	9002 (internal F5 use only)

Group IDs for chassis partition roles

This table lists group IDs for chassis partition roles.

Group IDs for Chassis Partition Roles
Role	VELOS Group ID
admin	9000
operator	9001
resource admin	9003
root	0
ts_admin	9100

Group ID configuration examples

RADIUS server

The user configuration file is often named

/etc/raddb/users

. This is an example of an entry for an administrator with admin privileges:

radius_user Cleartext-Password := test
        F5-F5OS-UID := 1001,
        F5-F5OS-GID := 9000,
        F5-F5OS-HOMEDIR := "/tmp",
        F5-F5OS-SHELL := "/var/lib/controller/f5_confd_cli"

TACACS+ server

For example, on a TACACS+ server, the user configuration file is typically named

/etc/tac_plus.conf

. This is an example of an entry for an administrator with admin privileges:

group = admin {
    service = ppp
    protocol = ip
    {
        default attribute=permit
        F5-F5OS-UID=1001
        F5-F5OS-GID=9000
        F5-F5OS-HOMEDIR=/tmp
        F5-F5OS-USERINFO=test_user
    }
}

user = test_tacacs_user {
	global = cleartext "test-tacplus"
	member = admin
}

Display user roles for system controllers from the CLI

You can display the administrator roles with their associated group IDs from the system controller CLI using an account with admin or operator access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Display user roles for the system controllers.

show system aaa authentication roles

A summary similar to this example displays:

syscon-1-active# show system aaa authentication roles
ROLENAME       GID   USERS
----------------------------
admin          9000  -
operator       9001  -
partition_1    9101  -
partition_2    9102  -
partition_3    9103  -
partition_4    9104  -
partition_5    9105  -
partition_6    9106  -
partition_7    9107  -
partition_8    9108  -
resource-admin 9003  -
ts_admin       9100  -
user           9002  -

Display user roles for chassis partitions from the CLI

You can display the administrator roles with their associated group IDs from the chassis partition CLI using an account with admin or operator access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Display user roles for the chassis partition.

show system aaa authentication roles

A summary similar to this example displays:

default-1# show system aaa authentication roles
ROLENAME        ROLENAME         GID    USERS
-----------------------------------------------
admin           admin            9000   -
limited         limited          9999   -
operator        operator         9001   -
resource-admin  resource-admin   9003   - 
tenant-console  tenant-console   9100   -

Custom remote group IDs (GIDs)

Using an account with admin or operator access, you can configure a custom remote group ID (GID) for all remote authentication methods (LDAP, TACACS+, RADIUS). For example, this enables LDAP administrators to specify admin and operator groups, and then associate those GIDs to the associated roles rather than the hard-coded 9000 and 9001. The default GID fields (that is, 9000 and 9001) are not affected, and the system maps the remote GID to the default GID.

You can assign remote GID mappings for only one remote authentication method at a time. If you switch from LDAP to RADIUS, for example, you will have to reconfigure the settings for RADIUS. If you then decide to go back to LDAP, you will have to reconfigure again. F5 recommends that you avoid assigning multiple F5-mapped GIDs to a single user account.

Configure remote group IDs (GIDs) from the CLI

Using an account with admin or operator access, you can configure a custom group ID (GID) for all remote authentication methods (LDAP, TACACS+, Radius) from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure a remote GID.

system aaa authentication roles role <role-name> config remote-gid

This example assigns a remote GID to the admin user:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication roles role admin config remote-gid
(<unsignedInt>) (9000): 6000

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Return to user (operational) mode.

end

Verify that the operator user role is assigned the custom remote GID.

show system aaa authentication roles

A summary similar to this example displays:

syscon-2-active# show system aaa authentication roles
ROLENAME        GID   USERS
-----------------------------
admin           9000   -
operator        9001   -
partition_1     9101   -
partition_2     9102   -
partition_3     9103   -
partition_4     9104   -
partition_5     9105   -
partition_6     9106   -
partition_7     9107   -
partition_8     9108   -
resource-admin  9003   -
ts_admin        9100   -
user            9002   -

Verify that the remote GID for the user matches the GID on the remote authentication server.

LDAP/AD configuration overview

You can configure the

VELOS

system to use an LDAP or Microsoft Windows Active Directory (AD) server for authenticating

VELOS

system user accounts.

Before you begin:

Verify that the LDAP service is set up on a server that is accessible to the

VELOS

system. The default port for the LDAP service is 389 for unsecure protocol (LDAP) or 636 for secure protocol (LDAPS). If the service is configured with a different port, make note of it, as you will need that port number during configuration.

Import one or more LDAP certificates if you want to verify the certificate of the authentication server.

Assign users to valid system group IDs on the external LDAP or Active Directory servers. For more information, see Group IDs (GIDs) and system authentication roles.

For the system to recognize an Active Directory user, the user's uidNumber attribute must be set to a valid value. The gidNumber for important groups must also be set to a valid value. While these attributes are typically present in a basic LDAP configuration, they are often missing from a basic AD configuration.

LDAP/AD configuration from the webUI

Configure LDAP/AD authentication from the webUI

You can configure the use of LDAP/Active Directory (AD) authentication with

VELOS

systems from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

For

Authentication Methods

, from the

Available

list, select

LDAP

and click the arrows to move it to the

Selected

list.

The LDAP server must be configured and reachable from the system.

The

Local (Always Selected)

In the Common LDAP Configuration area, click

Show

to expand the settings.

The Common LDAP Configuration settings are required only if you want to use LDAP and create LDAP server groups with LDAP servers.

For

Base DN

, enter the base distinguished name (name-value pairs) from which to start the search for the LDAP user (for example,

dc=example,dc=org

For

Bind

, specify the information for binding the LDAP service account.

For

, enter the distinguished name with which to bind to the LDAP directory server for lookups (for example:

cn=admin,dc=example,dc=org

For

Password

, enter the admin password for the LDAP server.

F5 recommends that the LDAP service account password is set to never expire. Otherwise, if it expires, LDAP authentication will not be possible and might result in users getting locked out of the system.

For

Confirm

, retype the password.

To clear the password, click

Clear

For

Connect Timeout

, specify the maximum amount of time, in seconds, that the system waits before timing out when trying to reach the LDAP server.

For

Read Timeout

, specify the maximum amount of time, in seconds, that the system waits to receive an LDAP response before aborting the read attempt.

For

Idle Timeout

, specify the maximum amount of time, in seconds, that an LDAP connection can be inactive before the connection is closed.

For

LDAP Version

, select the version of the LDAP protocol to use, or use the default of

For

Chase Referrals

, select whether to enable LDAP referral chasing.

The default value is

True

, which specifies that the system queries all LDAP servers in the domain. This might cause delays and timeouts when authenticating against an LDAP server.

If the LDAP server has Transport Layer Security (TLS) support, from

TLS

, select whether to use TLS to encrypt the transfer of authentication data between the LDAP server and the system.

Option	Description
On	Use TLS to secure all connections.
Off	Do not use TLS.
StartTLS	Starts a connection in unencrypted mode on a port configured for plain text and negotiates the encryption with the client. If selected, it is used rather than raw LDAP over SSL.

If set to

StartTLS

, additional TLS-related fields are enabled.

For

TLS Certificate Validation

, specify what checks to perform on a server-supplied certificate

Option	Description
Never	TLS certificate is not required.
Allow	Allow the connection. The server certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided, the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided, it is ignored and the session proceeds normally.
Try	Request the TLS certificate. The server certificate is requested. If no certificate is provided, the session proceeds normally. If a bad certificate is provided, the session is immediately terminated.
Demand	Request the certificate. If no certificate is provided, or a bad certificate is provided, the session is immediately terminated.
Hard	Request the certificate. If no certificate is provided, or a bad certificate is provided, the session is immediately terminated.

