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September 4, 2026

STIG OS Compliance Guidelines for Unified Access Gateway

Unified Access Gateway supports configuration settings to allow to comply with Security Technical Implementation Guide (STIG) based on the CloudLinux AlmaLinux OS 9 STIG - Ver 1, Rel 6 guidelines.

To achieve compliance, deploy the FIPS-compliant version of Unified Access Gateway appliance by configuring the following parameters during the deployment process.

ParameterDescription
dsComplianceOSSet to true to enable DISA STIG OS compliance settings.
rootPasswordExpirationDaysPassword expiration in days for the OS user. Default is 365 days. Set the value to 60.
passwordPolicyMinLenMinimum length of the root password. The accepted range is 6–64 characters. Set the value to 15.
passwordPolicyMinClassMinimum complexity of the root password. The accepted range is 1–4. Set the value to 4.
passwordPolicyUnlockTimeTime in seconds before login is re-enabled after reaching the maximum number of failed login attempts. The default is 900. Accepted values are 0 or between 1 and 3600. Setting the value to 0 permanently locks the account until manually unlocked by an admin. For STIG compliance, set the value to 0.
sshEnabledSet to true to automatically enable SSH access on the deployed appliance.
sshKeyAccessEnabledAllows SSH login using a key pair. Set this to true.
rootSessionIdleTimeoutSecondsIdle timeout in seconds for an OS user's session. If set to 0, the session never expires. Allowed range: 30–3600. Set the value to 600.
DNSEnsure the configuration includes at least two DNS servers, one as the primary (active) and the other as the secondary (backup).

Post deployment, configure the following parameter using the Admin UI.

ParameterDescription
syslogUrlSet the syslog server URL to use TLS as the communication protocol.

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