Update Password Complexity Requirements

When you update password complexity requirements, existing passwords are not affected. The updated requirements apply to passwords that are created or changed going forward.

  1. From the left navigation menu, navigate to Platform > Security > Password Complexity Parameters and click the Edit button (top-right).
    Juniper Apstra interface for managing password complexity with settings for password expiration, history, and adjacent key rule.
    The Edit Password Complexity Parameters dialog opens.
  2. Add, change and/or delete requirements, as applicable.

    • Password expiration policy - To set the password to expire in a specific number of days enter the number of days.

    • Password History Length - User is not allowed to re-use a certain number of previous passwords (including the current one). For example, if you don't want the user to use their previous two passwords, you would enter 3 in this field.

    • Must not use adjacent keys on keyboard

    • Must not contain consecutive sequential characters

    • Must not contain repeat of the same character

    • Must not be the same as username

    • Length should be at least 9 (default)

    • Must contain uppercase letter

    • Must contain lowercase letter

    • Must contain digit

    • Must contain special character

    For regular expressions:

    • To add a rule, click Add and enter a regular expression and error message.
    • To change a rule, change values as appropriate and update the error message.
    • To delete a rule, click the red X to the right of the rule to delete.
    User interface for editing password complexity parameters, including expiration period, history length, complexity rules, regular expressions, and buttons for adding or updating settings.
  3. Click Update.

The changes are completed and you're returned to the Password Complexity Parameters page.

When you create or update passwords going forward, the new requirements will take effect.