Bug ID 1207917: SSL Orchestrator - NTLM authentication may stop working after a TMM restart or upgrade

Last Modified: Apr 28, 2025

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
16.1.0, 16.1.1, 16.1.2, 16.1.2.1, 16.1.2.2, 16.1.3, 16.1.3.1, 16.1.3.2, 16.1.3.3, 16.1.3.4, 16.1.3.5, 16.1.4, 16.1.4.1, 16.1.4.2, 16.1.4.3, 16.1.5, 16.1.5.1, 16.1.5.2, 17.1.0, 17.1.0.1, 17.1.0.2, 17.1.0.3, 17.1.1, 17.1.1.1, 17.1.1.2, 17.1.1.3, 17.1.1.4, 17.1.2, 17.1.2.1

Opened: Dec 08, 2022

Severity: 2-Critical

Symptoms

NTLM authentication may stop working after a TMM restart or upgrade. ECA debug logs similar to the following: Dec 8 06:25:44 bigip1 debug eca[18424]: 01620012:7: eca_module_ntlm.cpp:795 ntlm_cfg_process_op_find_set_cfg, err = ECA_ERR_NOT_FOUND Dec 8 06:25:44 bigip1 debug eca[18424]: 01620012:7: eca_module_ntlm.cpp:730 ntlm_cfg_handler, err = ECA_ERR_NOT_FOUND bigip1 err eca[18424]: 0162000e:3: Invalid argument (/Common/ntlm-f5lab-config) Dec 8 06:25:44 fbigip1 err eca[18424]: 0162000e:3: Invalid metadata (select_ntlm:/Common/ntlm-f5lab-config)

Impact

NTLM authentication problems, HTTP 503 error page returned to client.

Conditions

TMM restart, upgrade

Workaround

In the GUI, navigate to Access ›› Authentication : NTLM : NTLM Auth Configuration ›› affected-ntlm-config. Edit the FQDN, leave it the same, and save the configuration. or Run the following command: bigstart restart nlad

Fix Information

None

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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