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.

Adding an SFTP client policy

How to add an SFTP client policy to a user agent.

About this task

The user agent controls the client settings for outgoing SFTP connections for requests that match the URL expression. These settings can be further overridden by query parameters in the URL that initiates the file transfer.

Without SFTP client policies, the client authentication settings are controlled by the basic authentication and public key authentication policies.

Availability: These setting are available for only appliances with the B2B feature.

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 SFTP Client Policies 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. From the SSH client profile list, select an SSH client profile.
   4. Optional: Set the Use unique file names property to off to disable the generation of a unique file name for puts to a remote directory.
   5. Click Apply.
6. Optional: Repeat the previous step to add another policy.
7. Click Apply to save the changes to the running configuration.
8. Click Save Configuration to save the changes to the persisted configuration.