User name & password
Used to verify user credentials against one or more user stores. Requires modules AuthN & Pipes to be deployed.
Configuration
Authenticator type: UserNameAndPassword
Common Authenticator configuration can be found here.
pipe_id
Pipe to use for validation.
N/A
allowed_retries
Numer of allowed faulty tries before system resets the state.
2
Property base_path should not contain the full path when used in conjunction with the Selector, instead, the full URI will be handled by the selector. The full path will be base_path + / + id.
Logging
Apart from system logging, event logging is done when completing and failing a transaction.
Event ids are:
WEB_100017("Authenticated using User-name & password")
IDENTIFIER (user trace id)
CUSTOMER_IDENTIFIER (if configured)
SOURCE_USER_NAME (username entered by the user)
SOURCE_ADDRESS (ip of the remote session)
WEB_100018("Failed authentication using User-name & password")
IDENTIFIER (user trace id)
CUSTOMER_IDENTIFIER (if configured)
SOURCE_ADDRESS (ip of the remote session)
SOURCE_USER_NAME (username entered by the user)
Data sent to validation pipe
On validation, data sent to the pipe is:
identifier - the username provided by the user
password - the password provided by the user
Data exposed to global state
After a user completes a transaction, the authenticator is marked as done. Data from the authentication response is then put into the global state replacing existing values:
username
API
Starting an authentication
Start by sending in a Ajax request containing identifier & password:
The response back will contain either a COMPLETED or ERROR: