Centrify Privilege Service

Administrators Guide
November 2016

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Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction to Centrify Privilege Service 9

Selecting a deployment option. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
What Privilege Manager provides . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Why managing privileged accounts is important . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Connecting to network resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Using managed or unmanaged accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Storing accounts for domains and databases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Auditing sessions on target resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Cloud-based service deployment option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Internal network deployment option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Checking out managed account passwords. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Chapter 2 Getting started 17

Adding a connector . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Quick tour . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Switching between services and portals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Discovering resources automatically. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Adding resources and local accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Viewing resource and account details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Using the dashboard and workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24

Chapter 3 Configuring network discovery 26

Preparing for discovery . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Create a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
Running a discovery job . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Viewing discovered applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Updating the password for added accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
Updating application settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34

Modifying discovery profiles. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Deleting discovered objects . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Deleting a discovery profile . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

Chapter 4 Managing resources 37

Planning to add resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Adding a single resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Importing multiple resources and accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Viewing the resources youve added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
Filtering the resources displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Identifying favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Selecting a resource. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
Selecting account actions for a resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Viewing and modifying resource-specific details. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Checking out an account password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Extending the password checkout time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Checking in a password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Logging on without a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Specifying a user name and password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 75
Connecting remotely to a target resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76
Removing account information for a resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Deleting a resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Chapter 5 Managing domains 80

Planning to add domains and domain accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80
Adding a domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Viewing and searching domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Selecting and updating a domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Adding Active Directory domain accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Viewing domain account information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Logging on to a domain computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Selecting the connectors to use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88
Setting domain-specific policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 89

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Viewing activity for a domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Setting domain-specific permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Deleting a domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 93

Chapter 6 Managing databases and database accounts 94

Planning to add database accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 94
Adding a single database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Viewing the databases youve added . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Selecting a database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 99
Viewing and modifying database-specific details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Checking out an account password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Extending the password checkout time . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Checking in a password. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Deleting a database account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Deleting a database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .112

Chapter 7 Managing accounts and account permissions 114

Identifying favorites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Selecting an account . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .116
Viewing account details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .117
Changing account settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .118
Setting account permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
Changing access for an account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Checking out account passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .125
Logging on without a password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Viewing password history for an account. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Recovering an account password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Enabling request and approval work flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Setting password checkout policy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Rotating a password immediately . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Deleting accounts. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134

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Chapter 8 Configuring global settings for the privilege service 136

Setting global account permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Setting global resource permissions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Setting global security policies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Configuring password storage . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .141
Configuring global work flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .142
Mapping resource subnets to connectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Adding resources using enrollment codes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Checking features and downloading the agent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .147
Setting profile attributes for agents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Enabling auditing for remote sessions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .149
Creating roles with privilege management rights . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153

Chapter 9 Managing access requests 156

Authorizing global approval for access requests. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Configuring a request and approval work flow . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .157
Creating roles for work flow administration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .158
Creating roles for approvers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Creating a role with access to stored accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .160
Configuring work flow for stored accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .161
Requesting login access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .163
Requesting password checkout access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .164
Responding to access requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .166
Viewing request status and history . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Viewing request details . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .167
Deleting requests . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .168

Chapter 10 Managing applications and application accounts 170

Viewing the list of applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Adding applications manually . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .171
Adding multiplexed accounts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .175
Automating password rotation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .180

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Starting password management . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .182

Modifying application-specific settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Viewing application activity. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183
Setting application-specific permissions. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .183

Chapter 11 Enrolling and managing computers using Centrify agents 186

Verifying a signed package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Installing the agent package . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .187
Enrolling a computer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 189
Verifying enrollment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 192
Enabling agent-based authentication . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .193
Authorizing access for the service user. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .195
Managing passwords for applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .196
Migrating scripts from the CLI Toolkit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .203

Chapter 12 Using the workspace 207

Checking in a password from the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Working with favorites from the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .208
Managing your sessions from the Workspace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .209

Chapter 13 Viewing the privilege service dashboard 210

Managing an active session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .211

Chapter 14 Managing password storage 212

Selecting a password storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .212
Installing and configuring SafeNet KeySecure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .213
Configuring communication with SafeNet KeySecure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .220
Setting the password storage location . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .222
Protecting stored passwords . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Migrating passwords from one location to another . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .223
Working with appliances in a cluster. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .224
Deleting a SafeNet KeySecure configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .226

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Chapter 15 Creating and viewing reports 228

Chapter 16 Troubleshooting 230

Unable to update account password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 230

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 Chapter 1

Introduction to Centrify Privilege Service

Centrify Privilege Service is a privileged identity and access

management solution. The service enables you to manage passwords
and account information for the resources, domains, databases, and
applications you deploy. Centrify Privilege Service is available as
Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) with passwords managed securely
through the Centrify cloud or can be deployed as a standalone
solution with passwords managed using your infrastructure of choice,
whether the infrastructure is an internal protected network, a private
cloud, or provided by a public cloud instance.

This chapter introduces the deployment options and architecture and

provides examples of common use-cases for Centrify Privilege Service.

For more information about Centrify Privilege Service, see the

following topics:

Selecting a deployment option

What Privilege Manager provides
Why managing privileged accounts is important
Connecting to network resources
Using managed or unmanaged accounts
Storing accounts for domains and databases
Auditing sessions on target resources
Cloud-based service deployment option
Internal network deployment option
Checking out managed account passwords

Selecting a deployment option

As a cloud-based service, Centrify Privilege Service relies on the
infrastructure provided by the Centrify identity platform. As a

standalone solution that you manage without access to the Centrify

cloud, Centrify Privilege Service replicates the infrastructure provided
by the Centrify identity platform using computers on your network.
The Centrify identity platform, which includes the Centrify identity
service, is the underlying Identity-as-a-Service (IDaaS) platform that
powers all of Centrifys cloud-based products and services. If your
organization prefers to keep passwords inside of the firewall, however,
you have the option to deploy Centrify Privilege Service and Centrify
Identity Service on-site in your own network, in a private cloud, or in a
public cloud instance you manage.

Centrify Privilege Service and Centrify Server Suite form the foundation
of Centrifys privileged identity management solution for privileged
users and IT resources. Centrify Privilege Service enables you to
centrally manage account passwords and access rules for both
privileged and unprivileged accounts and to control who can use those
accounts to log on to target resources, such as remote servers and
network devices, inside or outside of a firewall.

Depending on the deployment option you choose, you will either

register for access to the cloud-based Centrify privilege service or
install and configure components locally on your own network.

With either deployment option, you use the Privilege Manager portal
to add, manage, and access the resources, domains, and databases
and the corresponding accounts you add to the privilege service.

What Privilege Manager provides

Through Centrify Privilege Manager portal, you can securely store,
share, and manage administrative and non-administrative account
passwords for target resources, domains, and databases.

By using Centrify Privilege Manager to manage administrative and

shared account passwords, you can securely store encrypted
passwords and control how frequently they are reset. By adding
accounts with managed passwords and only granting specific
privileges, you can share common accounts without members of
different work groups knowing administrative account passwords.

Using the stored account information, administrators with the proper

permissions can log on transparently without providing a password

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and open remote sessions on target servers and network devices to

perform everyday tasks, diagnose problems, or fix issues. In addition,
by requiring users to check out and check in stored passwords when
they are not logging on transparently, you can prevent the reuse of
shared account passwords for administrative activity.

Privilege Manager keeps a record of password checkout, checkin, and

session activity, so you always know who had access to which resource
when. If you also have Centrify Server Suite Enterprise Edition and
have set up an audit installation, you can capture a complete audit trail
of what administrators did after starting a remote session on a
targeted resource. For information about how to create an audit
installation to capture and replay session activity, see the Auditing with
Centrify Server Suite Administrators Guide. For information about
configuring auditing for the Centrify privilege service, see Enabling
auditing for remote sessions.

Why managing privileged accounts is important

There are several key reasons your organization can benefit from using
Centrify Privilege Service to manage privileged accounts and access to
resources, domains, and databases. For example, by using the Centrify
Privilege Service to manage privileged accounts and access to servers,
you can:

Improve your overall operational security by limiting access to

accounts with administrative privileges.
Provide access to administrative operations without sharing
privileged account passwords.
Log all password checkout, check-in, and reset activity.
Change the password stored automatically after a viewed or copied
password is checked in to prevent reuse.
Enforce password complexity by generating passwords that cannot
be guessed and that only the service knows.
Provide remote access to servers and network devices through a
secure channel.

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Connecting to network resources

With Centrify Privilege Manager, you can securely store local user
name and password combinations (accounts). You can then use those
accounts to connect interactively to servers, switches, and routers
(resources). You can also choose who is authorized to use the accounts
on which resources and who is authorized to view or copy the account
password.

The resources you manage might include servers and network devices
inside of your organizations firewall, outside of the firewall, or a
combination of the two. For example, you might have some users who
can log on to specific resources inside of the firewall and others who
can access specific resources located outside of the firewall.

In the most common scenario, you would add shared local accounts
such as root, patrol, or oraclefor the resources you add to the
Centrify privilege service. You would also specify which users are
allowed to use those shared accounts and what different users are
allowed to do. For example, you can specify which users can connect
using a given account without having to specify the password for the
account.

Using managed or unmanaged accounts

If you use secure shell or remote desktop connections for a resource,
the account used to connect to the resource can be either a managed
account, that is, an account with the password automatically changed
by the Centrify privilege service, or an unmanaged account with a
password that is stored by the Centrify privilege service but not
changed. In either case, the Centrify privilege service can retrieve the
password programmatically without revealing it, so that administrators
can use the account without knowing the password being used.

By logging on to target resources without a password, you can keep

shared accounts more secure and enable administrators to open
sessions from within or outside of the firewall based on how you
choose to deploy the service.

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Storing accounts for domains and databases

In addition to local accounts such as root for Linux or UNIX or
Administrator for Windows, you can use the Centrify privilege
service to store account information for domains and databases. By
storing this information in the privilege service, you can control who
can check out account passwords and automatically rotate the
password for the privileged accounts you want to manage.

Auditing sessions on target resources

All of the administrative activity that takes place through the Centrify
privilege service is audited and stored as events either locally or in the
cloud. In addition, if you have installed the Enterprise Edition of
Centrify Server Suite 2015 (or later) and have an audit installation
established, the administrators activity on the target resource during a
secure shell or remote desktop session can also be collected and
stored in an audit database for further review and analysis.

Cloud-based service deployment option

Centrify cloud-based products and services rely on the connectors you
install and configure for your organization. The connector acts as a
gateway between your internal network and the Centrify cloud-based
services you use.

At least one connector is required if you are connecting Active

Directory domains on your internal network to Centrify services hosted
on the Internet. In addition, Centrify Privilege Service requires one or
more connectors to enable the network connections to IT resources.
Multiple connectors can be installed to support fail-over and load
balancing.

The following diagram illustrates the deployment architecture of the

privileged identity management and monitoring features provided by

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Centrify Privilege Service when you store account information using

the cloud-based service.

The diagram illustrates the basic deployment model with only one
connector installed on a Windows server. In practice, however, most
organizations would deploy at least two connectors inside of the
firewall for fault tolerance.

Internal network deployment option

If you are deploying Centrify Privilege Service inside of the firewall for
your organization, you will install and configure a standalone on-site
connector and all of the required infrastructure components and

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services on a single Windows computer on your internal network. At

least one connector is required. You can, however, install additional
connectors to support fail-over and load balancing.

As a standalone solution that you deploy and manage yourself,

Centrify Privilege Service replicates the infrastructure provided by the
Centrify identity platform without requiring any access to the Centrify
cloud or any internet connectivity. After you install the basic
infrastructure, however, you can choose to host one or more tenants
internally on your own network inside of the firewall, or you can use an
internet-based third party to host tenants through site-to-site VPN
connections.

After you install Centrify Privilege Service, you use the Privilege
Manager portal to add, manage, and access the resources, domains,
databases, and corresponding accounts you add to the service.

The following diagram illustrates the physical deployment of the

privileged identity and access management features provided by
Centrify Privilege Service when you store account information
internally on your own network.

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The diagram illustrates the internal deployment model with only one
connector. In practice, however, most organizations would deploy at
least two connectors inside of the firewall for fault tolerance.

Checking out managed account passwords

If you are authorized to check out passwords, you can retrieve the
password for an account to enable you to log on to a target resource.
After you retrieve the password, it can remain checked out for a
configurable period of time. What happens at the end of the allowed
checkout period depends on whether the account password is
managed by the Centrify privilege service or unmanaged.

