Set Authentication screen
How to get there
- In the Deployment Manager navigation pane, choose *NIX Servers. The *NIX Servers screen appears.
- Select one or more servers using the check boxes on the left side of the server rows.
- From the buttons that appear on the top of the screen, choose Set Authentication.
What it does
These options allow you to configure authentication for existing *NIX Servers.
Options
Authentication Type; Username and Password • SSH Private Key
Use these settings to configure how the servers are authenticated.
- If Username and Password is selected, the following three fields appear: Username, Password, Confirm Password. NOTE: The user must be able to connect with SSH. If the user is root, the system must "PermitRootLogin" for SSH with a password or "PermitRootLogin" for SSH with an ssh key. If the user is not root, it must be able to elevate to root authority with sudo.
- If SSH Private Key is selected, you are prompted to choose the file containing the key to be uploaded.
Upload SSH Private Key; Choose File
This option is available if SSH Private Key is selected for the Authentication Type. Select Choose File to specify the file containing the SSH Key used to authenticate the servers being imported.
Username • Password • Confirm Password
If all the rows in the import file have 4 columns, these fields remain disabled. If at least one row in the import file has 2 columns, the authentication info fields are enabled. Servers whose credentials are not already specified in the import file will use these credentials.