What is cert Authentication Method that has been added when using AIQUM?
Applies to
- Active IQ Unified Manager (AIQUM) 9.12 or later
- ONTAP 9.10 or later
- Mutual Transport Layer Security (mTLS)
Answer
cert authentication method with Application set to http and optapi, which can be seen with security login show command output, is added by AIQUM.::> security login show
Vserver: vserver-01 SecondUser/Group Authentication Acct AuthenticationName Application Method Role Name Locked Method-------------- ----------- ------------- ---------------- ------ --------------admin amqp password admin no noneadmin console password admin no noneadmin http cert admin - noneadmin http password admin no noneadmin ontapi cert admin - noneadmin ontapi password admin no noneadmin service-processor password admin no noneadmin ssh password admin no none
Additional Information
- What certificates does AIQUM use, what is impact when expired and how to regenerate?
- Prior to AIQUM 9.12, AIQUM uses password credentials for communicating with ONTAP.
- Starting with AIQUM 9.12, AIQUM uses mTLS for communicating with ONTAP for any new cluster added. For the existing cluster, AIQUM will register the mTLS certificate to ONTAP cluster automatically after AIQUM server or services restart.