If the password is a managed account password, the password you

retrieved expires at the end of the checkout period and the Centrify
privilege service automatically generates a new password for the
account. If you check in the password before the end of the checkout
period, the checkin also automatically generates a new password for
the account. You can use policies to configure the maximum number
of minutes a password can be checked out and whether multiple
administrators can have a password checked out at the same time. You
can also extend the password checkout time for a currently checked
out password if you need more time to complete your work. With a
managed account password, however, the only valid password is the
one known and updated by the Centrify privilege service.

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Getting started

Welcome to the Centrify Identity Platform and Centrify Privilege

Service. Centrify Privilege Service lets you securely store user name
and password combinations for local accounts. You can then use those
accounts to log on securely to the servers, switches, and routers you
identify as resources.

For more information about signing up for service, installing Centrify

Privilege Service on an internal, and the basics of navigating in
between services and performing common tasks, see the
Getting Started Guide. If you do not have or have not reviewed the
Getting Started Guide, see the following topics for an introduction to the
browser-based portal interface:

Adding a connector
Quick tour
Switching between services and portals
Discovering resources automatically
Adding resources and local accounts
Viewing resource and account details
Using the dashboard and workspace

Adding a connector
The connector is a multipurpose service that enables secure
communication between computers on your internal network. The
Centrify privilege service requires at least one connector to be installed
on your network inside of the firewall.

You can install more than one connector for your organization to
support failover and load balancing. In most cases, you should install
at least two connectors in a production environment.

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 Quick tour

You can download an additional connector from within the

administrative portal for the Centrify identity platform or from the
Welcome page within the Privilege Manager portal. For details about
adding a connector, see the Getting Started Guide.

Quick tour
Across the top are the tabs you use to see and work with different
kinds of information. For example, here you see the following tabs:

Dashboard to see an overview of all activity for the service.

Discovery to create an view discovery profiles that scan your
network and automatically add resources, application accounts, and
applications to the service.
Workspace to see your own current activity within the service.
Resources to add, view, and modify the resources with local
accounts you want to manage.
Domains to add, view, and modify the domains for which you want
to manage domain accounts.
Databases to add, view, and modify the databases for which you
want to manage accounts.
Accounts to add, view, and modify account information and account
permissions.
Applications to add, view, and modify application information for
applications that run under a specific account.
Requests to view and respond to password checkout and login
access requests.
Settings to configure global settings and permissions.

The first time you log on the Dashboard tab is empty because you have
not yet added any resources, domains, or databases for which you
want to manage accounts. If you want to get started right away, the
first place you need to go after logging on is the Resources, Domains,
or Databases tab.

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 Switching between services and portals

The Resources tab is where you add the resourcessuch as servers,

workstations, switches, and routersthat you want to manage and
the local accounts you use to access those resources.
The Domains tab is where you add the domains you want to
manage and the domains accounts you use to access those
domains.
The Databases tab is where you add the databasessuch as
Microsoft SQL Server and Oracle database instancesyou want to
manage and the database accounts you use to access those
databases.

The next step is to add resources, domains, and databases or to create

and populate user roles with permissions to add resources, domains,
and databases. For example, if you wanted to get started by adding
resources and local accounts, the next step would be to click the
Resources tab.

Before you begin adding resources, however, you might want to

explore the user interface to see where you will perform the next tasks.

Switching between services and portals

In the top right corner of the browser, you will see your account name
and help icon. Your account name has a drop-down menu that gives
you access to other services and information about your environment.

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 Switching between services and portals

You can switch from one service to another by clicking on your account
name menu.

User portal tasks

From the account name menu, you can change your service view to
perform different types of tasks. For example, if you are currently using
the Privilege Manager portal, you can use the account name menu to
switch to the User Portal to view or add applications.

When you change from one service to another, the tabs displayed
across the top banner change to reflect the types of tasks you can
perform. For example, if you switch to the User Portal, you see the tabs
for Apps, Devices, Activity, and Account tabs instead of the Privilege
Manager portal tabs.

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 Switching between services and portals

As the first member of the predefined System Administrator

(sysadmin) role, you can control the applications that are displayed by
default for other users. During the initial deployment, however, you
will be primarily switching between the administrative portal for the
Centrify identity platform and Privilege Manager.

Administrative portal tasks

From the account name menu, you can also switch to the
administrative portal for the Centrify identity platform to perform
common administrative tasks. During the first phase of your
deployment, this portal is only available to you as the first member of
the System Administrator role. Users in this role can delegate specific
administrative rights to users in other roles who require more limited
administrative access. You use the administrative portal for the
Centrify identity platform whenever you want to define global settings,
such as the color scheme or the logo displayed in the browser.

After you use the account name menu to switch to the administrative
portal for the Centrify identity platform, you will see the Welcome page
for Centrify identity service, where you have the option to Skip or Start
the Wizard. If you want to proceed without configuring information for
the Centrify identity service, select Dont show this to me again, then
click Skip. After clicking Skip, the default Getting Started dashboard is
displayed in administrative portal and you see a different set of tabs
displayed in the top banner. You can follow the steps listed in the
Getting Started dashboard to begin adding users and creating roles.

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 Discovering resources automatically

For Centrify privilege service, at a minimum, you are going to use the
following tabs in the administrative portal for the Centrify identity
platform:

Users to add other users to allow them to enroll devices and access
applications.
Roles to add roles and grant Privilege Management rights.
Reports tab to generate built-in or custom reports.
Settings to add connectors and configure or customize the
environment.

When you are done working in the administrative portal for the
Centrify identity platform, you can open the account name menu and
select Switch to Privilege Manager. For example:

Now that you have an overview of where to find different types of

information for resources and accounts and how to navigate between
services and portals, you are ready to explore Privilege Manager and
how to perform a few common tasks in Privilege Manager. For more
details about any task, click Help or Learn More in the Privilege
Manager portal.

Discovering resources automatically

If you want to get started quickly you can log on and click the Discovery
tab. From the Discovery tab, you can select options that create a
discovery profile and run a discovery job. The discovery job will scan
the Active Directory domains and organizational units you select to
collect information about the servers and workstations on your
network and any applications you have configured to run under local
or domain accounts. For more information about creating discovery

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 Adding resources and local accounts

profiles and running discovery jobs, see Configuring network

discovery.

Adding resources and local accounts

If you running a discovery job, the computers found on your network
matching the criteria you specified in the discovery profile are
automatically added as resources to the privilege service. If you want
to skip the discovery scan of your network, however, you can also get
started by manually adding servers, workstations, network devices and
local accounts under the Resources tab.

As you can see, the Resources tab is where you can click Add Resources
or Import to begin adding servers, switches, and routers. You can click
Help for details about how to do that, but before you do, there are a
few common motifs to notice here that you will also see on other tabs:

Items are typically displayed as rows in a table.

You can sort the items displayed by clicking the column headers.
You can select filters or type a search string to change the
information included in the table.
You can click any row to drill down into details about an item.
You can click the check box for a row and view an items details to
activate an Actions menu with a list of selection-appropriate actions
you can take.

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Viewing resource and account details

After you have added at least one resource, you can click in the row for
the resource to display its details. For example:

The Actions menu you see in the resource or account details is the
same menu you can display by selecting a row using the check box.
When you are viewing the details for a target resource or account, you
can also set or change resource-specific or account-specific
information.

For example, as with Resources, you can click an account from the
Accounts tab or from within the resource details to see account
information and the account settings you can edit, such as the users
who have access to the account and the permissions different users
have. For more information about the account details you can modify,
see Managing accounts and account permissions.

Using the dashboard and workspace

The dashboard provides an overview of all of the activity taking place
in the Centrify privilege service for your organization. It provides a
summary of what everyone is doing. The workspace provides a
focused view with a summary of your current and recent activity.

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After you have checked out passwords, logged on to resources,

selected favorites, you can click the Workspace tab to view your current
and recent activity and the status of the passwords you have checked
out and any open sessions.

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 Chapter 3

Configuring network discovery

You can automatically populate the Centrify Privilege Service with

computers and accounts by creating discovery profiles and running
discovery jobs. Discovery profiles describe the type of information you
want to discoverfor example, whether to discover both servers and
workstations and whether to discover accounts used to run
applications and scheduled tasksand the account used to discover
that information.

You can define a single discovery profile to scan multiple domains, or

multiple discovery profiles scoped to scan individual domains or
specific Active Directory groups.

You can select any stored domain account as the discovery profile
account or provide a user name and password manually. If you
manually specify a user name as the discovery profile account, only
the user name is stored in the discovery profile. The discovery profile
account you specify must have sufficient permissions to perform
computer, domain, application, and account discovery. At a minimum,
the discovery profile account must have:

Read permissions on the domains to be discovered

Local administrator permissions on computers to be discovered

For more information about performing discovery-specific tasks, see

the following topics:

Preparing for discovery

Create a discovery profile
Running a discovery job
Viewing discovered applications
Updating the password for added accounts
Updating application settings
Modifying discovery profiles

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Deleting discovered objects

Deleting a discovery profile

Preparing for discovery

Before creating any discovery profiles, you might want to review your
firewall settings and the ports required to discover Windows services
and scheduled tasks. At a minimum, the discovery process requires
port number 445 for server message block (SMB) connections to
discover Windows services and account information and port number
135 for Windows RPC endpoint resolution.

In addition, you can open any available port for discovering scheduled
tasks by using the Windows Firewall control panel.

To open a port for discovering scheduled tasks

1 Open the Windows Firewall control panel.

2 Click Advanced Settings.

3 Click Inbound Rules.

4 Select Remote Scheduled Task Management (RPC), right-click, then

select Properties.

By default, this rule allows any port to be used if enabled. You can
customize the properties for this rule to be more restrictive, if
needed.

5 Click OK.

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Create a discovery profile

A discovery profile identifies the type of resources you want to locate
on your network and add to the privilege service. After you configure
the details for the discovery profile, you can use the profile to run a
discovery job immediately or save the profile for future use. If you save
the discovery profile, you can run the discovery job later on a one-time
basis or to periodically check for new computers, domains,
applications, and accounts.

You can also create multiple discovery profiles to look for computers,
domains, applications, and accounts that match different criteria. For
example, you might create separate discovery profiles to look for
Windows servers and UNIX workstations.

To create a discovery profile

1 Click the Discovery tab.

2 Type a unique name for the new discovery profile.

3 Type an optional description for the profile.

4 Select the account to use to run the discovery job, then click Next.
If you select Specify User, type the user name for an account with
read permissions and local administrator permissions on the
computers to be discovered.
If you select Domain Account stored in Privilege Service, click
Select and type part of the account name to search for and select
an existing account with read permissions and local
administrator permissions on the computers to be discovered.

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The account you specify must have the Privilege Management

administrative right to successfully discover computers, domains,
applications, and accounts on the network.

5 Review the list of domains to be searched and deselect any domains

you want to skip, then click Next.

By default, the discovery profiles includes all of the domains found

in Active Directory as candidates for discovery. You dont need to
add any domains to the privilege service before creating the
discovery profile.

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6 Review the list of filter options and modify the filters to be used as
needed, then click Next.

For example, if you are only interested in discovering Windows

servers, only the Windows Computers and Servers filters should be
selected.

Similarly, if you want to restrict the discovery profile to only apply to

specific Active Directory groups, you can select Filter by Active
Directory Groups, then click Add to search for and select specific
groups.

Note that only computers that are activewith a computer account

password that has been changed in the last 14 daysare
candidates for discovery. Computers objects that are disabled or
inactive are ignored.

7 Select the type of applications, if any, you want to include in the

discovery.
Select Services to look for applications that run as a service under
an account user name and password.
Select Scheduled Tasks to look for scheduled tasks that run
under a service account user name and password.

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Only the Windows services or scheduled tasks that run using a user
account name and password are discovered and only those
applications and their corresponding user accounts are added to
the privilege service. The user accounts can be domain user
accounts or local user accounts. If a domain account is discovered,
the corresponding domain is also added to the privilege service.

Applications and scheduled tasks that run on discovered computers

using built-in accounts such as Local System, Local Service, and
Network Service are ignored.

8 Click Save to save the discovery profile for future use or click Run to
start the discovery job.

Running a discovery job

After you have created one or more discovery profiles, you can select
from the list of discovery profiles, then click Run to start the discovery
process. If the discovery profile uses a manually-defined user name,
you are prompted to enter the account password. You might also be
prompted to enter the account password if the discovery profile
account was a previously stored domain account that has been deleted
from the privilege service.

When running the discovery job, keep in mind that the account used to
run the job must have the Privilege Management administrative right
to successfully discover computers, domains, applications, and
accounts on the network.

After you start the discovery job, progress is displayed as the discovery
scans the network for computers matching the criteria you specified in
the discovery profile. Note that only one discovery jobs runs at a time.
If you selected more than one discovery profile, they run one after
another.

