Purpose

Authentication is required when accessing the JS7 - REST Web Service API and therefore when accessing the JOC Cockpit graphical user interface.
Authentication supports use of account/password and use of certificates.
Single factor authentication and two-factor authentication are supported.

Authentication Methods

The following authentication methods are supported:

Account/Password Authentication
- for use with the built-in account management of JOC Cockpit
- for use with any LDAP based Directory Service such as e.g. Microsoft Active Directory®
Mutual Authentication with Certificates
- X.509 compliant certificates can be used by any client (Browser Client, API Client).

Certificates can be used for mutual authentication:

The client (Browser Client, REST Client) challenges the JOC Cockpit server to present its server authentication certificate that will be verified by the client.
The JOC Cockpit server challenges the client to present its client authentication certificate that is verified by JOC Cockpit.

With JOC Cockpit being set up for mutual authentication the certificates can be used

to enforce two-factor authentication with clients having to provide a certificate and a password,
to allow single-factor authentication using a certificate instead of a password.

This includes to require both account/password authentication and certificate based authentication.

This boils down to use either account/password authentication or to allow certificate based authentication alternatively.