How to disable UAA UI login page but keep CLI Auth Accessible

Products

• VMware Tanzu Platform
• VMware Tanzu Application Service for VMs

Issue/Introduction

How to disable the UAA login page (as shown below), and still be able to login/Auth via CLI.

 

Resolution

There is currently no 'out of the box' property/setting in the UAA project that lets users choose to disable just the UI portion of the service.

Users can try to block UI access either by configuring a firewall rule or using reverse proxy.

Additional Information

If a property/setting becomes available in the UAA project that allows to disable the UI portion of the service, this Knowledge Article will be updated.

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