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 Viewing discovered applications

As the discovery job runs, the discovery summary displays the

following information:

Number of computers discovered.

Number of computers scanned.
Number of computers skipped.
Number of domains added.
Number of domain accounts added.
Number of computers added.
Number of local accounts added.
Number of applications added.

After a successful discovery job is complete, the new domains,

computers, accounts, and applications are listed under the
appropriate tabs within the Privilege Manager portal. The account you
used to run the discovery will be the owner of all of the newly
discovered objects and have full permission to take action on those
objects, including the ability to add other users and assign permissions
on the domains, computers, accounts, and applications discovered.

If a discovered domain, account, computer, or application already

exists in the privilege service, the existing domain, account, computer,
or application is left unchanged by the discovery process.

Viewing discovered applications

You can view the global list of discovered and manually added
applications from the Application tab in the Privilege Manager portal.
You can also view the list of discovered applications or manually added
application information for specific resources. Both the global and
resource-specific application list provide the following information:

Name indicates the program name used to run the Windows

service or the full path to the scheduled task.
Description displays the display name associated with the
Windows service or scheduled task.
Resource indicates the target resource where the application runs.

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Multiplexed account is empty until you configure password

management for the application. For example, this field is blank for
newly discovered applications if they run under an account that
doesnt have a managed password stored in the privilege service.
Current account displays the local or domain account that the
application is currently configured to run as.
Application type indicates whether the application is a Windows
service or a scheduled task.
Active indicates whether the Windows service or scheduled task is
currently running on the resource.
Issues displays additional information about the status of the
application. For example, if the password for the application
account is due for rotation but is currently in use on another target
resource, a message indicating the status is displayed.

Updating the password for added accounts

After you run discovery jobs to add applications that run under local or
domain accounts to the privilege service, you might have one or more
new unmanaged accounts that have been added to the service but are
missing a password.

To check for and add missing passwords

1 Click the Accounts tab.

2 Click Local Accounts to check for newly-added local accounts that

are used to run applications.

If any accounts display the status Missing Password, continue to the

next step to add the password for the account to the privilege
service.

3 Select the account, click the Actions menu, then select Update
Password.

4 Type the password for the account, then click Save.

5 Click Domain Accounts to check for newly-added domain accounts

that are used to run applications.

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If any accounts display the status Missing Password, repeat

Step 3 and Step 4 to add the password for the account to the
privilege service.

6 Click Manage this password if you want to have the account

password for the application account you just updated to be
managed by the privilege service.

Updating application settings

After you run discovery jobs to add applications that run under local or
domain accounts to the privilege service, you need to perform a few
additional steps to enable automated password management for each
application. Keep in mind that the application account is the account
that runs an application service or scheduled task. Automated
password management also requires an administrative account. The
administrative account is the account that rotates the application
account password.

To prepare for automated password rotation of application account

passwords, you need to:

Identify an administrative account stored in the privilege service

that will be used to manage the password for the application
account. The account must be a domain account stored in the
privilege service and must have the Rotate permission. For more
information about granting permission to an account, see Granting
account-specific permissions.
Determine whether you need to create a special accountcalled a
multiplexed accountto ensure password synchronization if an
application account runs on multiple computers. For more
information about multiplexed accounts, see Adding multiplexed
accounts.
Set the global or resource-specific password rotation policy on the
resources where the application runs. For more information about
setting the password rotation policy, see Allow periodic password
rotation.
Update the application settings to enable automated password
management.

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 Updating application settings

To update application settings

1 Click the Applications tab, then select an application.

2 Click Select to search for and select a domain account.

Type a search string to locate the appropriate account.
Select the account in the list of results, then click Add.

3 Type an optional description for the application.

4 Verify the application type and the application name.

5 Leave Enable management of this application password unselected

to continue using the discovered application account.

You can select Enable management of this application password if

you want the password for the application account to be managed
by the Centrify privilege service. However, this option requires you
to create a multiplexed account to replace the application account
that was discovered.

Because additional steps are required to replace the discovered

application account, you should not select Enable management of
this application password unless you have prepared accounts as
described in Adding multiplexed accounts. You can create and
configure multiplexed accounts before or after updating the other
application settings.

The remaining fields are only applicable after you select Enable
management of this application password to automate password
rotation. For more information about configuring automatic
password rotation, see Automating password rotation.

6 Click Save to save the application settings.

If an application is running under its account when it is time to rotate

the password, password rotation is skipped until the application
session ends.

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 Modifying discovery profiles

Modifying discovery profiles

You can modify any previously-defined discovery profile by selecting it
in the list of profiles, then clicking the pencil icon. You can then make
changes to any of your previous selections. For example, you might
want to change the user account that runs the discovery job or
re-discover resources you have accidentally deleted.

Deleting discovered objects

You can manually delete any previously discovered computer, domain,
application, or account by selecting it, then clicking Delete. If you
manually delete a discovered object, however, the object will not be
added to the privilege service the next time you run a discovery job by
default. If you accidentally delete a discovered object, you can
manually add it to the privilege service or run a new discovery with the
Overwrite previously discovered resources option selected.

Deleting a discovery profile

You can delete any previously-defined discovery profile by selecting it
in the list of profiles, then clicking the delete icon. You are prompted to
confirm the deletion.

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 Chapter 4

Managing resources

The Resources tab lists all of the resourcessuch as servers,

workstations, switches and routersavailable for you to manage. You
can populate this list automatically for some resources by running
discovery jobs. Discovery enables you to create a profile to identify the
resources in which you are interestedsuch as Windows servers or
UNIX computersthen scan the network for resources that match the
criteria you have specified. You can also add resources without running
discovery jobs by adding individual resources manually or by importing
multiple resources at once using an import file.

If you are a member of a role with the appropriate privilege

management rights, you can view, add, modify, or delete resources
from this list.

For more information about adding and managing target resources

and local accounts, see the following topics:

Planning to add resources

Adding a single resource
Importing multiple resources and accounts
Viewing the resources youve added
Filtering the resources displayed
Identifying favorites
Selecting a resource
Selecting account actions for a resource
Viewing and modifying resource-specific details
Checking out an account password
Extending the password checkout time
Checking in a password
Logging on without a password

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Specifying a user name and password

Connecting remotely to a target resource
Removing account information for a resource
Deleting a resource

Planning to add resources

Before adding any resources to the Centrify privilege service, you might
want to consider which accounts you need to manage and whether
there are any restrictions on those accounts that you should be aware
of.

For more information, see the following topics:

Identifying the accounts to manage

Using a proxy account for root

Identifying the accounts to manage

Some of the common accounts that are likely candidates for being
managed through the Centrify privilege service include:
root
oracle for Oracle database administration
sidadm for SAP administration
db2inst for IBM DB2 instance administration
patrol for BMC Patrol administration

You might have many other administrative tools or in-house accounts

that require special privileges or have access to sensitive information.
You can use the Centrify privilege service to manage the password for
any of these accounts or add any other accounts of your choice to
securely store the account information without having the password
managed by the Centrify privilege service.

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Using a proxy account for root

The most common scenario for most resources is to have the Centrify
privilege service manage the password for the local root user.
However, it is also very common to configure secure shell
environments to prevent the root user from opening secure shell
connections, which would prevent the account from being used to log
on to target resources.

To address these two common scenarios, the Centrify privilege service

allows you to specify a proxy account to use in place of the root
account. The proxy account is used to open the secure shell session
on the target resource. The account used as the proxy for the root
account does not require any special privileges. The only requirement
for the proxy account is that it must be allowed to open secure shell
sessions on the target resource. After the proxy account opens the
secure shell connection, the Centrify privilege service gets root
privileges programmatically, enabling the account to perform
administrative tasks on the target resource.

If you have configured ssh to prevent the root user account from
logging on by opening a secure shell (ssh) connection, you also have
the option to have the password for the proxy account managed by
the Centrify privilege service. If you select Manage this password for a
proxy account, only the Centrify privilege service will know the
password for the account. The managed proxy account password will
not be available to any other applications or users.

Adding a single resource

If you want to manage accounts for a server, workstation, or network
device through the Centrify privilege service, you must first add the
computer or network device to the Resources list. Initially, you might
add resources and shared accounts one-by-one using the Add
Resource Wizard, which guides you through the information required.
Alternatively, you can create an import file to add multiple resources
and shared accounts at once.

To add a new computer or network device to the resources list

1 Select the Resources tab, then click Add Resource to open the Add
Resource Wizard.

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2 Type a unique name to identify the resource, the fully-qualified DNS

name or IP address, and select the type of server or network device
you want to add.
Windows for Windows servers and workstations.
UNIX for Linux and UNIX servers and workstations.
Cisco IOS or Cisco NX-OS for Cisco networking devicessuch as
routers and switchesthat support Cisco IOS or Cisco NX-OS as
the embedded operating system.
Juniper Junos OS for Juniper networking devicessuch as routers
and switchesthat support Juniper Junos OS as the embedded
operating system.
Generic SSH for other network devices that support secure shell
sessions but not password management.

You can use Centrify Privilege Service to manage account passwords

for Windows, UNIX, Cisco, and Juniper resources. If you are adding
any other type of network device, select Generic SSH as the resource
type.

Optionally, you can type a longer description of the resource. For

example, you might want to make note of the manufacturer and
model number or the physical location of the server or device, then
click Next to continue.

3 Optionally, add a user name and password for an account used to

access the resource and specify whether the password for the
account is managed by the privilege service, then click Next.

4 Configure any additional settings, then click Next.

5 Select Verify Resource Settings to test access to the resource using

the account information provided, then click Finish.

If the resource and account settings are successfully verified, click

Close.

If theres an error, test network connectivity and verify that the user
name and password you provided are valid for the resource you are
attempting to add. If verification fails, close the error message,
deselect the Verify Resource Settings option, then click Finish to add
the resource and close the Add Resource Wizard. You can only

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deselect the Verify Resource Settings option if the password for the
account is unmanaged. If the password for an account is managed,
the resource settings must be verified to ensure the correct
password is stored by the privilege service.

The specific settings you can configure depend on the type of

resource you are adding. For more detailed information about these
settings, click the appropriate link:
Adding a Windows resource
Adding a UNIX resource
Adding a Cisco resource
Adding a Juniper resource
Adding a Generic SSH resource

Adding a Windows resource

If you are adding a Windows resource, you can add a user name and
password for a local account to be used to access the resource. This
step is optional. You can type a user name and password when adding
the resource or at a later time, then click Next to continue.

Adding a user name and password for the resource

If you are adding an account, keep in mind that there are two types of
accounts for Windows resources: local accounts and domain accounts.
When you add a user for a Windows resource, the user_name you
specify should always be a local user account. If you want to manage
domain accounts for domain computers, you must first add the
domain to the Centrify privilege service. After adding the domain, you
can add domain accounts and check out the passwords for domain
accounts, and use domain accounts to log on to remote computers.
For information about adding domains and domain accounts to the
Centrify privilege service, see Managing domains.

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

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Optionally, you can also type a longer description of the account. For
example, you might want to describe the tasks the account is used to
perform, then click Next to continue.

Managed passwords and password complexity

For any account you add, you can also choose whether or not you want
the Centrify privilege service to manage the account password. If you
select Manage this password, the Centrify privilege service
automatically resets the password after the account and resource are
added and each time the account is checked in.

All managed passwords generated by the Centrify privilege service

consist of at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one
number, and one special character regardless of the resource type. For
Windows resources, the following additional password rules apply:

Minimum password length: 12 characters.

Maximum password length: 32 characters.
Supported special characters: !$%&()*+,-./:;<=>?[\]^_{|}~

You should keep in mind that only the Centrify privilege service will
know the managed password being generated and stored. You should
not select this option if you dont want the Centrify privilege service to
manage the password for the account.

Management port for password changes and validation

When you add Windows resources to the privilege service, the Add
Resource wizard scans for available ports to determine the port to use
for checking the validity of account passwords and managing
password changes. Depending on the results of the scan, the protocol
and port used to validate and manage password changes might be set
to one of the following:

Remote Procedure Call (RPC) protocol over TCP and port 135.
Server Message Block (SMB) protocol and port 445.
Windows Remote Management (WinRM) over HTTPS if port 5986 is
open

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Windows Remote Management (WinRM) over HTTP if port 5985 is

open.

If a suitable protocol and port cannot be found or the user account to

be used for password management and validation does not have the
appropriate permissions, the management mode for the resource is
automatically set to Disabled/Not Detected. Depending on the
protocol you want to use for password managment and validation, you
might need to unblock a port or set up a proxy user and password with
administrative privileges to run PowerShell commands, then retry
automatic detection.

You can use Resource Settings after adding a resource to manually set
a management protocol and port or to select Auto-Detect to try to
detect an appropriate port again if the first attempt failed.

