Testing and verification

KB – Does the back-end server accept Basic Authentication

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Question or problem

Verify that the back-end accepts Basic Authentication.

Send an HTTP request

Procedure-related prerequisites

  • You must be logged in as root via SSH in a terminal window.
  • Ensure that the back-end server is configured for Basic Authentication.

Instruction

Test preparation:

  1. Run the following commands:
  2.  
    Terminal box
    curl -v -k http://exchange.int.virtinc.com/

Test execution and verification:

  1. Check the curl output.
  2. The HTTP response contains an header WWW-Authenticate: Basic
 
Example

In case of failure:

  • Check the back-end server is configured properly.

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