Configure Security for Cache Server Nodes

Note

This feature is only available in NCache Enterprise Edition for .NET.

Security for cache nodes can be configured on following ways:

Using NCache Web Manager

  • Launch NCache Web Manager by browsing to http://localhost:8251 (Windows) or <server-ip>:8251 (Windows + Linux).

  • In the right corner, click on Settings Icon to open Manager Settings.

  • From the left bar, click on Node Level Security.

  • Specify the cache server node IP for which you want to configure security. Click Verify.

Node Level Security NCache

  • Once the IP is verified, expand the Domain Users list which will display all users from the domain you entered previously. Select the respective users from Domain Users by clicking on > button.

  • Check the box Enable Security.

Enable NCache Node Security

  • Click on Apply.

  • This adds security for the server node, which is also saved in encrypted form in security.ncconf under the <administrators> tag.

Using PowerShell

Add-CacheSecurity cmdlet enables the user to configure cache level security for the cache

The following command enables security for demoClusteredCache on server 20.200.20.38 and add the user david_jones.

Add-CacheSecurity demoClusteredCache -EnableSecurity -Server 20.200.20.38 -UserId david_jones -Password yourpassword -DomainController yourdomain.org

If you want to add more users, use the following command after step 1. The following command adds the user john_smith to the secured users list of demoClusteredCache.

Add-CacheSecurity demoClusteredCache -AddUser -NewUser john_smith -Server 20.200.20.38 -UserId administrator -Password yourpassword -DomainController yourdomain.org

See Also

Configure Security for Cache Management
Configure Security for Client Nodes
Configure Encryption for Cache
Configure SSL/TLS Encryption in NCache