Configuring a proxy user for password changes and validation

You can specify a non-administrative Proxy user name and

Proxy password to use when managing the password for the selected
resource. If you specify a proxy user account, you can also choose to
have the password for that proxy account managed by the privilege
service. If you dont specify a proxy user, the account credentials used
to log on are used to manage passwords and validate accounts.

You should note that the proxy user account is only used for password
management and account validation. It is not used for opening remote
desktop sessions.

Changing Windows resource settings

In addition to the common resource settings you can change for any
type of resource, there are a few Windows-specific resource settings.
For example, you can use Resource Settings to update the following
after adding a resource:

Change the session type or port number for remote connections

You can manually select secure shell or remote desktop and change
the port number for remote sessions. If you dont specify a session
type and port, the Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP) and port 3389 are
used by default.
Select a resource time zone

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You can manually select the time zone you want to use for any
resource. If you dont specify a time zone, the local time zone of the
resource is used by default.
Change proxy account settings

You can add a proxy user name and password to manage password
validation and updates on a target resource. If you dont specify a
proxy user, the account credentials used to log on are used to
manage passwords and validate accounts.
Select a protocol and port for password management

You can manually set the management mode to change the protocol
and port used for password management on target resources. If you
dont select a management mode, the default protocol and port that
were identified when you added the resource are used.
Add or modify the optional description of the resource.

You can update the description for a target resource at any time.

Adding a UNIX resource

If you are adding a UNIX resource, you can add a user name and
password for an account to be used to access the resource. This step is
optional. You can type a user name and password when adding the
resource or at a later time, then click Next to continue.

Adding a user name and password for the resource

You can specify any valid 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.

Optionally, you can also type a longer description of the account. For
example, you might want to describe the tasks the account is used to
perform, then click Next to continue.

Managed passwords and password complexity

For any account you add, you can also choose whether or not you want
the Centrify privilege service to manage the account password. If you

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select Manage this password, the Centrify privilege service

automatically resets the password after the account and resource are
added and each time the account is checked in.

All managed passwords generated by the Centrify privilege service

consist of at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one
number, and one special character regardless of the resource type. For
UNIX resources, the following additional password rules apply:

Minimum password length: 12 characters.

Maximum password length: 32 characters.
Supported special characters: !$%&()*+,-./:;<=>?[\]^_{|}~

You should keep in mind that only the Centrify privilege service will
know the managed password being generated and stored. You should
not select this option if you dont want the Centrify privilege service to
manage the password for the account.

Specifying a proxy user for root

If you selected UNIX as the resource type and added root as the
account to use with the server, you are prompted to specify whether
the root user account is allowed to log on using secure shell (ssh)
connections.

Select Yes if the root user account is allowed to log on using secure
shell (ssh) connections, then click Next to continue.
Select No if you have configured ssh to prevent the root user
account from logging on using secure shell connections. If
necessary, you can open the /etc/ssh/sshd_config file on the
server to verify whether the PermitRootLogin parameter is set to
no.

If you have configured ssh to prevent the root user account from
logging on by opening a secure shell (ssh) connection, you must add a
user name and password for an account that can open a secure shell
connection on the target resource. The account name and password
you specify becomes a proxy account used in place of the root
account. The account used as the proxy for the root account must be
able to open secure shell sessions on the target resource, but no other
special privileges are required. After the proxy account opens the

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secure shell connection, it gets its root privileges programmatically to

perform administrative tasks on the target resource.

If you are adding a proxy account to open secure shell sessions, you
also have the option to have the password for this account managed
by the Centrify privilege service. If you select Manage this password for
the proxy account, only the Centrify privilege service will know the
password for the account from this point on. The managed proxy
account password will not be available to any other applications or
users.

After you specify whether root is allowed to open secure shell

sessions on the target resource and, if necessary, the account to be
used as the proxy for the root account, click Next to continue.

Changing UNIX resource settings

In addition to the common resource settings you can change for any
type of resource, there are a few UNIX-specific resource settings. For
example, you can use Resource Settings to update the following types
of information after adding a resource:

Change the session type or port number for remote connections

You can manually select secure shell or remote desktop and change
the port number for remote sessions. If you dont specify a session
type and port, the secure shell client and port 22 are used by default.
Select a resource time zone

You can manually select the time zone you want to use for any
resource. If you dont specify a time zone, the local time zone of the
resource is used by default.
Change proxy account settings

If you configure ssh to prevent the root user account from logging
on using secure shell connections, you can select the Enable Proxy
Account option to set the proxy user name and password.
Add or modify the optional description of the resource.

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Adding a Cisco resource

If you are adding a Cisco IOS or Cisco NX-OS resource, you can add a
user name and password for an account to be used to access the
resource. This step is optional. You can type a user name and password
when adding the resource or at a later time, then click Next to
continue.

Adding a user name and password for the resource

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

Optionally, you can also type a longer description of the account. For
example, you might want to describe the tasks the account is used to
perform, then click Next to continue.

Managed passwords and password complexity

For any account you add, you can choose whether or not you want the
Centrify privilege service to manage the account password. If you
select Manage this password, the Centrify privilege service
automatically resets the password immediately after the account and
resource are added and each time the account is checked in.

All managed passwords generated by the Centrify privilege service

consist of at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one
number, and one special character regardless of the resource type. For
Cisco NX-OS resources, the following additional password rules apply:

Minimum password length: 12 characters.

Maximum password length: 32 characters.
Supported special characters: !@#%&()*+,-./:;<>[\]^_{|}~

For Cisco IOS resources, the following additional password rules apply:

Minimum password length: 12 characters.

Maximum password length: 25 characters.
Supported special characters: !@#$%&()*+,-./:;<=>[\]^_{|}~

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If you select Manage this password for Cisco IOS and NX-OS devices,
you should keep in mind that the Centrify privilege service can only
manage passwords for privileged user accounts that have sufficient
rights to configure and save settings. In addition, if there are any
pending changes for other user accounts, those changes will be saved
when the privilege service updates a managed password.

You should also keep in mind that only the Centrify privilege service
will know the managed password being generated and stored. You
should not select this option if you dont want the Centrify privilege
service to manage the password for the account.

Changing Cisco resource settings

You can use the Resource Settings to update the following types of
information after adding a resource:

Change the session type or port number for remote connections

You can manually select secure shell or remote desktop and change
the port number for remote sessions. If you dont specify a session
type and port, the secure shell client and port 22 are used by default.
Select a resource time zone

You can manually select the time zone you want to use for any
resource. If you dont specify a time zone, the local time zone of the
resource is used by default.
Add or modify the optional description of the resource.

Adding a Juniper resource

If you are adding a Juniper Junos OS resource, you can add a user
name and password for an account to be used to access the resource.
This step is optional. You can type a user name and password when
adding the resource or at a later time, then click Next to continue.

Adding a user name and password for the resource

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

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Optionally, you can also type a longer description of the account. For
example, you might want to describe the tasks the account is used to
perform, then click Next to continue.

Managed passwords and password complexity

For any account you add, you can choose whether or not you want the
Centrify privilege service to manage the account password. If you
select Manage this password, the Centrify privilege service
automatically resets the password immediately after the account and
resource are added and each time the account is checked in.

All managed passwords generated by the Centrify privilege service

consist of at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one
number, and one special character regardless of the resource type. For
Juniper Junos OS resources, the following additional password rules
apply:

Minimum password length: 12 characters.

Maximum password length: 20 characters.
Supported special characters: !@#$%&()*+,-./:;<=>?[\]^_{|}~

If you select Manage this password for Juniper Junos OS devices, you
should keep in mind that the Centrify privilege service can only
manage passwords for privileged user accounts that have sufficient
rights to configure and save settings. In addition, if there are any
pending changes for other user accounts, those changes will be saved
when the privilege service updates a managed password.

You should also keep in mind that only the Centrify privilege service
will know the managed password being generated and stored. You
should not select this option if you dont want the Centrify privilege
service to manage the password for the account.

Specifying a proxy user for root

If you selected Juniper as the resource type and added root as the
account to use with the device, you are prompted to specify whether
the root user account is allowed to log on using secure shell (ssh)
connections.

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Select Yes if the root user account is allowed to log on using secure
shell (ssh) connections, then click Next to continue.
Select No if you have configured ssh to prevent the root user
account from logging on using secure shell connections.

You can disable secure shell (ssh) connections for root on Juniper
devices by running the following command:

set system services ssh root-login deny

If you have disabled secure shell (ssh) connections for root and want
to manage the password for the account, you must add a user name
and password for an account that can open a secure shell connection
on the target resource.

The account name and password you specify becomes a proxy

account used in place of the root account. The account used as the
proxy for the root account must be able to open secure shell
sessions on the target resource, but no other special privileges are
required. After the proxy account opens the secure shell connection,
it gets its root privileges programmatically to perform administrative
tasks on the target resource.

If you are adding a proxy account to open secure shell sessions, you
also have the option to have the password for this account managed
by the Centrify privilege service. If you select Manage this password for
the proxy account, only the Centrify privilege service will know the
password for the account from this point on. The managed proxy
account password will not be available to any other applications or
users.

After you specify whether root is allowed to open secure shell

sessions on the target resource and, if necessary, the account to be
used as the proxy for the root account, click Next to continue.

Changing Juniper resource settings

You can use the Resource Settings to update the following types of
information after adding a resource:

Select a resource time zone

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You can manually select the time zone you want to use for any
resource. If you dont specify a time zone, the local time zone of the
resource is used by default.
Change proxy account settings

If you configure ssh to prevent the root user account from logging
on using secure shell connections, you can select the Enable Proxy
Account option to set the proxy user name and password.
Add or modify the optional description of the resource.

Adding a Generic SSH resource

If you are adding a Generic SSH resource, you can add a user name
and password for an account to be used to access the resource using a
secure shell session. This step is optional. You can type a user name
and password when adding the resource or at a later time, then click
Next to continue.

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

You can specify any valid 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 resource settings

If you set the resource-specific or global policy to allow remote access

from a public network and the resource is a network device that
supports secure shell (ssh) connections, you can use the Resource
Settings to select SSH as the session type and specify the port number
to use for secure shell sessions.

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

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Importing multiple resources and accounts

If you are familiar with the information required to add resources and
shared accounts, you can create an import file to add multiple
resources and shared accounts at once. The import file provides a
comma-separated set of required and optional fields that describe the
resources and accounts you want to add.

To import multiple resources and accounts

1 From the list of Resources, click Import.

2 Click Bulk Resource Import Template to download the template for

importing resources and shared accounts.
The import template is a file with comma-separated values for the
fields used to import resources and accounts. This file illustrates the
format to use in creating your own comma-separated values (CSV)
file with the resources and accounts you want to import. The
template also provides an example of how you might add two
accounts for the resource named host2.

3 Open the Bulk Resource Import Template in a text editor or

spreadsheet program.

4 Click File > Save As to save the file using a new name in a location you
can browse to from Privilege Manager.

5 Edit your custom file so that each line provides the following
information for a specific resource:

For this template field You need to do this

Name Type the display name of the resource you
want to add. This field is required.

As illustrated by the example in the template,

you can have multiple lines with the same
resource name. For example, if you are
adding more than one shared account for the
same resource, list each account as a
separate line with the same resource name.
FQDN Type the fully-qualified domain name or IP
address of the resource you want to add. This
field is required.

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For this template field You need to do this

ComputerClass Specify the type of resource you are adding.
This field is required.

You can specify one of the following for the

ComputerClass field:

Windows

Unix

GenericSsh

CiscoIOS

CiscoNXOS

JuniperJunos
Description Type any descriptive information you want to
add for the resource. This field is optional.
ProxyUserPassword Provide the password for the proxy user for
a resource. This field is optional.

For UNIX and Juniper resources, use this field

if your secure shell environment is configured
to not allow the root user to access
computers remotely using SSH. You can also
use this field for Windows resources if you
want to use a proxy account for password
validation and management on a resource.
ProxyUser Type the name of the proxy user for a
resource. This field is optional.

For UNIX and Juniper resources, use this field

if your secure shell environment is configured
to not allow the root user to access
computers remotely using SSH. You can also
use this field for Windows resources if you
want to use a proxy account for password
validation and management on a resource.

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For this template field You need to do this

ProxyUserIsManaged Specify whether you want to manage the
password for the proxy user. This field is
optional.

You can specify TRUE if you want the privilege

service to manage the password for the
proxy account, or FALSE if you want to leave
the password unmanaged.
User Type the user name for an account to be used
with the resource. This field is optional.
Password Type the password for the account to be used
with the resource. This field is optional.
Managed Specify whether you want to manage the
password for the user account you are adding
for the resource. This field is optional.

You can specify TRUE if you want the privilege

service to manage the password for the
account, or FALSE if you want to leave the
password unmanaged.
UseProxy Specify whether you want to add a proxy
account for the resource. This field is
optional.

