System Administration > Configuration > Fabric > Nodes > User Management > Authentication Policy

Resets node authentication policy and password complexity configuration

Resets to default, currently configured authentication policy and password complexity on the node.
Administrators need to enforce password change for existing user accounts
in order to match newly configured complexity requirements in system.

reset-all: resets configured Authentication policy and Password complexity


reset-auth-policies: resets only configured Authentication policy

includes - {api_failed_auth_lockout_period, api_failed_auth_reset_period,
api_max_auth_failures, cli_failed_auth_lockout_period, cli_max_auth_failures}


reset-pwd-complexity: resets only configured Password complexity


Request:

Method:
POST
URI Path(s):
/api/v1/transport-nodes/{transport-node-id}/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-all
/api/v1/transport-nodes/{transport-node-id}/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-auth-policies
/api/v1/transport-nodes/{transport-node-id}/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-pwd-complexity
/api/v1/cluster/{cluster-node-id}/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-all
/api/v1/cluster/{cluster-node-id}/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-auth-policies
/api/v1/cluster/{cluster-node-id}/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-pwd-complexity
/api/v1/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-all
/api/v1/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-auth-policies
/api/v1/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-pwd-complexity
Request Headers:
n/a
Query Parameters:
n/a
Request Body:
n/a

Example Request:

POST https://<nsx-mgr>/api/v1/node/aaa/auth-policy?action=reset-all

Successful Response:

Response Code:
200 OK
Response Headers:
Content-type: application/json
Response Body:
AuthenticationPolicyProperties+

Example Response:

{ "_schema": "AuthenticationPolicyProperties", "_self": { "href": "/node/aaa/auth-policy", "rel": "self" }, "api_failed_auth_lockout_period": 900, "api_failed_auth_reset_period": 900, "api_max_auth_failures": 5, "cli_failed_auth_lockout_period": 900, "cli_max_auth_failures": 5, "minimum_password_length": 8, "maximum_password_length": 128, "lower_chars": -1, "upper_chars": -1, "digits": -1, "special_chars": -1, "minimum_unique_chars": 0, "max_repeats": 0, "max_sequence": 0, "hash_algorithm": "sha512", "password_remembrance": 0, "_retry_prompt": 3, }

Required Permissions:

crud

Feature:

system_administration

Additional Errors: