Configure Local Database Authentication

Add the user account to the local database.
Select
Device
Local User Database
Users
and click
Add
.
Enter a user
Name
for the administrator.
Enter a
Password
and
Confirm Password
or enter a
Password Hash
.
Enable
the account (enabled by default) and click
OK
.
Add the user group to the local database.
Required if your users require group membership.
Select
Device
Local User Database
User Groups
and click
Add
.
Enter a
Name
to identify the group.
Add
each user who is a member of the group and click
OK
.
Configure an authentication profile.
The authentication profile defines authentication settings that are common to a set of users. Set the authentication
Type
to
Local Database
.
Assign the authentication profile to an administrator account or to an Authentication policy rule for end users.
Administrators
—Configure a Firewall Administrator Account:
Specify the
Name
of a user you defined earlier in this procedure.
Assign the
Authentication Profile
that you configured for the account.
End users
—For the full procedure to configure authentication for end users, see Configure Authentication Policy.
Verify that the firewall can Test Authentication Server Connectivity to authenticate users.