Configuring an Authentication Mode for 802.1X Users

This section provides a sample of configuring an authentication mode for 802.1X users using the merge method. You can also use the create method to configure an authentication mode for 802.1X users.

**Table 1** Configuring an authentication mode for 802.1X users
Operation	XPATH
edit-config:merge	/huawei-nac-dot1x:dot1x-access/configure-mode/unified-mode/dot1x-access-profile/authentication-method

Data Requirement

**Table 2** Configuring an authentication mode for 802.1X users
Item	Data	Description
name	test	Set the authentication mode for 802.1X users to CHAP. The 802.1X access profile must exist on the switch.
authentication-method	chap

Request Example

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="43a8e485-35d2-499e-895c-e2d2d5f555a8">
 <edit-config>
  <target>
   <running/>
  </target>
  <error-option>rollback-on-error</error-option>
  <config>
   <dot1x-access xmlns="urn:huawei:params:xml:ns:yang:huawei-nac-dot1x">
    <dot1x-access-profile>
     <name>test</name>
     <authentication-method>chap</authentication-method>
    </dot1x-access-profile>
   </dot1x-access>
  </config>
 </edit-config>
</rpc>

Response Example

Sample of successful response

<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="43a8e485-35d2-499e-895c-e2d2d5f555a8">
 <ok/>
</rpc-reply>

Sample of failed response

<?xml version='1.0' encoding='UTF-8'?>
<rpc-reply xmlns="urn:ietf:params:xml:ns:netconf:base:1.0" message-id="43a8e485-35d2-499e-895c-e2d2d5f555a8">
  <rpc-error>
    <error-type>application</error-type>
    <error-tag>operation-failed</error-tag>
    <error-severity>error</error-severity>
    <error-message>parse rpc config error.</error-message>
  </rpc-error>
</rpc-reply>