You can specify TRUE if you want to use a

proxy account, or FALSE if you dont want to
add a proxy account for the resource.

For UNIX and Juniper resources, use this field

if your secure shell environment is configured
to not allow the root user to access
computers remotely using SSH. You can also
use this field for Windows resources if you
want to use a proxy account for Windows
Remote Management (WinRM) connections
to a resource.
UserDescription Type any descriptive information you want to
add for the user account. This field is
optional.

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As illustrated by the examples in the template file, you can leave

optional fields blank. When you are finished adding the resources
and accounts you want to import, remove the template fields and
examplesif you havent done so alreadyand save your changes to
the file.

6 From the list of Resources, click Import, then click Browse.

7 Select your customized CSV file and click Open.

8 Verify the email address is the email address where you want to be
notified of the import result, then click Import.

The import process runs in the background. Depending on the

number of resources and accounts you are importing, the process
might take some time to complete. You will receive email notification
of the results when the import process is complete.

Viewing the resources youve added

After you have added at least one resource, you can click the
Resources to view the following information for all resources:

Name is the unique name you use to identify the resource.

DNS Name/IP address is the fully-qualified domain name or IP
address defined for the resource in DNS.
Type specifies the type of resource as a UNIX, Windows, Generic
SSH, Cisco IOS, Cisco NX-OS, or Juniper Junos OS resource.
State displays nothing if the last health check for the resource was
successful. If the resource health check failed for any reasonfor
example, because the port used to check resource health is blocked
or a network connection to the resource is not availablethe
column displays Unreachable.
Sessions specifies the number of currently active sessions for the
resource.
Checkouts specifies the number of password checkouts for the
resource.

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Filtering the resources displayed

By default, the Resources tab displays all of the servers and network
devices you have added to the Centrify privilege service. You can filter
the list by selecting a filter, such as Windows or Favorites, from the
menu of filtering options.

For example, click the arrow next to All Resources to view the list of
filtering options:

You can then use the drop down menu to select resources of a specific
type. You can also filter the list of resources displayed by typing a
search string, or by combining a filter and a search string. If you type a
search string, resources and network devices with either a display
name or a DNS name matching the string are included.

Within the resource list, you can click column headers to change how
the listed resources are sorted.

Identifying favorites
As you add servers, workstations, and network devices to the resource
list, you might find it convenient to identify the ones you work with
most frequently as favorites. You can identify the resources as your
favorites by clicking the star icon next to the resource name.

You can then filter the resource list to only display the servers,
workstations, and network devices that you work with most often.
Identifying a resource as a favorite also adds that resource to the
workspace you see when you click the Workspace tab, enabling you to
see activity and take action at a glance without navigating the full list of
resources that have been added to the privilege service.

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Identifying a resource as a favorite adds the resource as an application

tile in the User Portal on the Apps tab, allowing you to log on to the
resource manually directly from the User Portal.

Selecting a resource
You can select a resource to work with by clicking anywhere in the row
that contains the resource name to display the resource details or by
clicking the check box for a row. Selecting a resource displays the
Actions menu to select the action you want to perform.

For example, select a resource using the check box, then click Actions
to display the list of potential actions.

From the Actions menu, you can click:

Account Actions to select a local account and what you want to do,
such as request login access or check out the password for the
account.
AD Account to log on to a selected domain computer using a stored
Active Directory account without specifying a password.
Manual Login to log on by specifying a user name and password.
Delete to remove a resource from the list.

You can also select an action from the Actions menu when viewing the
details for an individual resource or view and modify resource-specific
information. For example, when you are displaying the details for a
selected resource, you can do the following:
Change resource settings such as the resource name and
description.
Add accounts and view account activity, such as the date and time of
the last password reset and the number of active sessions for the
account.
Specify the connectors to use for the resource.
Set resource-specific policies.
View recent activity for the resource, including who has logged on,
and who has checked out or checked in a password for the resource.

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Set resource-specific permissions for the users who are allowed to

access the resource with stored accounts.

Selecting account actions for a resource

When you select a resource and click the Actions menu, you can select
Account Actions to see the complete list of shared accounts that have
been added for the resource. From the list of shared accounts, you can
perform the different types of tasks, depending on the current state of
the account. For example, you might see any of the following actions
available for an account:

Extend the checkout time if password is currently checked out.

Checkout or Checkin depending on whether the shared account
password if it is currently checked out or not.
Login to log on to the resource using the shared account without
knowing the password.
Delete the shared account and password.

For example, if you select Account Actions, you can view the list of
shared local accounts and select the appropriate action to take:

If you select Account Actions and see Request Checkout or Request

Login, you can submit a request to a designated approver to check out
the password or log on to a selected resource when your account does

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not have these permissions. For more information about configuring,

requesting, and responding to access requests, see Managing access
requests.

Viewing and modifying resource-specific details

When you are viewing the details for an individual resource, you can
also change resource settings, view and add account information,
define resource-specific policies, and review recent logon and
password activity. For more information about viewing and modifying
resource-specific information, see the following topics:

Changing resource settings

Viewing account status and activity for a resource
Adding accounts to a resource
Updating the password for stored accounts
Selecting the connectors to use
Setting resource-specific policies
Viewing activity for a resource
Setting resource-specific permissions

Changing resource settings

You can click Resource Settings to change the display name, DNS
name, or IP address for any previously added resource. You can also
use the resource settings to correct the resource type, specify the
protocol and port number for remote sessions, set a specific time zone
for a resource, and add or modify an optional description for the
selected resource. Other settings you can configure depend on the
resource type.

If you make changes to any of the resource settings, click Save.

For more information about resource-specific settings, click the

following links:

Adding a Windows resource

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Adding a UNIX resource

Adding a Cisco resource
Adding a Juniper resource
Adding a Generic SSH resource

Viewing account status and activity for a resource

You can click Accounts to view, add, modify, or delete the accounts
used to access a previously-added resource.

In most cases, you add the account to use for accessing a resource
when you initially add the resource to the Centrify privilege service.
From the list of Accounts for a resource, you can then view the
following information:

Last reset specifies the date and time the account password was last
reset.
Sessions specifies the number of currently active sessions for the
account.
Checkouts specifies the number of password checkouts for the
account.
Status indicates the result of the most recent password check for an
account. If the password stored by the Centrify privilege service is no
longer valid, the column displays Failed. If the state of the password
cannot be determinedfor example, because the port used to
check account health is blocked, the account is in an untrusted
forest, or the account is an unmanaged accountthe column
displays Unknown.
Proxy Account displays a check mark if the account uses the proxy
account defined for root at the resource level.
Managed displays a check mark if the password for the account is
managed through the Centrify privilege service.

When you are viewing the accounts for a resource, you can also select
any account in the list, then click the Actions menu to check out the
password for the account, log on to the target resource using the
stored password for the account, or delete the account. If the account

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is an unmanaged account, you can also update the password stored in

the privilege service.

Adding accounts to a resource

If you skipped the step for adding an account when you added or
imported a resource, provided invalid account information when you
added the resource, or want to update the resource to include
additional accounts, you can do so after adding a resource by clicking
Accounts when viewing the details for the resource.

To add a new account for a resource

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select the resource to display the resource-specific details.

3 Click Accounts, then click Add.

4 Type the user name and password for an account you want to use to
access the currently selected resource.

5 Select the Manage this password option if you want the Centrify
privilege service to manage the password for the specified account.

This option is not displayed if the resource type is Generic SSH for a
network device.

For details about managed passwords for different types of

resources, see the following sections:
Adding a Windows resource
Adding a UNIX resource
Adding a Cisco resource
Adding a Juniper resource

6 Select the Use proxy account option if you want the account you are
adding to use the proxy account defined for the resource.

This option is not displayed if the resource type is Cisco IOS, Cisco NX-
OS, or Generic SSH for a network device.

7 Optionally, type a description for the account, then click Add.

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8 Click Save to save the new account for the resource.

Viewing all local accounts

You can view the accounts that have been added for individual
resources from the resource details. To see a list of all local accounts
for all resources, you can click the Accounts tab, then select Local
Accounts.

From the Local Accounts list, you can filter or search for local accounts
across all resources. You can also select an individual account for any
resource to perform account-related actionssuch as log on to a
target resource, check out an account password, or update the
accounts stored password. The information displayed on the Local
Accounts list is the same as the information displayed for accounts
when you are viewing the details for a specific resource.

Updating the password for stored accounts

If you change the password for any stored account locally on a target
resource, the account password stored in the Centrify privilege service
will no longer be valid. Because the password stored in the privilege
service no longer matches the password that has been changed locally
on the resource, you will not be able to use the stored password to log
on. To synchronize the passwords so that the current password can be
checked out and used to log on, you must update the password stored
in the Centrify privilege service. You can update the password for
managed or unmanaged accounts from the Accounts tab by selecting
an account or by clicking Accounts when viewing the details for the
resource.

To update the password for a stored account

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select the resource to display the resource-specific details.

3 Click Accounts.

4 Select the account that no longer has a valid password stored in the
privilege service.

5 Click the Actions menu, then select Update Password.

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The Update Password action is available for both managed and

unmanaged accounts. In both cases, be sure you have the correct
current password for the account. If you are unsure, reset the
password on the target resource first, then update the password
stored in the privilege service.

6 Type the current password for the account you are updating.

You should update the password stored in the privilege service any
time the password for an account has been changed locally on the
target resource. You also might need to update the password if a
network failure or other event occurs and the password cannot be
recovered automatically.

Note that updating the stored password for an unmanaged account

does not change any information on the resource. If you type the
wrong password or have not yet changed the password for the
selected account on the resource, you will not be able to use the
privilege service to log on remotely until the password stored is the
same as the password on the resource.

If you are updating the stored password for a managed account,

reset the password on the target resource first. After you save the
updated password that matches the reset password, the Centrify
privilege service validates the account information then generates a
new managed password and changes the account password to the
newly-generated password on the target resource. For more
information about recovering lost passwords, see Recovering an
account password.

7 Click Save to save the new password for the account.

Selecting the connectors to use

By default, resources use any available connector without evaluating
the network topology. If the communication with a current connector is
interrupted, resources automatically select another available
connector to continue operation. To give you more control over which
connector different resources use, you can map specific resource
subnet patterns to specific connectors. Resources can then use the
globally-defined network topology to identify the closest connector
available and will use the next closest available connector if the
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Global resource subnet mapping gives you the best combination of

performance and failover support in most cases. However, there are
circumstances in which you might prefer to specifically designate the
connectors individual resources should use. For example, if the
closest connector in the network topology has bandwidth or latency
issues, you might want to designate one or more specific connectors
for a resource. You might also want to specify connectors for individual
resources to control load balancing and failover support.

If you want to specify the connectors for an individual resource, you

can do so when viewing the details for the resource. Resource-specific
settings take precedence over any global connector subnet mapping
you have configured.

To specify the connectors to use for a resource

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select the resource to display the resource-specific details.

3 Click Connectors.

4 Select Choose, then select the specific connectors to use for the
resource from the list of available connectors.

5 Click Save.

Setting resource-specific policies

You can set policies for individual resources or set global policies to
apply to all resources you add to the Centrify privilege service except
where you have explicitly defined a resource-specific policy. If you use
a combination of global and resource-specific policies, the resource-
specific policies take precedence over the global policies you set.

If you have the appropriate permissions to set global resource policies,

see Setting global security policies for more information. If you are not
using global policies, only want to set policies on individual resources,
or want to override global policies on specific resources, you can set
the following policies on a case-by-case basis:

Allow multiple password checkouts for this resource

Allow remote access from a public network

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Checkout lifetime
Enable periodic password cleanup
Allow periodic password rotation
Allow periodic health check
Resource login challenge rules and default profile

To set resource-specific policies

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select the resource to display the resource-specific details.

3 Click Policy.

4 Select settings for any or all of the resource policies.

5 Click Save.

For more information about how to set the resource-specific policies,

click the policy link or the information icon in the Privilege Manager
portal.

Allow multiple password checkouts for this resource

Select No if only one administrator is allowed check out the password

for a selected resource at any given time. If you select No, the
administrator must check the password in and have a new password
generated before another administrator can access the resource with
the updated password.

Select Yes if you want to allow multiple users to have the account
password checked out at the same time for a selected resource. If you
select Yes, multiple administrators can access the resource without
waiting for the password to be checked in.

Allow remote access from a public network

Select Yes if you want to allow connections from outside of the firewall
to access the selected resource. If you select No, administrators will be
denied access if they attempt to log on to the selected resource from a
connection outside of the firewall.

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Checkout lifetime

Type the maximum number of minutes administrators are allowed to

have a password checked out. After the number of minutes specified,
the Centrify privilege service automatically checks the password back
in. The minimum checkout lifetime is 15 minutes. If the policy is not
defined, the default checkout lifetime is 60 minutes.

