Merge branch 'milestone2' into fix/deregister-tp-#125

cmd/hypervisor/README.md

@@ -5,16 +5,12 @@ Hypervisor exposes node management operations via web API.
 **Generate config file:**
 
 ```bash
-
+$ hypervisor gen-config
 ```
 
 **Run with mock data:**
 
 ```bash
-# Generate config file.
-$ hypervisor gen-config
-
-# Run.
 $ hypervisor --mock
 ```
 
@@ -23,3 +19,9 @@ By default, the RESTful API is served on `:8080`.
 ## Endpoints Documentation
 
 Endpoints are documented in the provided [Postman](https://www.getpostman.com/) file: `hypervisor.postman_collection.json`.
+
+### Authentication information
+
+- When the authentication cookie is invalid, the hypervisor will return code `401`.
+- The default authentication cookie timeout is 12 hours. This can be configured in the hypervisor config file: `cookies.expires_duration`.
+- There is currently no enforcement of when a user should change their password.