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Updating Custom Password Policies

Function

This API is used to update custom password policies. It can be called only from the organization's management account or from a delegated administrator account of a cloud service.

URI

PUT /v1/identity-stores/{identity_store_id}/password-policy

Table 1 Path parameters

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

identity_store_id

Yes

String

Globally unique ID of an identity source.

Request Parameters

Table 2 Parameters in the request header

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

X-Security-Token

No

String

Security token (session token) of your temporary security credentials. If a temporary security credential is used, this header is required.
Table 3 Parameters in the request body

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

password_policy

Yes

PasswordPolicyDto object

   
Table 4 PasswordPolicyDto

Parameter

Mandatory

Type

Description

minimum_password_length

No

Integer

Minimum password length.

require_lowercase_characters

No

Boolean

Whether lowercase letters are required.

require_numbers

No

Boolean

Whether digits are required.

require_symbols

No

Boolean

Whether special characters are required.

require_uppercase_characters

No

Boolean

Whether uppercase letters are required.

max_password_age

No

Integer

Password validity period.

password_reuse_prevention

No

Integer

Password reuse limit. The default value is 1.

Response Parameters

Status code: 200

Successful

Status code: 400

Table 5 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

request_id

String

Unique ID of a request.

Status code: 403

Table 6 Parameters in the response body

Parameter

Type

Description

error_code

String

Error code.

error_msg

String

Error message.

request_id

String

Unique ID of a request.

encoded_authorization_message

String

Encrypted error message.

Example Request

Updating custom password policies

PUT https://{hostname}/v1/identity-stores/{identity_store_id}/password-policy

{
  "password_policy" : {
    "minimum_password_length" : 8,
    "require_lowercase_characters" : true,
    "require_numbers" : true,
    "require_symbols" : true,
    "require_uppercase_characters" : true,
    "max_password_age" : 80,
    "password_reuse_prevention" : 1
  }
}

Example Response

None

Status Codes

Status Code

Description

200

Successful.

400

Bad request.

403

Forbidden.

Error Codes

For details, see Error Codes.