How to create a basic Authentication policy

A user agent request requires basic HTTP authentication (user name and password). If the target URL matches this expression, an HTTP Authorization header is added.

About this task

This header contains the supplied credentials. The URL set defined by this matching expression can be identical to the set defined by the HTTP proxy policy, or it can be a subset.

To establish a connection to a remote resource over FTP or SFTP with password authentication, configure a user agent with a basic authentication policy.

Procedure

1. In the search field, enter User Agent.
2. From the search results, click User Agent.
3. Click the name of a user agent configuration.
4. Click the Basic-Auth Policy tab.
5. Add a policy.
   1. Click Add.
   2. In the URL Matching Expression field, enter a shell-style expression to be the matching pattern for the URL set.
   3. Define credentials for authentication: User name and password
   4. Click Apply.