Configure Kerberos authentication on the Administration Console

If you are using the IXIA TEXTML Server Java Console to connect to a server with Kerberos authentication, you must enable Kerberos authentication on the Console.

  1. Go to the directory for the TEXTML Server Java Console.
    For example:

    On Windows:

    C:\Program Files\IxiaSoft\TextmlServer44\TextmlAdminJava\
  2. Open the krb5.ini.empty file and save is as krb5.ini.
    This file specifies the Kerberos configuration used for authentication. Configure it as follows:
    • realm: Kerberos realm name. This is the Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) of your Active Directory Windows domain. The domain name is case-sensitive, so note what is in uppercase or lowercase in the example of the krb5.ini Kerberos configuration file.

      For example, replace acme.local with yourdomainname.local in lowercase and ACME.LOCAL with YOURDOMAINNAME.LOCAL in uppercase.

    • kdc: Kerberos Key Distribution Center (KDC) host name and Windows domain controller port.
    For example:
    [domain_realm]
       .acme.local = ACME.LOCAL
       acme.local = ACME.LOCAL
       acme = ACME.LOCAL
       ACME = ACME.LOCAL
    [libdefaults]
       default_realm = ACME.LOCAL
       dns_lookup_kdc = true
       dns_lookup_realm = true
    [logging]
    [realms]
       ACME.LOCAL = {
       kdc = dc1.acme.local
       kdc = dc2.acme.local
       admin_server = dc1.acme.local
       default_domain = ACME.LOCAL       
    }