Adding Generic SSH Systems

Overview

If you are adding a Generic SSH system, you can add a user name and password or a SSH key for an account to be used to access the system using a secure shell session. See Adding SSH keys for information on adding SSH keys to Privileged Access Service.

You cannot use Privileged Access Service to manage account passwords for generic SSH systems. However, you can use Privileged Access Service to store the account information securely, then use the account to open secure shell sessions on target systems without knowing the password.

You can specify any valid local user account and password. In most cases, however, you would specify root or an account with similar privileges for which you want to manage the password.

Changing Generic SSH System Settings

If you set the system-specific or global policy to allow remote access from a public network and the system is a network device that supports secure shell (SSH) connections, you can use the System Settings to select SSH as the session type and specify the port number to use for secure shell sessions.

In the Settings page, you can set a domain for a system and then enable domain operations to use the domain administrative account to enable zone role workflow. For configuration steps, see Setting Domain Operations for a System

You can also use System Settings to specify a time zone or to add or modify the optional description of the device.