If you use the Management API to create and update API-managed categories, you must define a basic authentication account that will be used to send data to the API. Only one account may
be defined per deployment. The account must include a password.
Steps
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Click Advanced Options.
Note that this option is available only to Super Administrators and is not displayed if the API is not installed.
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Enter a User name for the account.
Use only alphanumeric characters.
A default user name, apiadmin, is provided but will not be saved until a valid password is entered and confirmed.
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Enter and confirm a Password for the account.
Passwords must be a minimum of 8 characters and include at least one:
- Uppercase character
- Lowercase character
- Number
- Special character
Supported characters include:
! # % & ' ( ) * + , - . / ; < = > ? @ [ ] ^ _ { | } ~
The following special characters are not supported:
Space $ : ` \ "
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Click OK. Changes are not implemented until you click Save and Deploy.
Use this information to authenticate each connection to the Policy API Server.