Changing PAM from a basic login prompt authentication to a login page
If you did not include the Federated Sign-In Services (CAS) component during the installation, this basic pop-up prompt is the expected login behavior.
This basic pop-up prompt is secure and is designed to handle both local and domain (if configured on the server) user authentication functionality.
You can login with this pop-up prompt using your pamadmin user and the password you have created during the installation and proceed to use PAM’s functionality.
This basic authentication is a valid option for all types of deployments that do not require advanced authentication options like MFA or SSO.
If you would like to switch your PAM deployment to display a more traditional login page instead of the pop-up dialogue to authenticate users (optionally with MFA or SSO options), you need to install with its included Federated Sign-In component or deploy it after the installation.
As a PAM Administrator, you can customize your Federated Sign-In page if needed.
Please note that to support the Federated Sign-In login page experience, you will need to access PAM using a proper URI (not default localhost or an IP address) with a valid SSL certificate trusted by browsers, unlike the included self-signed certificate that generates browser warnings.
Here is the article describing how to replace PAM’s default self-signed certificate with the trusted one obtained for the proper URI you assign to PAM (such as pam.company.com).
