Help Center/ Cloud Bastion Host/ User Guide/ User/ Remote Authentication Management/ Configuring Remote RADIUS Authentication
Updated on 2024-09-24 GMT+08:00

Configuring Remote RADIUS Authentication

You can interconnect your bastion host with the RADIUS server to authenticate logins to your bastion host.

This topic describes how to configure the RADIUS authentication and how to test the user validity of the configured RADIUS authentication.

Prerequisites

  • You have the management permissions for the System module.
  • You have obtained the information about the RADIUS server.

Procedure

  1. Log in to your bastion host.
  2. Choose System > Sysconfig > Authenticate.

    Figure 1 Configuring remote authentication

  3. Click Edit in the RADIUS Settings area.

    Figure 2 RADIUS Settings
    Table 1 RADIUS authentication parameters

    Parameter

    Description

    Server

    Specifies the IP address of the RADIUS server.

    Status

    Specifies the status of remote RADIUS authentication (default: ).

    • : RADIUS authentication is enabled. Remote RADIUS authentication is enabled when the user starts a login.
    • : RADIUS authentication is disabled.

    Port

    Specifies the access port of the remote RADIUS server. The default port number is 1812.

    Protocol

    Specifies the remote authentication protocol. This parameter can be set to PAP or CHAP.

    Password

    Specifies the authentication key of the remote RADIUS server.

    Timeout

    Specifies the timeout for remote RADIUS authentication.

    Username

    Specifies the username on the RADIUS server to test whether the RADIUS server information is correct.

    Password

    Specifies the password of username on the RADIUS server to test whether the RADIUS server information is correct.

    Test validity

    You can click Test validity to test whether the RADIUS server is configured properly.

  4. Click OK. You can then view RADIUS authentication configurations in the RADIUS server list.

Follow-up Operations

To modify or disable RADIUS authentication, click Edit in the Operation column and reconfigure RADIUS authentication in the displayed dialog box.