You use the Advanced tab tab to specify the number of consecutive erroneous login attempts permitted by permitted by a user, enable logging in the System Log when a user fails to login to Usage Engine, and configure user authentication by selecting the relevant authentication method.
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User authentication is by default performed in Usage Engine. As an alternative, you can connect to Usage Engine to an external LDAP directory for delegated authentication. This facilitates automation of administrative tasks such as creation of users and assigning access groups as mentioned in the following sub-chapter:
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