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Wes_98712
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Oct 15, 2014

iControl Rest and Remote Authentication

Has anyone been successful in implementing remote authentication and iControl Rest? We have a case open with F5 support. Basically the remote authenticated user (in this case is an Active Directory a...
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BinaryCanary_19
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Oct 28, 2015

This should work in Version 12.0 and later.

 

However, I just did a quick test using LDAP auth, and I'm getting "Authentication Required" response consistently, even though I think my username/pass are correct, so perhaps more testing required.

 

  • markus_hanslin1's avatar
    markus_hanslin1
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    May 19, 2017

    I'm running 12.1.2, local authentication with iControl REST API works fine for me but with remote ldap:389 against the AD it is not. I get a 401. I can properly login with remote authentication via GUI.

     

  • Chris_FP's avatar
    Chris_FP
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    Jun 26, 2017

    I have just had 2 customers with the same issue and they're not happy about it. Do we know when this functionality will be available?