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Configuring Password Patterns

WSO2 Identity Server enables defining custom password policies and enforcing them at the point of user creation. This enables complying with password policies that are deemed necessary through various regulations.

Password Pattern

Scenario

Pickup is a cab company that has many employees who use different credentials to sign in to different internal enterprise applications. Sam, who is an administrator at Pickup, wants to enforce the following password pattern:

  • Minimum password length: 6
  • Maximum password length: 12
  • Must contain at least 1 lowercase alphabetical character
  • Must contain at least 1 uppercase alphabetical character
  • Must contain at least 1 numeric character
  • Must contain at least one special character out of the !@#$%&* characters

Set up

Follow the steps below to define the password policy that Sam wants to enforce.

Before you begin

  1. Run WSO2 Identity Server.

  2. Sign in to the WSO2 Identity Server Management Console at https://<SERVER_HOST>:9443/carbon as an administrator.

  1. On the Main menu of the Management Console, click Identity > Identity Providers > Resident.

    Resident Identity Provider menu-item

  2. Under Password Policies, click Password Patterns.

    Passwrod Patterns option

  3. Enter the required values as given below.

    Passwrod Patterns form

    Field Description Sample Value
    Enable Password Policy Feature This enables password patterns in WSO2 Identity Server. Selected
    Password Policy Min Length This is the minimum password length allowed. 6
    Password Policy Max Length This is the maximum password length allowed. 12
    Password Policy Pattern This is the allowed password pattern. ^((?=.\d)(?=.[a-z])(?=.[A-Z])(?=.[!@#%&*])).{0,100}
    Password Policy Error Message This appears when the password violates the defined password pattern. 'Password pattern policy violated! The password should contain a digit [0-9], a lower case letter [a-z], an upper case letter [A-Z], and one of the !@#$%&* characters.'

Try out

  1. On the Main menu of the Management Console, click Identity > Users and Roles > Add.

  2. Click Add New User.

  3. Enter Alex as the user name and test123 as the password.

  4. Click Finish. Note that the error message that you added for the password pattern appears.

    Password Pattern Viloated error message

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