--- sourceDocument: Australia ServiceNow AI Platform Capabilities sourceDocumentLink: https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/r/de-DE/servicenow-platform Release : - australia ft:locale : - de-DE ft:publication_title : - Australia ServiceNow AI Platform Capabilities ft:clusterId : - platcap bundleId : - platcap workflow : - Platform --- # MID Server authentication credentials and SOAP requests # MID Server authentication credentials and SOAP requests {#ariaid-title1} * Freigeben Version: Australia * * Aktualisiert 12. März 2026 * * ![](https://www.servicenow.com/docs/portal-asset/ico-clock) 2 Minuten Lesedauer Set basic authentication credentials to update the web service invocation data. For added security, you can enforce basic authentication on each incoming SOAP request to the MID Server. |-| | | [ ] {#mid-authentication-soap-requests__table_ahc_jv4_nhb} ## Basic authentication credentials and SOAP requests {#mid-authentication-soap-requests__section_khb_m2z_r1b} You can enforce basic authentication on each request. The MID Server is not able to communicate through a proxy server if the proxy server supports only NTLM authentication. You can use basic authentication with a proxy server or create an exception for the MID server host. Supplying basic authentication information, regardless of whether it is required, has an added advantage. The web service invocation creates or updates data using the supplied credentials. For example, when you create an incident record, the journal fields have the user id of the basic authenticated user instead of the default Guest user. This behavior allows you to identify data added by a specific MID Server. You can set basic authentication credentials for SOAP requests. Each SOAP request contains an Authorization header as specified in the [Basic Authentication protocol](http://www.w3.org/Protocols/HTTP/1.0/draft-ietf-http-spec.html#BasicAA). The setting for enforcing strict security controls how the instance uses the credentials you provide for the MID Server. When the setting is enabled, you must provide a user ID with access to the tables the MID Server is trying to access. When the setting is disabled, any valid user ID allows the MID Server to access to all tables. **Zugehörige Konzepte** * [MID Server certificate check policies](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/VBqU5CHqCSU2m2xJd2a6uA "MID Server uses four kinds of security checks to secure external traffic. The security checks use TLS/SSL certificate validation, hostname validation, Certificate Revocation List (CRL), and Online Certificate Status Protocol (OCSP) validation to improve security. Control these security checks with the MID Server certificate check policies table.") * [MID Server unified key store](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/zWbtuI59iqjA5LfLDw8VPA#mid-unified-keystore "The MID Server unified key store allows all products on the MID Server to use common certificates and key pairs. This feature allows applications to use the same secure communication channel to the MID Server that the MID Server uses to connect to the instance.") * [MID Server command audit log](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/hMnNVhNJPmpY4gLr76lWAg "The command audit log records the commands run by the MID Server for the Discovery application. Review the commands to check for anomalies or errors.") * [MID Server FIPS Enforced Mode](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/dqBc9MICWmUraTd809_RJw#mid-fips-enforced "The MID Server supports the National Security Cloud (NSC) IL-5 environment, which requires all utilized cryptography to be FIPS validated. The MID server can be run in FIPS Enforced Mode, where only cryptographic algorithms which are FIPS validated are utilized.") * [MID Server Governance](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/aFXIuu3zlxcmFMjRZPM1Ug "Improve MID Server security by setting an automatic timeout to invalidate and shut down inactive MID Servers. You can enable this feature and set the inactivity timeout period globally and for each MID Server.") **Zugehörige Tasks** * [Encrypt or decrypt MID Server configuration file values](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/iCgc9bn4JQYK9vgd1wAC6w "The value of any MID Server parameter in the config.xml file can be encrypted. The attributes for all encrypted values are managed from within the configuration file, including the security attribute of the login password.") * [Enable MID Server mutual authentication](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/UdSuWRmz6ZGA~Y6dkWvyeQ "Configure the MID Server to use a client certificate for authenticating to the instance. This avoids the need to create a basic authentication credentials in the Key Store for the MID Server's configuration.") * [MID Server Azure Key Vault integration](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/q98R6SSVMU1wN5ZSqPpYrw#mid_azure_key_vault_integration "The MID Server integration with the Azure Key vault enables Orchestration, Discovery, and Service Mapping to run without storing any credentials on the instance.") * [Rekey a MID Server](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/pL97YclPNbf5hsjR6JhaEA "Rekey a MID Server to generate a new private key. Private keys are used to decrypt automation credentials, so that MID Servers can transmit information securely. Key pairs are initially generated when a MID Server is validated, and MID Servers should be rekeyed periodically to meet security requirements.") * [Add SSL certificates for the MID Server](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/Wze_LuvGY3XWJMv9a~ORjg#add-ssl-certificates "Configure the MID Server to connect to a source over SSL.") * [Attach a script file to a file synchronized MID Server](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/vu1Hjk_D3VmPooctXzxerQ#mid-server-script-attach "You can attach a script file to synchronize to a connected MID Server. Windows Internet Explorer enhanced security blocks downloaded files that it determines are potentially dangerous. However synchronizing the files avoids this security problem.") **Zugehörige Verweise** * [MID Server configuration file security](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/pExtHd2xoAcm8Vh~FXV9oQ "Sensitive MID Server configuration data can be protected using several different schemes, including internal and external data encryption and external data storage.") * [MID Server SSH cryptographic algorithms](https://servicenow-prod.fluidtopics.net/6XDl6hCCpG2wR7zHUqkWng "The MID Server utilizes SSH clients to perform many discovery actions. During the SSH handshake, both the client and server first determine which algorithms both parties support, then client picks the highest priority algorithm. For the Host Key Algorithm, the client picks highest priority algorithm which both parties support that matches the key type.") ## Require basic authorization for incoming SOAP requests {#ariaid-title2} Enforce basic authentication on each incoming SOAP request to the MID Server. ### Vorbereitungen Role required: admin ### Prozedur 1. Navigate to AllSystem PropertiesWeb Services. 2. Select the check box for Require basic authorization for incoming SOAP requests. 3. Click Save. 4. To provide basic authentication credentials for a MID Server, navigate to C:\\Program Files\\ServiceNow\\\\\agent and edit the config.xml file, as follows: 1. Find the element \ and enter the instance administrator user name as the value. For example, you might enter \. 2. Find the element \ and enter the configured password for this instance as the value. For example, you might enter \.