How to Force Enterprise Manager Login to Use Form-Based Authentication
KB ID: | 2089 |
Product: | Veeam Backup & Replication | 10 | 11 |
Published: | 2016-01-15 |
Last Modified: | 2022-05-06 |
Purpose
This article documents how to force Enterprise Manager to use HTML Form-Based authentication instead of a Windows Authentication Pop-Up.
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Windows Authentication Pop-Up
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HTML Form-based Authentication
Solution
Disable Windows Authentication
- Open the web.config file.
Default Path: C:\Program Files\Veeam\Backup and Replication\Enterprise Manager\WebApp\web.config - Locate the useWindowsAuth key and set the value to false.
No reboot required. Simply relaunch the the Enteprise Manager webpage.
Default Value:
<add key="useWindowsAuth" value="true" />
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Default Value Shown
More information
- Alternatively, use the following page to go directly to the HTML Form-based Enterprise Manager login page:
https://EnterpriseManagerServerDNSorFQDNhere:9443/login.aspx - Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager supports single sign-on authentication based on the SAML 2.0 protocol. For more information reference: About Veeam Backup Enterprise Manager > SAML Authentication Support
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