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CAIQUM-7059: Adding datasource to AIQUM 9.16 or later fails with "The \"applications\" object is invalid. Both \"application\" and \"authentication-methods\" must be specified."

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Issue

  • Adding data source fails with the following error:

"The \"applications\" object is invalid. Both \"application\" and \"authentication-methods\" must be specified."
 
  • ONTAP audit-mlog.log shows the following error:

PATCH /api/security/accounts/<user id used for adding datasource> : {"applications":[{"application":"amqp","authentication_methods":["password"],"second_authentication_method":"none"},{"application":"console","authentication_methods":["password"],"second_authentication_method":"none"},{"application":" http","authentication_methods":["password"],"second_authentication_method":"none"},{"application":"ontapi","authentication_methods":["password","certificate"],"second_authentication_method":"none"},{"authentication_methods":["password"],"second_authentication_method":"none"},{"application":"service_processor","authentication_methods":["password"],"second_authentication_method":"none"},{"application":"ssh","authentication_methods":["password"],"second_authentication_method":"none"}]} :: Error: The "applications" object is invalid. Both "application" and "authentication-methods" must be specified.


  • cert authentication is not assigned to the admin for the ontapi and http applications in the output of {}security login show{}.

 admin          amqp        password      admin            no     none
 admin          console     password      admin            no     none
 admin           http        password      admin            no     none
 admin          ontapi      password      admin            no     none
 admin          rsh         password      admin            no     none
 admin          service-processor password admin           no     none
 admin          ssh         password      admin            no     none

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