Add authentication to steps in WPM recordings
You can create recordings that capture credentials for pages that use the following types of authentication:
- Basic Authentication, also called Basic Auth
- NT LAN Manager (NTLM) authentication
- Digest authentication
When recording a sequence that navigates to a page that uses Basic Auth, NTLM, or Digest authentication, the Web Transaction Recorder prompts you to enter a Username and password, as shown here:
After you apply credentials to a recording, a Key icon appears at the top of the Recorded Steps pane. Click that icon to display a list of existing authentications, and then click Options (
) to see details about any particular one.
If authentication fails during playback, the step is highlighted in red, as shown here. 
A single step can include multiple types of authentication, as shown in the following figure of a recorded step with domain, proxy server, and certificate authentication. Click the Options () icon to display available commands for that row, such as Edit or Delete.
To edit credentials (for example, if a password expires), click the Key icon, and then click Options (). 
To configure domain credentials to support dynamic URLs (for example, if an application generates a different URL for each SSO login attempt), use an asterisk (*) character. Example: http://www.solarwinds.com/*
Note the following details about recordings that include authentication:
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To learn how to configure permissions on remote systems that host WPM Players and run recorded transactions that involve domains, see Manage WPM Player service accounts.
- NTLM authentication is not supported in WPM recordings that are saved to Pingdom.
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Bindings for Basic, NTLM, and Digest authentication include the URL of a secure page (or secure portion of a page) and credentials. Transactions with authentication will fail during playback if the secure page URL doesn't match the binding URL. If that occurs, remove the binding from the original recording on which the transaction was based, and then recreate the binding. You may need to recreate the entire recording plus related transactions if WPM still cannot match the URL properties.
Removing a step that involves authentication may render later steps and actions inaccessible, blocking playback. It may be easier to recreate the recording instead.
Additional topics related to authentication include: