Chapter 34

Management Access

This chapter describes management access and tasks for a user-centric network and includes the following topics:

"Configuring Certificate Authentication for WebUI Access" on page 625

"Enabling Public Key Authentication for SSH Access" on page 626

"Enabling RADIUS Server Authentication" on page 627

"Implementing a Specific Management Password Policy" on page 632

"Managing Certificates" on page 635

"Configuring SNMP" on page 639

"Configuring Logging" on page 640

"Enabling Guest Provisioning" on page 643

"Managing Files on the Controller" on page 657

"Setting the System Clock" on page 660

Configuring Certificate Authentication for WebUI Access

The controller supports client certificate authentication for users accessing the controller using the WebUI. (The default is for username/password authentication.) You can use client certificate authentication only, or client certificate authentication with username/password (if certificate authentication fails, the user can log in with a configured username and password).

NOTE: Each controller can support a maximum of ten management users.

To use client certificate authentication, you must do the following:

1.Obtain a client certificate and import the certificate into the controller. Obtaining and importing a client certificate is described in "Managing Certificates" on page 635.

2.Configure certificate authentication for WebUI management. You can optionally also select username/password authentication.

3.Configure a user with a management role. Specify the client certificate for authentication of the user.

In the WebUI

1.Navigate to the Configuration > Management > General page.

2.Under WebUI Management Authentication Method, select Client Certificate. You can select Username and Password as well; in this case, the user is prompted to manually enter the username and password only if the client certificate is invalid.

3.Select the server certificate to be used for this service.

4.Click Apply.

5.To configure the management user, navigate to the Configuration > Management > Administration page.

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