For

TLS CA Certificate

, click

Show

and paste the contents of the X.509 certificate (self-signed or from a CA) for peer authentication.

For

Cipher String

, enter the cipher string to specify the type of encryption to use (for example, ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 or ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256).

The cipher string can take several additional forms. It can consist of a single cipher suite such as RC4-SHA. It can represent a list of cipher suites containing a certain algorithm, or cipher suites of a certain type. For example, SHA1 represents all cipher suites using the digest algorithm SHA1, and SSLv3 represents all SSLv3 algorithms.

You can combine lists of cipher suites into a single cipher string using the + character as a logical AND operation. For example, SHA1+DES represents all cipher suites containing the SHA1 and DES algorithms.

For additional information, see the ciphers man page at www.openssl.org/docs/manpages.html.

In the

TLS Certificate

field, click

Show

and paste the text of the local certificate for client TLS authentication.

In the

TLS Key

field, click

Show

and paste the text of the private key for client TLS authentication.

For

Authenticate with Active Directory

, select

True

if you want LDAP to authenticate against an Active Directory (AD) server.

Click

Save

LDAP/AD authentication for users is configured on the system. When a user logs in, the system attempts to authenticate them against the configured authentication method. When the account has a match within any of the configured authentication methods, the user is authenticated and given access.

Next, you can create a server group.

Configure an LDAP/AD server group from the webUI

You can configure an LDAP/Active Directory (AD) server group from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Server Groups

Click

Add

For

Name

, create a recognizable name for the server group.

For

Provider Type

, select

LDAP

to qualify the type of servers that will be in the group.

Click

Save & Close

Add servers to the server group:

For

Server

, type the IPv4, IPv6 address, or FQDN of the LDAP server to add.

For

Port

, make sure the port number is correct for LDAP traffic.

The default value is

636

From the

Type

list, select

LDAP over TCP

LDAP over SSL

(secured) depending on which is supported.

Click

Save & Close

Add as many servers as needed to the group.

LDAP/AD configuration from the CLI

Configure LDAP/Active Directory authentication from the CLI

You can configure

VELOS

for LDAP/Active Directory authentication from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Set the authentication method to LDAP.

system aaa authentication config authentication-method LDAP_ALL

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Set the LDAP or Active Directory configuration details.

system aaa authentication ldap

active_directory

{true | false }

base

<dn-name>

bind_timelimit

<number-of-seconds>

binddn

<dn-acct-info>

bindpw

<password>

chase-referrals

{ true | false }

idle_timelimit

<number-of-seconds>

ldap_version

<version-number>

ssl

{ on | off | start_tls }

timelimit

<number-of-seconds>

tls_cacert

<path-to-cert>

tls_cert

<path-to-cert>

tls_ciphers

<cipher-suite>

tls_key

<path-to-file>

tls_reqcert

{ never | allow | try | demand | hard }

This example specifies a search base distinguished name for LDAP authentication:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication ldap base dc=example,dc=local

This example enables Active Directory authentication, by setting the

active_directory

option to true:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication config authentication-method LDAP 
  all system aaa authentication ldap active_directory true

Add the LDAP/AD server details to the authentication server groups.

Create the server group.

system aaa server-groups server-group ldap-group config name ldap-group type LDAP

Add the server and IP address of the LDAP service.

servers server <ip-address> config address <ip-address>

Customize the LDAP configuration details.

ldap config auth-port <port-number> type ldaps

This example shows secure LDAP configuration:

syscon-1-active(config)# ldap config auth-port 636 type ldaps

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

LDAP/Active Directory authentication for users is configured on the system controllers or chassis partition in which you are working.

Create an LDAP server group from the CLI

You can create an LDAP server group (including Active Directory servers), if you have multiple external LDAP servers to which you want to connect, from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create the server group.

system aaa server-groups server-group <group-name> config name <group-name> type LDAP

This example creates an LDAP server group named ldap-test:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa server-groups server-group ldap-test 
  config name ldap-test type LDAP

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Add the host name for the LDAP service.

This host name might have to be resolved in

/etc/hosts

or by DNS.

This example adds a host name to the LDAP service:

syscon-1-active(config)# servers server ldap.company.com config 
  address ldap.company.com

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Add LDAP certificates from the CLI

You can add an LDAP certificate and key from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Add the TLS config key.

system aaa tls config key (<AES-encrypted-string>)

A summary similar to this example displays:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config key 
(<AES encrypted string>): 
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]
> -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
> MIIEvQIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKcwggSjAgEAAoIBAQDarxbhnYlm8DoQ
> W23fxEm6qZF5+DEBinym3IAZe7V3eV/v1UmuqSMKmz3pLX5oYTZ0Fqj+mW4XdMxK
> kW93w91xYLZoOOn/P9ELt4Cu9YIoDTy3OU68EETjQarw9wd+0/JqKTRPWa+VAWGn
> hMg6N2OCY7hNc8FWFU2YD2x6MryacVCgCi20uhzde2G89pJlqGrm9KpbCN1ZV4Hc
> 4OWEnMAO/yyb8FceKQNgJ0pk9+kBosKfyYypZ8SjP9Bg4E76of5xMHBtbXNu/f3Y
> hJk/0gmMyuoTKl5d9AAUhU+gOZP6z2GTc2UfWnG0dfG6SWUGVmBtZ8u8y3nPi7Y9
> G1K5R3TzAgMBAAECggEAVamQhQB4+mHP3OhzudviJcSWv/iA+eGNwq9NXq4e/5YE
> Bqa+HjUTDOyS6+xuP+UUt5TIzjK79WRDQlKGH5wR+n+v9FOXFe2hrb1MIzz4p0fI
> KN3CAdk9oufuVkXuIbhUlVFetFalePD5l+1joapgyIrXfz+A1H+zzYT9MUD+sGBJ
> bYkTqxFgAwsJoMaPruemfzFLHeWRDh/o0fG7aA6v4AA+urIaK13bEs+U/38A6D4X
> j+Mzr2RP4bQJHBKE5vYJ0bwqfO3we21CPYpkla4APJUNGOLuZwfGhH1QREQy31rA
> sIru7KRBcxYikvfKI4oL8aUfPurcZbnaCD1bdUhlQQKBgQD3lQ4Qp53c3QGww/bQ
> s0tvJD6T86t5ve47j0V6hKHbp8Kq/zm+3jkRVNjH8nipyleQ44YJuSqPfo4EVKLC
> OYPDEEQP+2fAWmt1LUugoB/ilQHOHMJVuPUj9Hyt7wetp1EeFZqNqpgohdP9eM5/
> R8jSIuNhqIjPKTliqwOn4hLnvwKBgQDiHoE/O87/GadvmS/G6ExWFAE2j7l16y1f
> pz/cqY/p674TF/VUYsyKaLKM08iOhT6XeDACto+z7TYd5YNYAgawuxcDvDWXOZxe
> mWLpdzlQGzumeTz2Rsx3U3NnXETlGBWEjj6kAUq4oqFrRSBNGbHb4D7XVNuQPPSX
> rZ8CfNxfzQKBgG/rZ7JLs2c2WR9JVve9NWqGnetQCcI9A8bU23mpH2omii+2tKn9
> 1xpomp64k6ddmvwafmtC02SOtzBp+jGGwnOZlMsMwTgJJ+6OjVONTxykc25zPb52
> oAqi6QHPvk7YBiltZrKH3cTjypMY23BaSQQFVXi+MSpE3nYmDL8FyboNAoGAVIDp
> 9GO5nAROWpp5DHDL9m9LdMSJntPhBRpP93s22UjMo/4UJRE3N5KhB5guH3UUSy8T
> YjAvzCIeU1Xum/lF3s5Mb4zqyjUxhvjzyiRQOuuygyhT7AXRa9a4DiyhYqx5fixa
> pJgHALFmedw/khDEM1O+qGKCG4lsLzMndZqMERECgYEA5LQ128pxYmpp3lyK6a62
> 01W/1/BtuiApuEFdcqwk6MTtateS5Kpb5uA9orWISmtd7mZLcXZGTBuJEoWsHBs4
> BE/B1urijsnmFzGRwmwF9DwhhDuyLW/cAqQSWAb4IBkU0lo0MOwm80EgcLwoy/53
> zicLAzdPQOiNQEyIh5U46xg=
> -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

Add the TLS config certificate.

system aaa tls config certificate (<string>)

A summary similar to this example displays:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config certificate 
(<string>): 
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]
> -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
> MIIESzCCAzOgAwIBAgIJALgGgs+5qgX1MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIG7MQswCQYD
> VQQGEwItLTESMBAGA1UECAwJU29tZVN0YXRlMREwDwYDVQQHDAhTb21lQ2l0eTEZ
> MBcGA1UECgwQU29tZU9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbjEfMB0GA1UECwwWU29tZU9yZ2FuaXph
> dGlvbmFsVW5pdDEeMBwGA1UEAwwVbG9jYWxob3N0LmxvY2FsZG9tYWluMSkwJwYJ
> KoZIhvcNAQkBFhpyb290QGxvY2FsaG9zdC5sb2NhbGRvbWFpbjAeFw0yMDEwMjMy
> MjMwNTZaFw0yMTEwMjMyMjMwNTZaMIG7MQswCQYDVQQGEwItLTESMBAGA1UECAwJ
> U29tZVN0YXRlMREwDwYDVQQHDAhTb21lQ2l0eTEZMBcGA1UECgwQU29tZU9yZ2Fu
> aXphdGlvbjEfMB0GA1UECwwWU29tZU9yZ2FuaXphdGlvbmFsVW5pdDEeMBwGA1UE
> AwwVbG9jYWxob3N0LmxvY2FsZG9tYWluMSkwJwYJKoZIhvcNAQkBFhpyb290QGxv
> Y2FsaG9zdC5sb2NhbGRvbWFpbjCCASIwDQYJKoZIhvcNAQEBBQADggEPADCCAQoC
> ggEBANqvFuGdiWbwOhBbbd/ESbqpkXn4MQGKfKbcgBl7tXd5X+/VSa6pIwqbPekt
> fmhhNnQWqP6Zbhd0zEqRb3fD3XFgtmg46f8/0Qu3gK71gigNPLc5TrwQRONBqvD3
> B37T8mopNE9Zr5UBYaeEyDo3Y4JjuE1zwVYVTZgPbHoyvJpxUKAKLbS6HN17Ybz2
> kmWoaub0qlsI3VlXgdzg5YScwA7/LJvwVx4pA2AnSmT36QGiwp/JjKlnxKM/0GDg
> Tvqh/nEwcG1tc279/diEmT/SCYzK6hMqXl30ABSFT6A5k/rPYZNzZR9acbR18bpJ
> ZQZWYG1ny7zLec+Ltj0bUrlHdPMCAwEAAaNQME4wHQYDVR0OBBYEFJ8f90ExRYYD
> 0j2rQSKhMbRaKz0vMB8GA1UdIwQYMBaAFJ8f90ExRYYD0j2rQSKhMbRaKz0vMAwG
> A1UdEwQFMAMBAf8wDQYJKoZIhvcNAQELBQADggEBACzFSIiJ01qLtl9Nom5rtFRh
> m+iH0RewmO2YV9rQTl53shma1/Wa2D5PXsFt6w0wiXRa6Gab1YVxaHkP9E4RK6us
> B5s5pR+SijP02Ijw5y4RICegkWApx86wlW09NDBgPFQdz+xQnpx8LfAFDzkAEf02
> eI4SI25Vi3fDW6qeOKeQmS5itcRFXBi/E2+FwYu3zvtMEIp7WB90f0mvxiEd1bz8
> UY0pODHlYUzc/4jl9CGWGPl+80KHsjppqwsFzZs3koe2IyKbzMKfpdQ+oIiJP17+
> IVJgNbRCO5TgGXtFW3p3CJ2fHzEPongFdvbPOTr/cE/KkGxKqcoeN7d22g7POas=
> -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

RADIUS configuration overview

You can configure the

VELOS

system to use a RADIUS server for authenticating

VELOS

system user accounts.

Before you begin, you must verify that the RADIUS service is set up on a server that is accessible to the

VELOS

system. The default port for RADIUS service is 1812. If the service is configured with a different port, make note of it, as you will need it during the configuration.

Assign users to valid system group IDs on the external RADIUS server. For more information, see Group IDs (GIDs) and system authentication roles.

RADIUS dictionary

When configuring remote RADIUS authentication for the

system, you add these

F5OS

vendor-specific attributes (VSA) to the

vendor-specific RADIUS dictionary file on the RADIUS server.

ATTRIBUTE       F5-F5OS-UID                    21       integer
ATTRIBUTE       F5-F5OS-GID                    22       integer
ATTRIBUTE       F5-F5OS-HOMEDIR                23       string
ATTRIBUTE       F5-F5OS-SHELL                  24       string
ATTRIBUTE       F5-F5OS-USERINFO               25       string

RADIUS configuration from the webUI

Configure RADIUS authentication from the webUI

You can configure the use of RADIUS authentication with

VELOS

systems from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

For

Authentication Methods

, from the

Available

list, select

RADIUS

and click the arrows to move it to the

Selected

list.

The RADIUS server must be configured and reachable from the system.

The

Local (Always Selected)

Click

Save

RADIUS authentication for users is configured on the system. When a user logs in, the system attempts to authenticate them against the configured authentication method. When the account has a match within any of the configured authentication methods, the user is authenticated and given access.

Next, you can create a server group.

Configure a RADIUS server group from the webUI

You can configure a RADIUS server group from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Server Groups

Click

Add

For

Name

, create a recognizable name for the server group.

For

Provider Type

, select

RADIUS

to qualify the type of servers that will be in the group.

Click

Save & Close

Click the server group to which you want to add servers.

The Edit Server Group screen displays.

Click

Add

For

Server

, enter the IPv4, IPv6 address, or FQDN of the RADIUS server to add.

For

Port

, make sure the port number is correct for RADIUS traffic.

The default value is

1812

For

Secret

, enter the shared secret used to access the server.

For

Timeout (seconds)

, type the number of seconds to timeout if unable to access the server.

The default value is

Click

Save & Close

Add as many servers as needed to the group.

RADIUS configuration from the CLI

Configure RADIUS authentication from the CLI

You can configure the system for RADIUS authentication from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Set the authentication method to RADIUS.

system aaa authentication config authentication-method RADIUS_ALL

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Add the RADIUS service details to the authentication server groups:

Create the server group.

system aaa server-groups server-group radius-group config name radius-group type RADIUS

Add the server and IP address for the RADIUS service.

servers server <ip-address> config address <ip-address>

Customize the RADIUS configuration details.

radius config auth-port <port-number> secret-key secret timeout <timeout-in-seconds>

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

RADIUS authentication for users is configured on the system controllers or chassis partition in which you are working.

Create a RADIUS server group from the CLI

If you have multiple RADIUS servers to which you want to connect, you can create a RADIUS server group from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create the server group.

system aaa server-groups server-group <group-name> config name <group-name> type RADIUS

This example creates a RADIUS server group named radius-group:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa server-groups server-group radius-group 
  config name radius-group type RADIUS

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Add the server and IP address of the RADIUS service.

servers server <ip-address> config address <ip-address>

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

TACACS+ configuration overview

You can configure the

VELOS

system to use a TACACS+ server for authenticating

VELOS

system user accounts.

Before you begin:

Verify that TACACS+ is set up on a server that is accessible to the

VELOS

system.

Assign users to valid system group IDs on the external TACACS+ server. For more information, see Group IDs (GIDs) and system authentication roles.

TACACS+ configuration from the webUI

Configure TACACS+ authentication from the webUI

You can configure the use of TACACS+ authentication with

VELOS

systems from the webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

For

Authentication Methods

, from the

Available

list, select

TACACS+

and click the arrows to move it to the

Selected

list.

The TACACS+ server must be configured and reachable from the system.

The

Local (Always Selected)

Click

Save

TACACS+ authentication for users is configured on the system. When a user logs in, the system attempts to authenticate them against the configured authentication method. When the account has a match within any of the configured authentication methods, the user is authenticated and given access.

Next, you can create a server group.

Configure a TACACS+ server group from the webUI

You can configure a TACACS+ server group from the webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Server Groups

Click

Add

For

Name

, create a recognizable name for the server group.

For

Provider Type

, select

TACACS+

to qualify the type of servers that will be in the group.

Click

Save & Close

Click the server group to which you want to add servers.

The Edit Server Group screen displays.

Click

Add

For

Server

, type the IPv4, IPv6 address, or FQDN of the TACACS+ server to add.

For

Port

, make sure the port number is correct for TACACS+ traffic.

The default value is

For

Secret

, enter the shared secret used to access the server.

Click

Save & Close

Add as many servers as needed to the group.

TACACS+ configuration from the CLI

Configure TACACS+ authentication from the CLI

You can configure TACACS+ authentication from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI..

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Set the authentication method to TACACS+.

system aaa authentication config authentication-method TACACS_ALL

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Add the TACACS+ service details to the authentication server groups.

Create a server group.

system aaa server-groups server-group <group-name> config name <group-name> type TACACS

This example creates a TACACS+ server group named tacacs-group:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa server-groups server-group tacacs-group 
  config name tacacs-group type TACACS

Add a server to the server group.

servers server <ip-address> config address <ip-address>

This example adds a server at specified IP address:

syscon-1-active(config-server-group-tacacs-group)# servers server 192.0.2.22

Customize other TACACS+ configuration details, as needed.

tacacs config port <port-number> secret-key <secret>

This example shows configuring a port number:

syscon-1-active(config-server-192.0.2.22)# tacacs config port 49

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

OCSP configuration overview

Admin users can configure the

VELOS

system to use Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) to verify certificate validity and revoke expired certificates. The system sends an OCSP request, which includes the certificate serial number, to an OCSP responder, and receives a response with the certificate status (good, revoked, or unknown). OCSP is a similar to CRL checking, and you can configure the system to use both at the same time.

OCSP configuration from the webUI

Configure OCSP for certificate validation from the webUI

You can configure Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) for certificate validation from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

In the OCSP Configuration area, click

Show

to expand the settings.

For

OCSP Checking

, select

Disabled

Enabled

The default value is

Disabled

For

Nonce Request

, specify whether queries to OCSP responders should include a nonce (a unique identifier) in the request.

For

Override Responder

, specify whether the OCSP default responder is required for certificate validation.

For

Response Max Age

, specify the maximum amount of time, in seconds, for OCSP responses.

For

Response Time Skew

, specify the maximum allowable time skew, in seconds, for OCSP response validation.

Click

Save

Next, you can create a server group.

Configure an OCSP server group from the webUI

You can configure an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) server group from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI. The server group can contain only one OCSP server.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Server Groups

The

Provider Type

is set when you create the server group, and it cannot be changed here.

For

Host

, type the IPv4 address, IPv6 address, or the fully qualified domain name (FQDN) of the OCSP server.

For

Port

, enter the port for the OCSP server.

The default value is 80.

Click

Save

The OSCP server is added to the server group.

OCSP configuration from the CLI

Configure OCSP for certificate validation from the CLI

You can configure Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) for certificate validation from the CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Enable OCSP.

system aaa authentication ocsp config enabled

Configure the OCSP responder address that will be used for client certificate validation using one of these methods:

Provide the OCSP responder address using the client certificate.

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication ocsp config override-responder off

Provide the OCSP IP address using a server group.

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication ocsp config override-responder on
syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa server-groups server-group ocsp1 config name ocsp1 type OCSP
syscon-1-active(config-server-group-ocsp1)# servers server 192.0.2.17
syscon-1-active(config-server-192.0.2.17)# config address 192.0.2.17
syscon-1-active(config-server-192.0.2.17)# ocsp config port 23456

Configure additional OCSP options, if needed.

The system creates the responder address using default values for

nonce-request

(

) and

response-time-skew

(

300

system aaa authentication ocsp config nonce-request {

off

} response-max-age <time-in-seconds> response-time-skew <time-in-seconds>

For

nonce-request

, the default value is

. For

response-max-age

, the default value is

-1

, which disables the maximum age check. The range is from -1 to 214748364. For

response-time skew

, the default value is

300

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Next, you can create a server group.

Configure an OCSP server group from the CLI

You can configure an Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) server group from the CLI. The server group can contain only one OCSP server.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create an OCSP server group.

system aaa server-groups server-group <group-name> config name <group-name> type OCSP

This example creates an OCSP server group named ocsp-group:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa server-groups server-group ocsp-group config type OCSP

Add an OCSP server to the server group.

servers server <ip-address> config address <ip-address>

This example adds a server at a specified IP address, with the default value for port number (

syscon-1-active(config-server-group-ocsp-group)# servers server 192.0.2.25 ocsp config port 88

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

SSH public key authentication overview

Using SSH public key authentication to connect to a remote system is a robust, more secure alternative to logging in with an account password or passphrase. SSH public key authentication relies on asymmetric cryptographic algorithms that generate a pair of separate keys (a key pair), one "private" and the other "public". You keep the private key a secret and store it on the computer you use to connect to the remote system.

Configure SSH public key authentication from the CLI

You can configure Secure Shell (SSH) public key authentication from the system controller or chassis partition CLI. You can configure multiple authorized keys in one step. This feature supports all SSH key algorithms that are supported in the latest SSHD version. Root users cannot use this feature.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Configure SSH public key authentication.

system aaa authentication users user <username> config authorized_keys

Press Enter to enable multi-line mode and paste the contents. Paste the first SSH public key into the prompt, press enter to paste the next key, and continue until you have entered all keys. Press Ctrl-D to exit multi-line mode.

In this example, you configure public key authentication for a specified user:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication users user jdoe config authorized-keys
 (<string, min: 1 chars>):
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]
> hdsjhfashlksdfklahkjdhsakfdhaskhfkjasdhfjashd

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Delete SSH public key authentication from the CLI

You can delete a Secure Shell (SSH) public key authentication from the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Remove the authorized key.

no system aaa authentication users user <username> config authorized-keys

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Transport Layer Security (TLS) configuration overview

Before

VELOS

systems can exchange data with one another, they must exchange device certificates, that is, digital certificates and keys used for secure communication.

If you are using LDAP with transport layer security (TLS) for user authentication, you can choose to require TLS Certificate Validation in the authentication settings. You can add a certificate and key into the system, and when you create a certificate signing request (CSR), it saves the generated key and certificate to these directories:

system/aaa/tls/config/key

system/aaa/tls/config/certificate

When you install an SSL certificate, you also install a certificate authority (CA) bundle, which is a file that contains root and intermediate certificates. The CA bundle and server certificate complete the SSL chain of trust.

The

VELOS

system also supports using self-signed certificates.

You can also configure a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) entry for the system to use to check revocation status of a certificate prior to authenticating a client. Note that once you have configured a CRL, there must be a CRL certificate for each CA. If there are two CAs configured and one CRL is been added for one of the CAs, you need to provide a CRL for the other CA even if it is not revoked.

For information about client certification authentication, see Client certificate authentication overview.

Client certificate authentication overview

For enhanced security, users with admin access can configure the system so that webUI users use a client certificate to provide a username and authenticate before granting access to the

VELOS

system. The system verifies a user's identity by validating the client certificate against a list of trusted Certificate Authority (CA) certificates, and optionally checks the certificate status against a configured Certificate Revocation List (CRL) or Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) responder. The system extracts the user name from the certificate and uses it to query an external server for group membership information for the user, which is used to determine what features they can access on the system. You can also configure client certificate authentication to work with an LDAP authentication provider.

Client certificate authentication from the webUI

Configure client certificate verification from the webUI

You can enable verification of httpd client certificates from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

TLS Configuration

In the Client Certificate Verification area, click

Settings

The Client Certificate Verification screen displays.

For

Verify Client

, select whether to enable client certificate verification.

The default value is false (verification is disabled).

For

Client Depth

, select the client certificate verification depth.

The default value is 1, which indicates that the client certificate can be self-signed or must be signed by a Certificate Authority (CA) that is known to the server. A depth of 0 indicates that only self-signed client certificates are accepted. The range is from 0 to 100. The value you provide for depth indicates the maximum number of CA certificates allowed to be followed while verifying the client certificate. You might need to raise the default depth if you received more than one chained root certificate in addition to a client certificate from your CA.

Click

Save

Log in to the system webUI using a client certificate

Before you can log in to the webUI using client certificate authentication, you must have configured client certificate authentication from the CLI and imported the certificate to your browser. This procedure varies depending on operating system and browser.

You can log in to the webUI using a client certificate for authentication.

Connect to the webUI by entering the management IP address in your browser.

On the login screen, review the client certificate authentication agreement, if available, and then click

When prompted to select a certificate, select the certificate from the list and click

When authentication completes, the Dashboard displays. If you did not import a certificate to your browser, the authentication fails and displays an error message.

Client certificate authentication from the CLI

Configure client certificate verification settings from the CLI

You can configure client certificate verification settings from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI. The value you provide for depth indicates the maximum number of Certificate Authority (CA) certificates allowed to be followed while verifying the client certificate. You might need to raise the default depth if you received more than one chained root certificate in addition to a client certificate from your CA. The default depth of 1 indicates that the client certificate can be self-signed or must be signed by a CA that is known to the server. A depth of 0 indicates that only self-signed client certificates are accepted.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Specify whether to use client certificate verification.

system aaa tls config verify-client {

false

true

}

In this example, you enable client certificate verification:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config verify-client true

Configure client certificate verification depth.

The default value is 1. The range is from 1 to 100.

system aaa tls config verify-client-depth <depth>

In this example, you specify a depth of 10:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config verify-client-depth 10

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure client certificate verification with self-signed certificates from the CLI

Before you configure client certificate verification on your system, you must first:

Create your self-signed certificates, ensuring that the CN name for the server is the server name from the client's perspective (either an IP address or fully-qualified domain name (FQDN)).

Configure the server name in your SSL server's httpd configuration files.

You can configure HTTP server SSL settings with client certificate verification and self-signed certificates from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Add the TLS config key:

system aaa tls config key (<AES-encrypted-string>)

Press Enter to enable multi-line mode and paste the contents. Press Ctrl-D to exit multi-line mode.

A summary similar to this example displays:

appliance-1(config)# system aaa tls config key 
(<AES encrypted string>): 
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]
> -----BEGIN PRIVATE KEY-----
> MIIEvQIBADANBgkqhkiG9w0BAQEFAASCBKcwggSjAgEAAoIBAQDarxbhnYlm8DoQ
> W23fxEm6qZF5+DEBinym3IAZe7V3eV/v1UmuqSMKmz3pLX5oYTZ0Fqj+mW4XdMxK
> kW93w91xYLZoOOn/P9ELt4Cu9YIoDTy3OU68EETjQarw9wd+0/JqKTRPWa+VAWGn
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> -----END PRIVATE KEY-----

Add the TLS config certificate.

system aaa tls config certificate (<string>)

Press Enter to enable multi-line mode and paste the contents. Press Ctrl-D to exit multi-line mode.

In this example, you add a certificate:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config certificate 
(<string>): 
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]
> -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----
> MIIESzCCAzOgAwIBAgIJALgGgs+5qgX1MA0GCSqGSIb3DQEBCwUAMIG7MQswCQYD
> VQQGEwItLTESMBAGA1UECAwJU29tZVN0YXRlMREwDwYDVQQHDAhTb21lQ2l0eTEZ
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> -----END CERTIFICATE-----

Enable client certificate verification.

system aaa tls config verify-client {

false

true

}

In this example, you enable client certificate verification:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config verify-client true

Configure client certificate verification depth.

The default value is 1. The range is from 1 to 100.

system aaa tls config verify-client-depth <depth>

In this example, you specify a depth of 10:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config verify-client-depth 10

Add a CA bundle.

system aaa tls ca-bundles ca-bundle <ca-bundle-name> config name <ca-bundle-name> content

Press Enter to enable multi-line mode and paste the contents. Press Ctrl-D to exit multi-line mode.

In this example, you add a CA bundle named "test_caaaa":

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls ca-bundles ca-bundle test_caaaa 
config name test_caaaa content
(<string>): 
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure client certificate authentication from the CLI

Before you configure client certificate authentication, be sure that you have enabled client certificate verification. For more information, see Configure client certificate verification settings from the CLI.

You can configure client certificate authentication settings on the

VELOS

system from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Only users with admin access can configure client certificate authentication.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Enable client certificate authentication.

system aaa authentication config cert-auth {

disabled

enabled

}

In this example, you enable client certificate authentication:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication config cert-auth enabled

Configure the client certificate name field if you want to use a custom OID value for the client certificate username.

system aaa authentication clientcert config client-cert-name-field {

san-gen-dns

san-gen-email

san-gen-othername

OID { <OID> |

UPN

} |

san-gen-uri

subjectname-cn

}

In these examples, you configure an OID using one of these valid formats:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication clientcert config client-cert-name-field san-gen-othername OID UPN

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication clientcert config client-cert-name-field san-gen-othername OID 1.1

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication clientcert config client-cert-name-field san-gen-othername OID 1.3.6.1.4.1.311.20.2.3

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Next, you can configure the login banner with a client certificate agreement, if needed. For more information, see General system configuration overview.

Certificate management from the webUI

View or configure a TLS key and certificate from the webUI

Before you can install device certificates, you must enable LDAP as an authentication method in the system controller or chassis partition in which you are working (

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

You can view or replace TLS device certificates from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI. The device certificates apply only to the area in which you are working.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

TLS Configuration

To display a previously-installed TLS certificate or key, or to install a TLS certificate or key, in the TLS Certificate & Key area, click

Show

A text area opens and displays the certificate or key, if one has been previously installed.

To install a

TLS Certificate

, paste the text of the local certificate for client TLS authentication into the text box.

To install a

TLS Key

, paste the text of the local certificate for client TLS authentication into the text box.

If the TLS key is encrypted, a TLS Key Passphrase field displays. Enter the passphrase.

Click

Save

Configure a Certificate Authority (CA) bundle from the webUI

You can add or delete a Certificate Authority (CA) bundle from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

TLS Configuration

In the CA Bundles area, click

Add

The Add CA Bundle screen displays.

For

Name

, enter the bundle name.

For

TLS CA Certificate

, paste the certificate text.

Click

Save

To delete a CA bundle, under

CA Bundles

, click the name of the bundle in the table and click

Delete

Configure a Certification Revocation List (CRL) from the webUI

You can add or delete a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) from the webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

TLS Configuration

In the Certificate Revocation List area, click

Add

The Add CRL screen displays.

For

Name

, enter the list name.

For

Revocation Key

, paste the revocation key.

Click

Save

To delete a Certificate Revocation List, in the Certificate Revocation List area, select the list name in the table and then click

Delete

Create a self-signed certificate from the webUI

You can create a self-signed certificate from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

TLS Configuration

In the Self-Signed Certificate area, click

Create Certificate

For

Name

, enter the common name of the certificate.

For

, enter the contact email for the certificate.

For

City

, enter the city or locality.

For

State

, enter the state, county, or region.

For

Organization

, enter the full name of the certificate originator organization.

For

Unit

, enter the organizational unit or division.

For

Version

, enter the certificate version.

The default value is 1.

For

Days Valid

, enter the number of days for which the certificate is valid.

The default value is 30.

For

Key Type

, select a key type.

Available options are RSA, ECDSA, Encrypted RSA, or Encrypted ECDSA. These additional fields display.

For

Key Passphrase

, enter the key passphrase.

This field is required. The range is between 6 and 255 characters.

For

Confirm Key Passphrase

, re-enter the key passphrase to confirm.

For

Store TLS

, select whether to store the key and certificate in

system/aaa/tls/config/key

and

system/aaa/tls/config/certificate

The default value is False.

Click

Save

Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) from the webUI

You can create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

TLS Configuration

In the Certificate Signing Request area, click

Create CSR

The Create CSR screen displays.

For

Name

, enter the common name of the certificate.

For example, the server's hostname.

For

, enter the contact email address for the certificate.

For

City

, enter the city or locality.

For

State

, enter the state, county, or region.

For

Country

, enter the two-letter country code.

For example, US for United States.

For

Organization

, enter the full name of the certificate originator organization.

For example, your company's name.

For

Unit

, enter the organizational unit or division name.

For example, IT.

For

Version

, enter the certificate version.

The default value is 1.

For

Days Valid

, enter the number of days for which the certificate is valid.

The default value is 30.

Click

Save

Certificate management from the CLI

Configure a TLS key and certificate from the CLI

Before you can enable TLS encryption, you must have already configured a key and certificate on the system.

You can configure a TLS key and certificate from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Configure a certificate.

system aaa tls config certificate

Press Enter to enable multi-line mode and then paste the contents. Press Ctrl-D to exit multi-line mode.

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config certificate
(<string>):
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]
> ...

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure a key.

system aaa tls config key

Press Enter to enable multi-line mode and then paste the contents. Press Ctrl-D to exit multi-line mode.

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls config key
(<string>):
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]
> ...

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Return to user (operational) mode.

end

Verify that the certificate is configured.

show system aaa tls state certificate

A summary similar to this example displays:

syscon-1-active# show system aaa tls state certificate
response Certificate:
    Data:
        Version: 3 (0x2)
        Serial Number: 322234828 (0x1334e9cc)
    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
        Issuer: C=US, ST=WA, L=Seattle, O=MyCompany, OU=IT, CN=localhost.localdomain/emailAddress=root@localhost.localdomain
        Validity
            Not Before: Mar 18 21:40:28 2020 GMT
            Not After : Mar 16 21:40:28 2030 GMT
        Subject: C=US, ST=WA, L=Seattle, O=MyCompany, OU=IT, CN=localhost.localdomain/emailAddress=root@localhost.localdomain
        Subject Public Key Info:
            Public Key Algorithm: rsaEncryption
                Public-Key: (2048 bit)
                Modulus:
                    00:bc:ba:b9:8d:51:c7:c9:fe:81:86:52:ea:ef:08:
                    bf:af:68:df:dc:22:6d:a3:23:fa:a5:5b:cd:89:3e:
                    be:fb:cb:92:c4:bc:d7:a6:a5:f3:8b:6b:84:fa:b4:
                    31:39:88:8b:9a:96:2a:35:1c:3f:ee:23:4a:25:8f:
                    bf:ca:ae:fa:e2:38:5d:9f:43:9d:18:c2:8f:1f:f7:
                    27:a7:75:a1:12:71:2f:ec:8f:37:e2:a6:74:cc:59:
                    d4:c4:68:26:0c:0d:b6:b0:92:76:38:59:86:e1:54:
                    40:0e:0e:5d:6e:d6:e7:21:07:94:9e:43:6d:f0:50:
                    25:5a:68:64:39:fe:a6:df:6d:3f:f8:3c:69:9b:68:
                    5d:e7:36:88:5c:67:5a:02:01:99:e3:2c:d9:08:cc:
                    d5:9e:1c:cd:46:28:3a:85:76:59:fb:b3:f1:61:bc:
                    4f:03:57:2c:20:5d:6c:1d:11:1e:56:30:b2:91:67:
                    99:32:3f:d3:08:6d:4f:cd:a3:8d:f6:e6:34:9c:87:
                    04:8e:f2:79:f2:8c:1f:cc:1a:8b:2c:25:cf:b4:0c:
                    c7:73:93:e4:49:d5:03:00:eb:1f:90:3c:04:c3:59:
                    10:90:c9:dd:29:32:cb:27:9f:04:37:f5:05:20:f9:
                    79:32:c1:50:66:76:1d:6d:2d:78:95:16:d2:65:7b:
                    4c:f1
                Exponent: 65530 (x10001)

    Signature Algorithm: sha256WithRSAEncryption
         47:21:0e:06:80:ab:df:05:9f:04:80:9f:d6:db:b9:2e:c8:d7:
         39:8b:ac:6a:cf:cc:7b:5b:64:5c:59:2c:72:fe:57:d5:46:91:
         0a:d4:40:0d:42:c1:95:a6:69:d9:1e:36:ac:d1:dd:f4:a1:b0:
         08:3c:71:09:31:57:1a:0b:33:83:13:17:99:84:e4:70:82:85:
         f3:72:c7:fa:ba:0e:1a:fe:55:a1:ce:f7:96:2b:39:ef:4d:7a:
         7a:23:71:44:01:c1:6c:10:58:e8:5f:6b:a8:b6:70:cc:8f:65:
         c8:cd:7b:aa:4b:e2:6a:bc:1c:fe:59:8f:c8:85:08:f0:46:67:
         8d:15:a6:01:d0:a3:a2:fd:9c:db:c5:5b:51:07:6f:db:59:f8:
         bc:ba:9d:4a:30:ea:a7:7c:0c:fb:bb:9a:ea:c9:c2:a4:c1:82:
         e3:b8:2e:57:cd:32:6a:b1:a8:95:75:e3:82:8a:ea:c2:f8:37:
         c4:6f:a2:b4:e5:82:6c:3a:5d:c1:1f:a7:8e:da:7d:4c:51:d1:
         49:36:da:97:31:4a:64:92:bf:bb:85:e3:bd:67:16:79:fe:53:
         92:df:a8:3f:dc:8c:4e:e4:7c:b9:5e:ba:d6:ab:3d:7d:29:59:
         01:27:d9:ca:52:10:58:60:00:02:19:f9:1d:74:07:5c:0d:f7:
         5e:c2:d6:82

Configure a Certificate Authority (CA) bundle from the CLI

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

To add a CA bundle.

system aaa tls ca-bundles ca-bundle <ca-bundle-name> config name <ca-bundle-name> content

Press Enter to enable multi-line mode and press ctrl-D to exit multi-line mode.

In this example, you add a CA bundle named "test_caaaa":

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls ca-bundles ca-bundle 
  test_caaaa config name test_caaaa content

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

To delete a CA bundle.

no system aaa tls ca-bundles ca-bundle <ca-bundle-name>

In this example, you delete a CA bundle named "test_caaaa":

syscon-1-active(config)# no system aaa tls ca-bundles ca-bundle 
  test_caaaa

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Configure a Certification Revocation List (CRL) from the CLI

You can configure a Certificate Revocation List (CRL) entry from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

To configure a CRL entry.

system aaa tls crls crl <crl-name>

In this example, you configure a CRL named "bbb":

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls crls crl bbb

Press Enter to enable multi-line mode and press ctrl-D to exit multi-line mode.

Value for 'config revocation-key'(<string>):
[Multiline mode, exit with ctrl-D.]
> ...

Enter the key value.

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

To delete a CRL entry.

no system aaa tls crls crl <crl-name>

In this example, you delete a CRL entry named "bbb":

syscon-1-active(config)# no system aaa tls crls crl bbb

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Return to user (operational) mode.

end

View the CRLs currently on the system.

show system aaa tls crls crl

This example shows the CRLs currently on the system:

syscon-1-active# show system aaa tls crls crl
         DATE
NAME     ADDED
--------------------
*name*   3/11/2021

Create a private key and self-signed certificate from the CLI

You can create a private key and a self-signed certificate from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create a private key and self-signed certificate.

system aaa tls create-self-signed-cert name <name> email <email-address> city <city> region <region> country <country> organization <org-name> unit <org-unit> version <cert-version> days-valid <number> key-type { rsa | ecdsa } store-tls { true | false }

The

store-tls

option stores the private key and self-signed certificate in

system/aaa/tls/config/key

and

system/aaa/tls/config/certificate

instead of returning in the CLI output.

This example creates a private key and self-signed certificate with city, country, days valid, email, key type, name, organization, region, unit and version options specified, and with store TLS set to false:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa tls create-self-signed-cert 
  city Seattle country US days-valid 365 email jdoe@company.com key-type ecdsa 
  name Godzilla organization "Company" region Washington unit DEV 
  version 1 curve-name prime239v2 store-tls false
response
-----BEGIN EC PRIVATE KEY-----
MHECAQEEHiyJEVihDTnVi+v9RjfK3LhZ2PdSOXZFMJf3lyXaoaAKBggqhkjOPQMB
BaFAAz4ABHFISUTEi8wEdG0iBF3iqTi5m5b62xUSbhOJrXR8d0S6h+anvpo9xrH3
QKbVuacF7ZSNMj2tX/wyqVNePg==
-----END EC PRIVATE KEY-----
-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE-----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-----END CERTIFICATE-----

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) from the CLI

You can create a text-based certificate signing request (CSR) from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Create a CSR.

system aaa tls create-csr

name <name> email <email-address> city <city> region <region> country <country> organization <org-name> unit <org-unit> version <cert-version>

This example creates a CSR with name, email, organization, and unit options specified:

syscon-1-active# (config): system aaa tls create-csr name company.com email dev@company.com 
organization "Company" unit engineering
response -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----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-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST-----

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Authentication and access management from the webUI

Configure basic authentication from the webUI

You can configure basic authentication (user name and password) from either the system controller or the chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

For

Basic Authentication

, select whether to enable authenticating using a username and password.

The default value is

Enabled

Click

Save

Configure token lifetime from the webUI

You can choose how long your webUI session will remain active (in minutes) by configuring the token lifetime from the webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

For

Token Lifetime

, enter the token lifetime length in minutes.

The range is from 1 to 1440 minutes.The default value is

Click

Save

Configure local password policy from the webUI

A password policy enables you to qualify criteria for valid passwords and configure maximum password attempts for Local Authentication (

/etc/passwd

). You can configure local password policy at both the chassis and the chassis partition levels from either the system controller or chassis partition webUI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Authentication Settings

Click

Show

to display the Local Password Policy area.

Minimum Length

, the minimum number of characters required for a password.

The allowed range is 6 to 255.

For

Required Characters

, enter the minimum number of

Numeric

Uppercase

Lowercase

, and

Special

characters required in a valid password.

For

New/Old Password Differential

, enter the number of character changes in the new password that differentiate it from the old password.

The default value is 8.

For

Disallow Username

, select whether to check the password for the user name in forward or reversed form.

When set to

True

, if any variant of the username is found in the password, the new password is rejected.

Set

Apply Password Policy to Root Account

True

to use the same password policy for the root account.

The default value is

False

For

Maximum Password Retries

, enter the number of times a user can try to create an acceptable password at the prompt.

The default value is 3.

For

Maximum Login Attempts

, enter the allowed number of times a user can attempt to log in before the account is temporarily suspended.

The default value is 10 tries. If set to 0, there is no limit to the number of login attempts.

For

Lockout Duration

, type the amount of time in minutes that must lapse before a previously suspended user's account is unlocked.

The default auto value is 1 minute. If the value is set to 0, the administrator will have to manually unlock the user's account.

For

Max Password Age

, type the maximum number of days the password will expire after being changed.

If the last change was today and Maximum Password Age is 90, then the password will expire in 91 days. If set to 0 (the default), the password never expires.

Click

Save

You have configured the local password policy for the system or on the chassis partition in which you are working. On the same screen, you can configure other authentication settings.

Add users from the webUI

You can add users at both the chassis level and the chassis partition level. Default root and admin accounts are provided on the system. You can change the passwords on those accounts, but they cannot be deleted.

You can create only admin and operator users from the webUI. You can create other roles from the CLI.

On the left, click

AUTHENTICATION & ACCESS

Users

Click

Add

For

Username

, enter a name for the user.

For

Set Password

, enter a valid password according to the local password policy defined in the Authentication Settings.

For

Confirm Password

, retype the password.

From the

Role

list, select the role to assign appropriate capabilities for the user.

At the chassis level:

Option	Description
Admin	Used for the chassis administrator. Provides access to the chassis CLI or chassis webUI to configure the system at the chassis level (unrestricted read/write access). Can unlock any chassis users. Logs in to the active system controller or floating IP address.
Resource Admin	Similar to the Admin user role, but cannot create, modify, or delete local user accounts; create, modify, or delete server groups; or modify any authentication settings. This user role can modify their own user detail to change their own password.
Operator	Used for the chassis operator. Provides read access to chassis level configuration; write access to change password only. Logs in to the active system controller or floating IP address.

At the chassis partition level:

Option	Description
Admin	Used for the chassis partition administrator. Provides access to the chassis partition CLI and webUI to configure the system at the chassis partition level (unrestricted read/write access). Can unlock Operator users. Logs in to the chassis partition management IP address.
Resource Admin	Similar to the Admin user role, but cannot create, modify, or delete local user accounts; create, modify, or delete server groups; or modify any authentication settings.
Operator	Used for the chassis partition operator. Provides read access to chassis partition configuration using the chassis partition CLI and webUI. Has write access to change password only. Logs in to the chassis partition management IP address.

