Example Two: Web (cont.)
Next, we configure the Web application to use Instance Authentication.
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Open the Web Applications page (click [Home] > [System Administration] > [Security] > [Web Applications]) of the portal.
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Click the /csp/user link to edit application.
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For Allowed Authentication Methods click Password. Verify that no other authentication mechanism is selected. Click Save.
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Return to your REST client and execute your GET again. This time specify that the client should use Basic Authentication. Use SuperUser and SYS as the Username and password:
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Click SEND
Now we see that we are accessing the application using the SuperUser account. An initial security setting of Minimal grants the SuperUser account the %ALL role.