You can extend the checkout time for a password as long as you do so
before the initial checkout period expires. For example, if the
maximum checkout lifetime is 60 minutes and you extend the
checkout time before the 60 minute period is over, the password
expiration is reset to the 60 minute checkout lifetime. For more
information about configuring the Checkout lifetime policy, see
Extending the password checkout time.

Enable periodic password cleanup

Select Yes to automatically delete retired passwords from the

password history after a given number of days. Select No to prevent
the Centrify privilege service from automatically deleting retired
passwords from the password history at a set interval.

If you select yes, you can also specify the maximum number of days of
password history to keep. For example, if you have a requirement to
keep a record of passwords used for three years, you might set the
cleanup interval to 1096 days to maintain the password history for that
period of time. If you select the default setting, retired passwords are
automatically deleted after 365 days. You cannot set a cleanup interval
less than 90 days.

Allow periodic password rotation

Select Yes if you want to rotate managed passwords automatically at

the interval you specify. Select No if you want to prevent password
rotation for the selected resource.

If you select Yes, you should also specify the password rotation interval
in days. Type the maximum number of days to allow between
automated password changes for managed accounts. You can set this
policy to comply with your organization's password expiration policies.
For example, your organization might require passwords to be
changed every 90 days. You can use this policy to automatically update

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managed passwords at a maximum of every 90 days. If the policy is not

defined, passwords are not rotated.

Allow periodic health check

Select Yes if you want to allow periodic connections from the Centrify
privilege service to the selected resource to determine if the resource
is reachable and to check the validity of the managed and unmanaged
accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. Select No if you want
to prevent periodic connections to the resource. For example, you
might want to select No if you are only using the Centrify privilege
service to store and check out passwords, if you know a resource is not
reachable, or if the accounts stored for a resource use multi-factor
authentication. If you select No, keep in mind that any account
information you add will not be verified.

If you select Yes, you should also specify the health check interval in
hours.

Resource login challenge rules and default profile

You can configure authentication rules and authentication profiles to

protect remote login access for specific resources. Based on the rules
you define, users attempting to log on to a resource without knowing
the stored account password or using specified credentials might be
required to answer a security question, answer a phone call, or click a
link in an email message to authentication their identity. The
authentication rule defines the conditions for when a specific
authentication profile should be used. The authentication profile
defines the types of challenges presented and whether one-factor or
two-factor authentication is required. You can also define a default
authentication profile to use if the conditions you specify for the
account login rules are not met.

If you dont create any authentication rules or authentication profiles

for logging on without knowing the password for an account, users
with the appropriate permission can log on using stored account
passwords without being challenged to re-authenticate their identity. If
you add authentication rules, a default authentication profile, or both,
the policies are evaluated for all attempts to log on to the target
resource, whether using a stored account password or a specified user
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Supported authentication challenges

You should note that only the authentication challenges that are
available in a user profile can be presented. For example, you might
select Phone call and Email confirmation code in the authentication
profile, but these challenges are only valid if users have both a phone
number and email address stored for their accounts.

If users only have a phone number and not an email address stored,
they will receive a phone call to complete the authentication process
rather than be prompted to select an authentication option. If users
have both a phone number and an email address stored, they will be
prompted to select which form of authentication to use.

Authentication if managing the service on-site

If you have installed Centrify privilege service on your internal network

or in a location where you are managing the service yourself, you can
define authentication profiles that use most of the same challenges as
when the Centrify privilege service is deployed as a cloud-based
service. However, some challengessuch as the Email configuration
code and Text message confirmation coderequire you to configure
settings to support outgoing email and SMS-based text messaging.

You can configure the settings for a custom Simple Mail Transport
Protocol (SMTP) mail server and a Twilio in the administrative portal. To
support the Mobile Authenticator as a challenge, you must have a
properly enrolled mobile device. For details about post-installation
configuration steps when you deploy Centrify Privilege Service as an
on-site service, see the Installation and Configuration Guide for On-Site
Deployment.

To add an authentication rule and profile for remote login access

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select the resource to display the resource-specific details.

3 Click Policy.

4 Under Resource Login Challenge Rules, click Add Rule.

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5 Click Add Rule to define the conditions to evaluate to determine the

authentication profile to use when users attempt to log on to a
selected resource using the stored account password.

For example, click Add Rule, select a condition such as IP Address and
inside of the corporate range, then click Add. You can add more than
one condition to the rule. However, all conditions must be true for
the rule to apply.

6 Select the authentication profile to use when all of the conditions you
specify are true, then click OK.
You can select any existing authentication profile if an appropriate
profile has been previously-defined in the administrative portal for
the Centrify identity platform.
You can select Not Allowed as the authentication profile if you
want to prevent users from logging on using a stored account
password when the conditions for this authentication rule are
met. For example, you might want to select Not Allowed to prevent
login access when the request comes from an IP address outside
of the corporate IP range.
You can select Add New Profile if you want to create a new
authentication profile to use when the selected conditions.

If you are adding a new authentication profile, type a profile name,

select the types of authentication challenges to present, set the
challenge duration time to specify how long a previously-satisfied
authentication challenge is valid, then click OK. For information
about creating authentication profiles and specifying the types of
authentication challenges for the authentication profiles you define,
see Creating authentication rules and Creating authentication
profiles in the administrative portal help.

Viewing activity for a resource

You can click Activity to review recent activity, such as password check
out and check in activity, for the selected resource. For example, if a
user has successfully logged on to the selected resource using a shared

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account, checked out an account password, and had a failed logon

attempt, you might see information similar to the following:

To view resource-specific activity

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select the resource to display the resource-specific details.

3 Click Activity.

Setting resource-specific permissions

You can set resource management permissions for individual
resources or set global resource management permissions to apply to
all resources. If you use a combination of global and resource-specific
permissions, the resource-specific permissions take precedence over
the global permissions you set.

You can set the following permissions to only apply on a specific

resource or to apply globally to all resources you add to the Centrify
privilege service except where you have explicitly defined a resource-
specific permission:

Select Grant to grant permissions for a selected resource or all

resources.
Select Manage Session to allow users to watch or terminate active
sessions on a selected resource or all resources.
Select Edit to allow users to edit resource settings for a selected
resource or all resources.
Select Delete to allow users to delete a selected resource or all
resources.
Select Agent Auth to allow users to authenticate and log on to all
resources where the Centrify agent is installed.

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To set resource-specific permissions

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select the resource to display the resource details.

3 Click Permissions.

4 Click Add to search for and select the users, groups, roles, or
computers to which you want to grant resource-specific permissions,
then click Add.

5 Select the appropriate permissions for each user, group, role, or

computer you have added, then click Save.

Checking out an account password

When you add accounts for resources to the Centrify privilege service,
you store the passwords for those accounts securely in a local
repository, in the Centrify cloud, or in an external key management
appliance. If you have the appropriate global or resource-specific
permissions, you can check out the password for a stored account to
access a resource. When you check out a password, you choose
whether to display or copy it to the clipboard for use. The password
remains checked out until either you check it back in or the Centrify
privilege service checks it automatically.

The maximum length of time you are allowed to keep a password

checked out is configured using a resource management policy.
However, you can extend the checkout time for a password that is
currently checked out, if needed. For more information about
configuring the Checkout lifetime policy, see Setting resource-specific
policies. For more information about extending the checkout time, see
Extending the password checkout time.

To check out a password

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select a resource from the resource list.

3 Click the Actions menu, then select Account Actions.

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4 Find the appropriate account from the list of shared accounts, then
click Checkout or Request Checkout.

If you dont have the Checkout permission and click Request

Checkout, your request is sent to a designated user or to the
members of a designated role for approval. If your request is
approved, you have limited period of time to check out the account
password. For more information about the request and approval
work flow, see Managing access requests.

5 Click Display if you want to view the password for the selected
account as plain text or click Clipboard to copy the password without
viewing it.

Depending on how authentication rules and authentication profiles

are configured for the resource and account, you might be required
to respond to one or more authentication challenges before viewing
or copying the stored password. If you are able to authenticate
successfully by responding to one or more authentication
challenges, the checkout proceeds. The checkout is then recorded as
recent activity in the dashboard and in the list of resource activity.

The password checkout is recorded as recent activity in the

dashboard, in your workspace, and in the list of resource activity.

6 Click Close.

7 Log on to the remote computer using the selected account name and
password.

After taking the appropriate action on the target resource, close the
session to log off and check in the password. For more information
about checking in a password, see Checking in a password.

Extending the password checkout time

If you have the appropriate administrative rights and you have checked
out the password for a saved account name, you can extend the
checkout time to allow you to continue maintenance or perform
administrative operations. The default maximum length of time you
are allowed to keep a password checked out is configured using a
resource management policy. If the maximum checkout lifetime is 60

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minutes and you extend the checkout time before time runs out, the
password expiration is reset to 60 minutes.

You can extend the checkout time for a password indefinitely at any
point in its lifetime as long as you extend the checkout time before the
checkout period expires. For example, if you have extended the
checkout time for 60 minutes, but need more time to resolve an issue,
you can extend the checkout time for another 60 minutes as long as
you do so before the first 60 minutes expires. For more information
about configuring the Checkout lifetime policy, see Setting
resource-specific policies.

To extend the check out time for a password

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select a resource from the resource list.

3 Click the Actions menu, then select Account Actions.

4 Find the appropriate account from the list of shared accounts, then
click the Extend Checkout Time icon.

After you extend the checkout time for a password, the activity is
logged on the Privilege Manager dashboard.

5 Click Close.

After you are finished performing maintenance or administrative tasks

on the target resource, log off, and check in the password. For more
information about checking in a password, see Checking in a
password.

Checking in a password
After you check out a password, you have a limited period of time in
which the password you checked out is valid for activity on a remote
resource. If the Centrify privilege service manages the password for the
account, you should check in the password when you end the session
on the remote resource, so that a new secure password can be
generated for the account you used.

You can check in a password you have previously checked out from the
Resources, Accounts, or Workspace tab. For example, if you are viewing

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the list of resources or the details for an individual resource, you can
navigate to Account Actions to check in a password that you currently
have checked out.

To check in a password you have previously checked out

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select a resource from the resource list.

3 Click the Actions menu, then select Account Actions.

4 Find the appropriate account from the list of accounts, click Checkin,
then click Close.

You can also check in an account password when you are viewing your
own activity on the Workspace tab. or when viewing accounts on the
Accounts tab. For more information about reviewing the summary of
your activity, see Using the workspace. For more information about
working with accounts directly, see Managing accounts and account
permissions.

Logging on without a password

After you add account information to the Centrify privilege service,
other users with the appropriate global or resource-specific
permission can log on using the account without knowing the
password for the account.

When you select an account stored in the Centrify privilege service to

log on to a target resource, the Centrify privilege service opens a
secure shell connection if the target resource is a UNIX, Generic SSH, or
Cisco resource or a remote desktop connection if the target resource is
a Windows computer. If the target resource does not use the default
port for secure shell or remote desktop connections, you can specify
the port to use by clicking Resource Settings for a selected resource.
For more information about changing settings for a target resource,
see Changing resource settings.

To log on to a resource using saved account information

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select a resource from the resource list.

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3 Click the Actions menu, then select Account Actions.

4 Find the appropriate account from the list of shared accounts, then
click Login or Request Login.

If you have the Login permission and the stored credentials are valid,
clicking Login starts a new interactive secure shell or remote desktop
session on the target resource. Within the secure shell or remote
desktop session, most operationssuch as cut and paste or resizing
of windowswork as you would expect them to. For more
information about working in the remote session, see Connecting
remotely to a target resource.

If you dont have the Login permission and click Request Login, your
request is sent to a designated user or to the members of a
designated role for approval. If your request is approved, you have
limited period of time to start a new interactive secure shell or
remote desktop session on the target resource. For more
information about the request and approval work flow, see
Managing access requests.

Depending on how authentication rules and authentication profiles

are configured for the resource and account, you might be required
to respond to one or more authentication challenges before logging
on to the remote resource. If you are able to authenticate
successfully by responding to one or more authentication
challenges, the login proceeds and is recorded as recent activity in
the dashboard and in the list of resource activity.

Successful and failed login attempts and active sessions are recorded
as recent activity in the dashboard, in your workspace, and in the list
of resource activity.

Specifying a user name and password

You can also log on to any target resource you add to the Centrify
privilege service without using any account information thats stored in
the Centrify privilege service. You can use any valid credentials to log
on manually to a target resource.

To log on to a resource by specifying a user name and password

1 Select the Resources tab.

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2 Select a resource from the resource list.

