Setup Authentication
3 min
overview nile supports radius for authentication radius (remote authentication dial in user service) is a client server protocol that enables remote access servers to communicate with a central server to authenticate dial in users and authorize their access to the requested systems or services prerequisites ensure that you have defined the service areas ensure that you have the ip addresses of all radius servers you plan to use in your enterprise ensure that there is a route between the radius server and your core router/firewall that connects to the nile service gateway identify the shared secret to be configured in the nile portal configuring authentication log in to the nile portal in the left navigation, select network setup > authentication click the ' + ' sign under authentication to add a radius server configure the fields name enter a name for the radius server port specify the port used by the radius server geo scope select the locations that will use this radius server to authenticate clients host enter the ip address of the primary radius server in host 1 use host 2 and later for secondary servers (failover) shared secret enter the shared secret wired mac auth (optional) select if the radius server will authenticate wired devices using mac authentication bypass (mab) guest portal url (optional) enter a static url for the radius server’s guest portal if left blank, nile uses the dynamic url returned by the radius server click save to complete configuration
