Password validation#

User password validation can be set to check the password strength, like the password must have at least one uppercase, or lowercase, number, and the length of the password. By default, the password attribute validation is not enabled.

Enable user password validation through Command Line Tool (CLI)#

Obtain the unique ID, that is inum for userPassword attribute.

jans cli --operation-id get-attributes --endpoint-args pattern:userPassword

Obatin the PatchRequest schema

jans cli --schema PatchRequest > /tmp/patch.json

Update /tmp/patch.json with user password validation details
- Enter a valid regex expression to check the strength of the password.
- Enter Minimum length, the minimum length of a value associated with this attribute.
- Enter Maximum length, the maximum length of a value associated with this attribute. Following is the example of having userPassword with minimum 8 characters, maximum 20 characters and should be alphanumeric with special characters.
```
[{
    "op": "add",
    "path": "/attributeValidation",
    "value": {
        "minLength": 5,
        "maxLength":15,
        "regexp": "^(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[!@#&()–[{}]:;',?/*~$^+=<>]).{8,20}$"
    }
}]
```

Execute patch operation for userPassword attribute.

jans cli --operation-id patch-attributes-by-inum \
--url-suffix="inum:AAEE" --data /tmp/patch.json

Create a new user using post-user operation.
An error notification will be displayed if the password does not match the validation criteria.

Enable user password validation through Jans Text UI (TUI)#

When using Janssen Text-based UI(TUI) to configure userPassword attribute validation , navigate via Auth Server->Attributes->search for userPassword attribute->open the attribute details->enable Enable Custom Validation field-> Enter a value for Regular expression, Minimum Length & Maximum Length fields->Save
Create a new user using Users TUI menu.
An error notification will be displayed if the password does not match the validation criteria.

Enable user password validation through Jans Config API#

Obtain the access token

curl -k -u "<put_client_id_here>:<put_config_api_client_secret_here>" https://<your.jans.server>/jans-auth/restv1/token \
     -d  "grant_type=client_credentials&scope=https://jans.io/oauth/config/attributes.write"

Obtain the unique ID, that is inum for userPassword attribute.

curl -k -i -H "Accept: application/json" -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization:Bearer <put_access_token_here>" 
  -X GET https://<your.jans.server>/jans-config-api/api/v1/attributes?pattern=userPassword

Apply Patch for userPassword, use inum as path parameter
Enter a valid regex expression to check the strength of the password.
Enter Minimum length, the minimum length of a value associated with this attribute.

Enter Maximum length, the maximum length of a value associated with this attribute. Following is the example of having userPassword with minimum 8 characters, maximum 20 characters, and should be alphanumeric with special characters.

curl -k --location --request PATCH 'https://<your.jans.server>/jans-config-api/api/v1/attributes/<put_userPassword_inum_here>' \
 --header 'Content-Type: application/json-patch+json' --header 'Authorization: Bearer <put_access_token_here>' \
  --data-raw '[{
    "op": "add",
    "path": "/attributeValidation",
    "value": {
        "minLength": 8,
        "maxLength":20,
        "regexp": "^(?=.*[0-9])(?=.*[a-z])(?=.*[A-Z])(?=.*[!@#&()–[{}]:;'\'',?/*~$^+=<>]).{8,20}$"
    }
}]'

Create a new user using /jans-config-api/mgt/configuser endpoint.
An error notification will be displayed if the password does not match the validation criteria.

Last update: 2024-10-29
Created: 2024-04-29