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# Create a basic auth profile

# Create a basic auth profile {#ariaid-title1}

* Release version: Xanadu
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* Updated August 1, 2024
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Create a basic auth profile to specify basic authentication credentials for one or more REST messages.

## Before you begin

Role required: web_service_admin

## Procedure

1. Navigate to AllSystem Web ServicesREST Message.
2. Select a REST message record.
3. In the Authentication type field, select Basic.
4. In the Basic auth profile field, click the reference lookup icon.
5. Click New.
6. Enter a descriptive Name for the profile.
7. Enter the Username and Password you want to send as basic authentication credentials.
8. Click Submit.
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## What to do next

Configure a REST message to use this basic auth profile.

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