Click

Save & Close

The user account is created where you are working at either the chassis level or the chassis partition. Create as many users as needed to manage the system at the chassis level and the chassis partition.

Authentication and access management from the CLI

Add a user from the CLI

You can create additional users on your system from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Add a user.

system aaa authentication users user <user-name> config username <user-name> role <role> expiry-date <yyyy-mm-dd>

Where expiry-date is the date <yyyy-mm-dd> you want the account to expire. Other values for expiry-date are -1 for no expiration date (the default value), and 1 for expired.

This example creates an admin user named testuser with an account expiration date of November 20, 2025:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication users user testuser 
  config username test role admin expiry-date 2025-12-20

These roles are available:

Role	Description
admin	Has full read/write access and can make configuration changes at the level in which they are working (chassis or chassis partition).
limited	Is for F5 internal use only.
operator	Has read-only access to every screen and every configuration object at the level in which they are working (chassis or chassis partition).
partition_`n`	Has admin access to a specific chassis partition. The chassis administrator can create one terminal server role per chassis partition, where `n` refers to the chassis partition ID. When a user with the chassis partition_`n` role logs in to a specific blade port, they are presented with the blade console through the terminal server. This is for troubleshooting and debugging the system.
resource-admin	Similar to the Admin user role, but cannot create, modify, or delete local user accounts; create, modify, or delete server groups; or modify any authentication settings. This user role can modify their own user detail to change their own password.
root	Has full read/write access and can make configuration changes at all levels, including the Bash shell.
ts_admin	Has admin access to the terminal server (TS). A user with this role has terminal server access to all consoles on the system regardless of chassis partition restrictions.
user	Is unprivileged and cannot do anything on the system. One or more supported roles need to be assigned to make this user account useful.

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

The system creates the account with the specified role.

Disable a user from the CLI

You can disable user accounts on your

VELOS

system from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Disable a user.

An expiry-status of "locked" disables the account immediately, and "enabled" causes the account never to expire. You can also set the expiry-status to a future date. In that case, set the expiry-status in yyyy-mm-dd format to the date you want the account to expire.

system aaa authentication users user <user-name> config expiry-status [ locked | enabled | <yyyy-mm-dd> ]

This example disables a user named testuser:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication users user testuser 
config expiry-status locked

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Delete a user from the CLI

You can delete a specified user from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Delete a user.

no system aaa authentication users user <user-name>

This example deletes a user named testuser:

syscon-1-active(config)# no system aaa authentication users user testuser

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Set an admin password from the CLI

You can set an admin user's password from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Set a password for an admin user.

system aaa authentication users user <user-name> config set-password

This example sets the password for an admin user named testadmin:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication users user testadmin 
  config set-password

The system prompts you to set a new password for the specified admin user.

Set maximum password age

You can globally set the maximum password age for all users from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI. To do this, you specify the number of days after which the password will expire since it was last changed. For example, if the last change was today and the maximum age is 1, the password will expire tomorrow.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Specify the number of days after which a password will expire since it was last changed.

system aaa password-policy config max-age <number-of-days>

Set the expiry-date to a future date in yyyy-mm-dd format or set the expiry-date to -1 to indicate that the account never expires.

system aaa authentication users user <user-name> config expiry-date { -1 | <yyyy-mm-dd> }

This example indicates that passwords expire on 2021-12-12:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa password-policy config max-age 2021-12-12

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

When you log in to the CLI, you receive a message that the password will expire in the specified number of days.

Change a password from the CLI

You can change the password for a specified user from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Change a specified user's password.

system aaa authentication users user <user-name> config change-password

This example changes the password for a user named testuser:

syscon-1-active(config)# system aaa authentication users user testuser 
  config change-password

The system prompts you to confirm the old password, set a new password, and confirm the new password for the specified user.

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Modify user options from the CLI

You can modify or set options for a specified user from either the system controller or chassis partition CLI.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Change to config mode.

config

The CLI prompt changes to include

(config)

Change user options for a user.

system aaa authentication users user <user-name> config last-change <time> expiry-date <mm-dd-yyyy>

This example sets a last change date of zero (0) and an expiration date of January 1, 2030 for an admin user named testuser:

syscon-1-active(config)#  system aaa authentication users user testuser 
  config last-change 0 expiry-date 01-01-2030

Commit the configuration changes.

commit

Show system login activity from the CLI

You can display the login time, method, host, and status of system login activity from the CLI. The system maintains information for 7 login records before overwriting the earliest records.

Log in to the command line interface (CLI) of the system controller or chassis partition using an account with admin access.

When you log in to the system, you are in user (operational) mode.

Display the system login activity.

show system login-activity

This example displays the system login activity.

syscon-1-active# show system login-activity
admin  2023-04-26 16:21:23  http    172.18.65.114  success
      2023-04-26 16:55:32  http    172.18.65.114  success
root   2023-04-14 01:21:55  ssh     10.145.71.88   success
      2023-04-14 01:23:08  ssh     10.145.71.88   success

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Authentication & Access

Authentication and access overview

User roles overview

System controller-level user roles

Chassis partition-level user roles

Remote authentication overview

Enable remote authentication from the webUI

Configure remote authentication priority from the webUI

Create authentication server groups from the webUI

Add servers to authentication server groups from the webUI

Group IDs (GIDs) and system authentication roles

Group IDs for system controller roles

Group IDs for chassis partition roles

Group ID configuration examples

RADIUS server

TACACS+ server

Display user roles for system controllers from the CLI

Display user roles for chassis partitions from the CLI

Custom remote group IDs (GIDs)

Configure remote group IDs (GIDs) from the CLI

LDAP/AD configuration overview

LDAP/AD configuration from the webUI

Configure LDAP/AD authentication from the webUI

Configure an LDAP/AD server group from the webUI

LDAP/AD configuration from the CLI

Configure LDAP/Active Directory authentication from the CLI

Create an LDAP server group from the CLI

Add LDAP certificates from the CLI

RADIUS configuration overview

RADIUS dictionary

RADIUS configuration from the webUI

Configure RADIUS authentication from the webUI

Configure a RADIUS server group from the webUI

RADIUS configuration from the CLI

Configure RADIUS authentication from the CLI

Create a RADIUS server group from the CLI

TACACS+ configuration overview

TACACS+ configuration from the webUI

Configure TACACS+ authentication from the webUI

Configure a TACACS+ server group from the webUI

TACACS+ configuration from the CLI

Configure TACACS+ authentication from the CLI

OCSP configuration overview

OCSP configuration from the webUI

Configure OCSP for certificate validation from the webUI

Configure an OCSP server group from the webUI

OCSP configuration from the CLI

Configure OCSP for certificate validation from the CLI

Configure an OCSP server group from the CLI

SSH public key authentication overview

Configure SSH public key authentication from the CLI

Delete SSH public key authentication from the CLI

Transport Layer Security (TLS) configuration overview

Client certificate authentication overview

Client certificate authentication from the webUI

Configure client certificate verification from the webUI

Log in to the system webUI using a client certificate

Client certificate authentication from the CLI

Configure client certificate verification settings from the CLI

Configure client certificate verification with self-signed certificates from the CLI

Configure client certificate authentication from the CLI

Certificate management from the webUI

View or configure a TLS key and certificate from the webUI

Configure a Certificate Authority (CA) bundle from the webUI

Configure a Certification Revocation List (CRL) from the webUI

Create a self-signed certificate from the webUI

Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) from the webUI

Certificate management from the CLI

Configure a TLS key and certificate from the CLI

Configure a Certificate Authority (CA) bundle from the CLI

Configure a Certification Revocation List (CRL) from the CLI

Create a private key and self-signed certificate from the CLI

Create a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) from the CLI