Juniper Networks J-Series Before You Begin, Managing User Authentication with Quick Configuration

J-series™ Services Router Administration Guide

When you configure local user templates and a user logs in, the JUNOS software issues a request to the authentication server to authenticate the user's login name. If a user is authenticated, the server returns the local username to the router, which then determines whether a local username is specified for that login name (local-usernamefor TACACS+, Juniper-Local-Userfor RADIUS). If so, the router selects the appropriate local user template locally configured on the router. If a local user template does not exist for the authenticated user, the router defaults to the remote template.

For more information, see “Setting Up Template Accounts” on page 18.

Before You Begin

Before you perform any system management tasks, you must perform the initial Services Router configuration described in the Getting Started Guide for your router.

Managing User Authentication with Quick Configuration

This section contains the following topics:

■Adding a RADIUS Server for Authentication on page 8

■Adding a TACACS+ Server for Authentication on page 9

■Configuring System Authentication on page 10

■Adding New Users on page 11

Adding a RADIUS Server for Authentication

You can use the Users Quick Configuration page for RADIUS servers to configure a RADIUS server for system authentication. This Quick Configuration page allows you to specify the IP address and secret (password) of the RADIUS server.

Figure 1 on page 8 shows the Users Quick Configuration page for RADIUS servers.

Figure 1: Users Quick Configuration Page for RADIUS Servers

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To configure a RADIUS server with Quick Configuration:

1.In the J-Web interface, select Configuration>Quick Configuration>Users.

2.Under RADIUS servers, click Add to configure a RADIUS server.

3.Enter information into the Users Quick Configuration page for RADIUS servers, as described in Table 8 on page 9.

4.Click one of the following buttons on the Users Quick Configuration page for RADIUS servers:

■To apply the configuration and return to the Users Quick Configuration page, click OK.

8■ Before You Begin