Update Password Complexity Requirements
When you update password complexity requirements, existing passwords are not affected. The updated requirements apply to passwords that are created or changed going forward.
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From the left navigation menu, navigate to Platform > Security
> Password Complexity Parameters and click the
Edit button (top-right).
The Edit Password Complexity Parameters dialog opens.
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Add, change and/or delete requirements, as applicable.
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Password expiration policy - To set the password to expire in a specific number of days enter the number of days (new in Apstra version 5.0.0).
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Password History Length - User is not allowed to re-use a certain number of previous passwords (including the current one). For example, if you don't want the user to use their previous two passwords, you would enter 3 in this field.
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Must not use adjacent keys on keyboard
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Must not contain consecutive sequential characters
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Must not contain repeat of the same character
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Must not be the same as username
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Length should be at least 9 (default)
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Must contain uppercase letter
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Must contain lowercase letter
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Must contain digit
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Must contain special character
For regular expressions:
- To add a rule, click Add and enter a regular expression and error message.
- To change a rule, change values as appropriate and update the error message.
- To delete a rule, click the red X to the right of the rule to delete.
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- Click Update to complete the change and close the dialog. When you create or update passwords going forward, the new requirements will take effect.