Configure password expiration

Enable password expiration

To enforce an expiration of a user’s password after a specified number of days:

1. Use the admin console to place a checkmark next to the Enable password expiration preference setting

2. Use the cluster endpoint of the REST API

   PUT https://[host][:port]/v1/cluster
   {"password_expiration_duration":<number_of_days>}
   

Deactivate password expiration

To deactivate password expiration:

• Remove the checkmark next to the to the Enable password expiration preference setting.

  For help locating the setting, see Password complexity rules.

• Use the cluster REST API endpoint to set password_expiration_duration to 0 (zero).