The auth-db element configures an ACL authentication database. This element may appear zero or more times within the server element and zero or more times within the virtual-server element. For more information, see server, and virtual-server.
The auth-db element can contain the following subelements:
Table 3–6 List of auth-db Subelements| Element | Occurrences | Description | 
|---|---|---|
| enabled | 0 or 1 | Determines whether the ACL authentication database is enabled at runtime. The default value is true. | 
| name | 1 | The name that uniquely identifies the ACL authentication database for use in ACL files. | 
| url | 1 | The URL of the ACL authentication database. The type of ACL authentication database is specified in the URL scheme. For example, ldap://ds.example.com/dc=example,dc=com configures a LDAP directory server as an ACL authentication database. | 
| auth-expiring-url | 0 or 1 | The URL to which the server redirects the client if the supplied password is about to expire. | 
| property | 0 or more | Configures the ACL authentication database properties. For more details, see property. | 
| description | 0 or 1 | The description of the ACL authentication database. The value is in text format. |