3 Click the Actions menu, then click Manual Login.

Depending on how authentication rules and authentication profiles

are configured for the resource and account, you might be required
to respond to one or more authentication challenges before logging
on. If you are able to authenticate successfully by responding to one
or more authentication challenges, you are prompted to provide the
login credentials to continue.

4 Type the user name and password and click Login.

If the credentials you specified are valid for the target resource, logging
on starts a new interactive secure shell or remote desktop session on
the target resource. Within the secure shell or remote desktop session,
most operationssuch as cut and paste or resizing of windowswork
as you would expect them to. For more information about working in
the remote session, see Connecting remotely to a target resource.

Successful and failed login attempts and active sessions are recorded
as recent activity in the dashboard, in your workspace, and in the list of
resource activity.

Connecting remotely to a target resource

When you log on using stored account information for a resource or by
manually specifying a user name and password, you open a web-based
SSH client or RDP connection on the target resource. For example, if
the target resource is a UNIX server or a network device that supports

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SSH, the connection opens a new browser window with the secure
shell session:

The secure shell terminal works as you would expect. For example, you
can resize the window by dragging the window borders. You can also
maximize or minimize the window to change your working area while
the session is open or close the window to end the session. You must
use a mouse to copy and paste in the secure shell, however, because
Ctrl-C is used to terminate an operation in UNIX-based environments.

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Similarly, if the target resource is a Windows computer, logging on

opens a new browser window with a remote desktop connection:

The remote desktop works as you would expect. For example, you can
resize the window by dragging the window borders. You can also
maximize or minimize the window to change your working area while
the session is open or close the browser window to end the session.
Menus and keyboard shortcuts operate in the same way as when you
log on locally to a Windows computer.

Removing account information for a resource

You can remove an account for a resource from the Centrify privilege
service at any time. Removing a stored account from the Centrify
privilege service does not affect account information stored locally on
the target resource. However, you must display or copy the password
to the clipboard before the account can be deleted to help ensure you

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can continue to use the account with its correct password after
removing it from the Centrify privilege service.

To remove an account from a resource

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select a resource from the resource list.

3 Click the Actions menu, then select Account Actions.

4 Find the appropriate account from the list of shared accounts, then
click the Delete icon.

5 Click Display if you want to view the password for the selected
account as plain text or click Clipboard to copy the password without
viewing it.

After displaying or copying the password, the account is deleted

immediately. You can click the Back to Accounts icon if you want to
cancel the operation or select a different account to remove.

6 Record the password for future reference, then click Close.

Deleting a resource
You can remove a resource from the Resources list and the Centrify
privilege service only if you have removed all account information from
the server.

To remove a resource from the service

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select a resource from the resource list to display its details.

3 Select Accounts to verify that there are no accounts associated with

the resource.

4 Click the Actions menu, then click Delete.

5 Click Yes to confirm that you want to proceed with deleting the
resource.

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Managing domains

The Domains tab lists all of the Active Directory domains you have
added to the Centrify privilege service. If you are a member of a role
with the appropriate privilege management rights, you can view, add,
modify, or delete domains from this list.

For more information about adding and managing domains and Active
Directory accounts, see the following topics:

Planning to add domains and domain accounts

Adding a domain
Viewing and searching domains
Selecting and updating a domain
Adding Active Directory domain accounts
Viewing domain account information
Logging on to a domain computer
Selecting the connectors to use
Setting domain-specific policies
Viewing activity for a domain
Setting domain-specific permissions
Deleting a domain

Planning to add domains and domain accounts

Before adding domains to the Centrify privilege service, you might
want to consider which Active Directory accounts you want to manage
and whether there are specific privileges you should be aware of when
deciding which account passwords you want stored and managed
using the privilege service.

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The most likely candidates for being managed accounts are Active
Directory administrative accounts and application service accounts.
You can use the Centrify privilege service to manage the password for
any of these accounts or add any other accounts of your choice to
securely store the account information without having the password
managed by the Centrify privilege service.

You should note, however, that you must add domain accounts to the
domain where they belongs. For example, if you want to manage a
domain account that is in a child domain instead of the forest root
domain, you must add the child domain to the Centrify privilege
service first, then add the domain accounts you want to manage for
the child domain under the child domain.

Adding a domain
Before you can store and manage passwords for Active Directory
domain accounts, you must add the appropriate domains to the
Centrify privilege service.

To add a new domain

1 Switch to the Privilege Manager portal.

2 Select Domains, then click Add Domain.

3 Type the domain name and, optionally, a description to identify the

domain.

4 Select Verify Domain to test access to the domain, then click Add.

To verify access to the domain, at least one of the connectors must

be able to connect to a domain controller that can be resolved by its
DNS name and has port 389 opened for LDAP connections, and has
port 445 opened for SMB connections.

If the domain is verified successfully, click Close.

If you have configured subnet mapping for connectors, you might need
to modify the subnet settings to ensure you have a connector that can
access an appropriate domain controller.

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Viewing and searching domains

After you have added at least one domain, you can click Domains to
view the list of domain names and the current status of each domain.
To search for a specific domain, type all or part of the domain name in
the Search field

Selecting and updating a domain

You can select a domain to work with by clicking anywhere in the row
that contains the domain name to display the domain details.

After you display the details for a selected domain, you can also
change the domain description, add accounts from the domain to the
Centrify privilege service, specify the domain-specific connectors to
use, set domain-specific policies, view recent activity for the domain,
and set domain-specific permissions.

To update a domain name or description

1 Select the domain to display the domain details.

2 Type a new name for the domain if you added the wrong domain
name and skipped verification of connectivity.

3 Type a new description for the domain, then click Save.

Adding Active Directory domain accounts

After you display the details for a selected domain, you can click
Accounts to view, add, modify, or delete the Active Directory accounts
used to access computers in the selected domain.

To add a new account for a domain

1 Select the domain to display the domain details.

2 Click Accounts, then click Add.

3 Type the user name and password for the account you want to use
to access the currently selected domain.

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Note that you should specify the user name by typing the
userPrincipalName account attribute.

4 Select the Manage this password option if you want the Centrify
privilege service to manage the password for the specified account.

If you select this option, the Centrify privilege service will

automatically update the password after you successfully add the
account.

5 Optionally, type a description for the account, then click Add.

Managed passwords and password complexity

For any account you add, you can also choose whether or not you want
the Centrify privilege service to manage the account password. If you
select Manage this password, the Centrify privilege service
automatically resets the password after the account and resource are
added and each time the account is checked in.

All managed passwords generated by the Centrify privilege service

consist of at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one
number, and one special character regardless of the resource type. For
Windows domain accounts, the following additional password rules
apply:

Minimum password length: 12 characters.

Maximum password length: 32 characters.
Supported special characters: !$%&()*+,-./:;<=>?[\]^_{|}~

You should keep in mind that only the Centrify privilege service will
know the managed password being generated and stored. You should
not select this option if you dont want the Centrify privilege service to
manage the password for the account.

Viewing domain account information

After you add an account to the domain, you can then view the
following information:

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Last reset specifies the date and time the account password was last
reset.
Sessions specifies the number of currently active sessions for the
account.
Checkouts specifies the number of password checkouts for the
account.
Status indicates the result of the most recent password check for an
account. If the password stored by the Centrify privilege service is no
longer valid, the column displays Failed. If the state of the password
cannot be determinedfor example, because the port used to
check account health is blocked, the account is in an untrusted
forest, or the account is an unmanaged accountthe column
displays Unknown.
Managed displays a check mark if the password for the account is
managed through the Centrify privilege service.

When you are viewing the accounts for a domain, you can also select
any account in the list, then click the Actions menu to check out the
password for the account, update the account password, or delete the
account.

For more information about performing these tasks, see the following
topics:

Checking out an account password

Checking in a password
Updating the password for a domain account
Viewing all domain accounts

Checking out an account password

When you add accounts for a domain to the Centrify privilege service,
you store the passwords for those accounts securely in a local
repository, in the Centrify , or in a key management appliance such as
SafeNet KeySecure. If you have the appropriate global or domain-
specific permissions, you can check out the password for a stored
account to access a domain computer. When you check out a
password, you choose whether to display or copy it to the clipboard for

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use. The password remains checked out until either you check it back
in or the Centrify privilege service checks it automatically.

The maximum length of time you are allowed to keep a password

checked out is configured using a domain policy. For more information
about configuring the Checkout lifetime policy for a domain, see
Setting domain-specific policies.

To check out a password

1 Select the Domains tab.

2 Select a domain to display the domain details.

3 Click Accounts.

4 Select the appropriate domain account to display the Actions menu.

5 Select Checkout or Request Checkout.

If you dont have the Checkout permission and click Request

Checkout, your request is sent to a designated user or to the
members of a designated role for approval. If your request is
approved, you have limited period of time to check out the account
password. For more information about the request and approval
work flow, see Managing access requests.

6 Click Display if you want to view the password for the selected
account as plain text or click Clipboard to copy the password without
viewing it.

The checkout is recorded as recent activity in the dashboard and in

the list of resource activity.

7 Click Close.

8 Log on to the domain computer using the selected account name

and password.

After taking the appropriate action, close the session to log off and
check in the password. For more information about checking in a
password, see Checking in a password.

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Checking in a password
After you check out a password, you have a limited period of time in
which the password you checked out is valid for activity on a domain
computer. If the Centrify privilege service manages the password for
the account, you should check in the password when you end the
session, so that a new secure password can be generated for the
account you used.

You can check in a password you have previously checked out from the
Accounts list when viewing domain details, the Accounts tab directly, or
the Workspace tab. For more information about working with accounts
directly, see Managing accounts and account permissions. For more
information about checking in passwords while reviewing the
summary of your activity, see Using the workspace.

Updating the password for a domain account

If you change the password for any stored account locally on a domain
computer, the account password stored in the Centrify privilege
service will no longer be valid. To synchronize the passwords so that
the current password can be checked out, you must update the
password stored in the Centrify privilege service. You can update the
password for managed or unmanaged accounts from the Accounts tab
by selecting an account or by clicking Accounts when viewing the
details for the domain.

To update the password for a domain account

1 Select the Domains tab.

2 Select the domain to display the domain details.

3 Click Accounts.

4 Select the account that no longer has a valid password stored in the
privilege service.

5 Click the Actions menu, then select Update Password.

The Update Password action is available for both managed and

unmanaged accounts. In both cases, be sure you have the correct
current password for the account. If you are unsure, reset the

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password on the domain computer first, then update the password

stored in the privilege service.

6 Type the current password for the account you are updating.

7 Click Save to save the new password for the account.

Viewing all domain accounts

You can view the accounts that have been added for individual
domains from the domain details. To see a list of all domain accounts
for all domains, you can click the Accounts tab, then select Domain
Accounts.

From the Domain Accounts list, you can search for domain accounts
across all domains. You can also select an individual account for any
domain to perform account-related actionssuch as check out an
account password or update the accounts stored password. The
information displayed on the Domain Accounts list is the same as the
information displayed for accounts when you are viewing the details
for a specific domain.

Logging on to a domain computer

When you add domain accounts to the Centrify privilege service, you
can store the passwords for those accounts securely in a local
repository, in the Centrify , or in a key management appliance such as
SafeNet KeySecure. If you have the appropriate global or domain-
specific permissions, you can then use the account and its stored
password to log on to any domain computers that the account has
permission to access. The permissions for the Active Directory
accounts you can use to log on are controlled through access control
lists (ACL). By storing these accounts in the Centrify privilege service,
you can make the account available to multiple users without sharing
the password.

To log on to a domain computer using an Active Directory account

1 Select the Resources tab.

2 Select the domain computer in the list of resources, then right-click

to display the available actions.

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3 Select AD Account Login to display the list of Active Directory

accounts available for use to log on to the selected domain
computer.

4 Type a search string to filter the list of accounts.

5 Select the Active Directory account you want to use to log on to the
domain computer, then click Login.

If the selected account has permission to access the selected domain

computer, a remote desktop connection starts a new session on the
computer for you to perform whatever tasks are required using the
Active Directory account you selected.

For information about adding domain computers as resources, see

Adding a Windows resource in Managing resources.

Selecting the connectors to use

By default, domains use any available connector without evaluating
the network topology. If the communication with a current connector is
interrupted, the domain automatically selects another available
connector to continue operation. To give you more control over which
connector different computers use, you can map specific subnet
patterns to specific connectors. Domain computers can then use the
globally-defined network topology to identify the closest connector
available and will use the next closest available connector if the
communication with the closest connector is interrupted.

Global subnet mapping gives you the best combination of

performance and failover support in most cases. However, there are
circumstances in which you might prefer to specifically designate the
connectors individual domains should use. For example, if the closest
connector in the network topology has bandwidth or latency issues,
you might want to designate one or more specific connectors for a
domain. You might also want to specify connectors for individual
domains to control load balancing and failover support.

