Advanced Account Security
Introduction
Important
This is only applicable to on-premise deployments.
Appspace comes with more advanced account security features that may be enabled by administrators. These include the options to enforce a maximum number of failed attempts before a user’s account becomes locked as well as requiring user passwords to conform to meet certain complexity requirements to be deemed acceptable.
This guide will cover two key security features:
Prerequisites
- Appspace Core user credentials with Portal Administrator role
- Your own on-premise instance of Appspace
Enabling Account Lockout (Failed Attempts)
From the extensions drop-down menu, select System > Configuration.
Click on the Authentication tab.
To enable the Account Lockout feature, check the Enable box.
Once enabled, you will also be presented with the option of defining the maximum number of attempts before a user’s account becomes locked.
Click Save when finished.
When prompted to confirm the settings, click Yes.
The server should then detect that changes to the settings have been made and a prompt will present you with a shortcut to direct you to the page to apply your settings. Click on the Click Here link.
Enter your Windows server’s username and password and click Apply.
When prompted to confirm that by applying the settings, it will restart the Appspace server – click Yes to reboot the server and have the changes take effect.
Enabling Password Complexity
From the extensions drop-down menu, select System > Configuration.
Click on the Authentication tab.
To enable the Password Complexity feature, check the Enable box. The Appspace server’s password complexity rules that will be enforced will be clearly listed/defined on the screen.
Click Save when finished.
When prompted to confirm the settings, click Yes.
The server should then detect that changes to the settings have been made and a prompt will present you with a shortcut to direct you to the page to apply your settings. Click on the Click Here link.
Enter your Windows server’s username and password and click Apply.
When prompted to confirm that by applying the settings, it will restart the Appspace server – click Yes to reboot the server and have the changes take effect.