If you want to specify the connectors for an individual domain, you can
do so when viewing the details for the domain. Domain-specific
settings take precedence over any global connector subnet mapping
you have configured.

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To specify the connectors to use for a domain

1 Select the Domains tab.

2 Select the domain to display the domain details.

3 Click Connectors.

4 Select Choose, then select the specific connectors to use for the
domain from the list of available connectors.

5 Click Save.

Setting domain-specific policies

You can set domain policies for individual domains or set global
policies to apply to all domains except where you have explicitly
defined a domain-specific policy. If you use a combination of global
and domain-specific policies, the domain-specific policies take
precedence over the global policies. You can use Privilege Manager to
set both domain-specific policies and global policies.

If you are not using global policies, only want to set policies on
individual domains, or want to override global policies on specific
domains, you can set the following policies on a case-by-case basis:

Allow multiple password checkouts for this domain

Allow periodic health check
Enable periodic password cleanup
Allow periodic password rotation
Checkout lifetime

To set domain-specific policies

1 Select the Domains tab.

2 Select the domain to display the domain-specific details.

3 Click Policy.

4 Select settings for any or all of the domain policies.Click Save.

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For more information about how to set the domain policies, click the
policy link or the information icon in the Privilege Manager portal.

Allow multiple password checkouts for this

domain
Select No if only one administrator is allowed check out the password
for a selected domain at any given time. If you select No, the
administrator must check the password in and have a new password
generated before another administrator can access the domain
computers with a domain account and the updated password.

Select Yes if you want to allow multiple users to have the account
password checked out at the same time for a selected domain. If you
select Yes, multiple administrators can access the domain with a
domain account without waiting for the password to be checked in.

Allow periodic health check

Select Yes if you want to allow periodic connections from the Centrify
privilege service to the selected domain to determine if the domain is
reachable and to check the validity of the managed and unmanaged
accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. Select No if you want
to prevent periodic connections to the domain. For example, you might
want to select No if you are only using the Centrify privilege service to
store and check out passwords, if you know a domain is not reachable,
or if the accounts stored for a domain use multi-factor authentication.
If you select No, keep in mind that any account information you add
will not be verified.

If you select Yes, you should also specify the health check interval in
hours.

Enable periodic password cleanup

Select Yes to automatically delete retired passwords from the
password history after a given number of days. Select No to prevent
the Centrify privilege service from automatically deleting retired
passwords from the password history at a set interval.

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If you select yes, you can also specify the maximum number of days of
password history to keep. For example, if you have a requirement to
keep a record of passwords used for three years, you might set the
cleanup interval to 1096 days to maintain the password history for that
period of time. If you select the default setting, retired passwords are
automatically deleted after 365 days. You cannot set a cleanup interval
less than 90 days.

Allow periodic password rotation

Select Yes if you want to rotate managed passwords automatically at
the interval you specify. Select No if you want to prevent password
rotation for the selected resource.

If you select Yes, you should also specify the password rotation interval
in days. Type the maximum number of days to allow between
automated password changes for managed accounts. You can set this
policy to comply with your organization's password expiration policies.
For example, your organization might require passwords to be
changed every 90 days. You can use this policy to automatically update
managed passwords at a maximum of every 90 days. If the policy is not
defined, passwords are not rotated.

Checkout lifetime
Type the maximum number of minutes administrators are allowed to
have a password checked out. After the number of minutes specified,
the Centrify privilege service automatically checks the password back
in. The minimum checkout lifetime is 15 minutes. If the policy is not
defined, the default checkout lifetime is 60 minutes.

You can extend the checkout time for a password as long as you do so
before the initial checkout period expires. For example, if the
maximum checkout lifetime is 60 minutes and you extend the
checkout time before the 60 minute period is over, the password
expiration is reset to the 60 minute checkout lifetime. For more
information about configuring the Checkout lifetime policy, see
Extending the password checkout time.

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Viewing activity for a domain

You can click Activity to review recent activity, such as password check
out and check in activity, for the selected domain.

To view domain-specific activity

1 Select the Domains tab.

2 Select the domain to display the domain details.

3 Click Activity.

Setting domain-specific permissions

You can set the following permissions for individual domains to apply
on a domain-by-domain basis:

Select Grant to grant permissions for a selected domain.

Select Edit to allow users to edit domain settings for a selected
domain.
Select Delete to allow users to delete a selected domain.

To set domain-specific permissions

1 Select the Domains tab.

2 Select the domain to display the domain details.

3 Click Permissions.

4 Click Add to search for and select the users, groups, roles, or
computers to which you want to grant domain-specific permissions,
then click Add.

5 Select the appropriate permissions for each user, group, role, or

computer you have added, then click Save.

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Deleting a domain
You can remove a domain from the Domains list and the Centrify
privilege service only if you have removed all account information for
the domain.

To remove a domain from the privilege service

1 Select the Domains tab.

2 Select a domain from the domain list to display its details.

3 Select Accounts to verify that there are no accounts associated with

the domain.

4 Click the Actions menu, then click Delete.

5 Click Yes to confirm that you want to proceed with deleting the
domain.

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 Chapter 6

Managing databases and database

accounts
The Databases tab lists all of the databases available for you to
manage. If you are a member of a role with the appropriate privilege
management rights, you can view, add, or delete databases and
database accounts from this list.

For more information about adding and managing target databases

and database accounts, see the following topics:

Planning to add database accounts

Adding a single database
Viewing the databases youve added
Selecting a database
Viewing and modifying database-specific details
Checking out an account password
Extending the password checkout time
Checking in a password
Deleting a database account
Deleting a database

Planning to add database accounts

Before adding any databases to the Centrify privilege service, you
might want to consider which accounts you need to manage and
whether there are any restrictions on those accounts that you should
be aware of.

The most common accounts that are likely candidates to be managed

through the Centrify privilege service include the system administrator
accounts such as the sa account for Microsoft SQL Server databases or
the SYSTEM administrative account for Oracle databases.

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You might have many other administrative tools or in-house accounts

that require special privileges or have access to sensitive information.
You can use the Centrify privilege service to manage the password for
any of these accounts or add any other accounts of your choice to
securely store the account information without having the password
managed by the Centrify privilege service.

For more information about the requirements for adding databases

and database account, see the following topics:

Requirements for Microsoft SQL Server databases

Requirements for Oracle database accounts

Requirements for Microsoft SQL Server databases

Before attempting to add Microsoft SQL Server database accounts to
the Centrify privilege service, you should keep the following
requirements in mind:

You can only use the Centrify privilege service to manage passwords
for local SQL Server Login database accounts that use SQL Server
authentication.
You cannot rotate or manage expired passwords for managed
accounts.
If you are using Windows authentication to connect to the SQL
Server database, you should add domain accounts to Centrify
privilege service to manage those accounts.

Database accounts and clustering

The accounts used to communicate with databases fall into two major
categories: administrative accounts and application accounts.
Administrative accounts are used by the database administrator to
connect to the database to perform administrative tasks, such as
adding new databases or database users or managing database tables.
Application accounts are used by application serverssuch as Tomcat,
JBoss, or IISto authenticate to the database before storing or
retrieving application-specific information in the database. Centrify
privilege service supports password management for the
administrative database accounts.

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In addition, there are two types of authentication for database

accounts in SQL Server:

Windows authentication
SQL Server authentication

You can use the Centrify privilege service to manage the password for
both Windows authentication database accounts and SQL Server
authentication database accounts for standalone SQL Server
instances.

If you have a SQL Server cluster configured for high availability using
automatic fail over, the administrative database accounts you manage
should be domain accounts that use Windows authentication domain
to avoid the replication issues.

If the managed database account is a Windows domain account,

passwords can be synchronized for SQL Server clusters that are
configured to use failover clustered instances, database mirroring,
AlwaysOn availability groups, log shipping, or any combination of these
features.

If you use SQL Server authentication for the database account you
want to manage, the SQL Server cluster must be configured to use
failover clustered instances. For managed SQL Server database
accounts, only failover clustered instances are supported because
other high-availability features might result in replication delays and
authentication failures.

For details about the versions of Microsoft SQL Server supported in

the current release, see the release notes. For information about
configuring clustering for SQL Server and clustering scenarios, see the
Microsoft documentation.

Requirements for Oracle database accounts

Before attempting to add Oracle database accounts to the Centrify
privilege service, you should keep the following requirements in mind:

You can only use the Centrify privilege service to manage passwords
for local Oracle database accounts.

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The accounts you manage must be configured to include the

CREATE SESSION privilege.
You cannot rotate or manage expired passwords for managed
accounts.
You cannot use the Centrify privilege service to manage the
password for the SYS account because that account requires a
physical password file. If you attempt to manage the password for
the SYS account, you will see an Invalid account credentials error.
The database must have the ODP.NET client library installed in the
global assembly catalog. You can download the Oracle ODP.NET
managed driver (ODP.NET_Managed_ODAC12cR4.zip) from the
Oracle website. Installation instructions for the driver are included in
the zip file. If you download and install the library after you install
the Centrify connector, you should restart the connector before
adding the database to the privilege service. If a newer version of
the client library is available, keep in mind that only the baseline
version (12.1.0.2.4) and the latest version available are supported.
Centrify Privilege Service can manage the account password for
standalone Oracle server. However, the Centrify privilege service
does not synchronize managed passwords across computers in a
cluster at this time.

You should only add Oracle 11g or Oracle 12c databases to the Centrify
privilege service. For more details about which versions of the Oracle
database are supported in the current release, see the release notes.

Adding a single database

If you want to manage accounts for database services through the
Centrify privilege service, you must first add the database to the
Databases list. Initially, you might add databases and accounts one-by-
one using the Add Database Wizard, which guides you through the
information required.

To add a new database to the database list

1 Select the Databases tab, then click Add Database to open the Add
Database Wizard.

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2 Type a unique name to identify the database, select the type of

database service you are adding, and specify the fully-qualified DNS
host name or IP address, and click Next.
If the database type is SQL Server, you should also specify an
instance name unless you are using the default instance rather
than a named instance and the server must use Mixed
authentication and the accounts you add must be SQL Server login
accounts and use SQL Server authentication.
If the database type is Oracle, you must also specify a database
service name and the accounts you add must be Oracle database
accounts.

Optionally, you can also type a longer description for the database.
For example, you might want to make note of the applications the
database supports or the physical location of the server, then click
Next to continue.

3 Add a user name and password for an account used to access the
database and specify whether the password for the account is
managed by the privilege service, then click Next.

4 Select Verify Database Settings to test access to the database using

the account information provided, then click Finish.

If the database and account settings are successfully verified, click

Close.

If theres an error, test network connectivity and verify that the user
name and password you provided are valid for the database you are
attempting to add. If verification fails, close the error message,
deselect the Verify Database Settings option, then click Finish to add
the database and close the Add Database Wizard. You can only
deselect the Verify Database Settings option if the password for the
account is unmanaged. If the password for an account is managed,
the database account must be verified to ensure the correct
password is stored by the privilege service.

Viewing the databases youve added

After you have added at least one database, you can click the
Databases tab to view the following information for all databases:

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Name is the unique name you use to identify the database.

Hostname is the fully-qualified server name or IP address that hosts
the database.
Type specifies the type of database being hosted.
Status displays nothing if the account used to connect to the
database was successful. If the connection to the database failed for
any reasonfor example, because the account name and password
are invalid or a network connection to the database is not
availablethe column displays Unreachable.

Selecting a database
You can select a database to work with by clicking anywhere in the row
that contains the database name to display the database details or by
clicking the check box for a row. Selecting a database displays the
Actions menu to select the action you want to perform.

For example, select a database using the check box, then click Actions
to display the list of potential actions. After selecting the Actions menu,
you can click Delete to remove a database from the list.

You can also select an action from the Actions menu when viewing the
details for an individual database or view and modify database-specific
information. For example, when you are displaying the details for a
selected database, you can do the following:

Change database settings such as the database name and

description.
Add database accounts and view database account activity, such as
the date and time of the last password reset.
Specify the connectors to use for the database.
Set database-specific policies.
View recent activity for the database, such as who has checked out
or checked in a password for database accounts.
Set database-specific permissions for the users who are allowed to
access the database with stored accounts.

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Viewing and modifying database-specific details

When you are viewing the details for an individual database, you can
also change database settings, view and add account information,
define database-specific policies, and review recent password activity.
For more information about viewing and modifying database-specific
information, see the following topics:

Changing database settings

Viewing database accounts and account activity
Adding database accounts
Updating the password for stored accounts
Selecting the connectors to use
Setting database-specific policies
Viewing activity for a database
Setting database-specific permissions

Changing database settings

You can click Database Settings to change the display name, host name
or IP address for a previously added database. You can also use the
database settings to specify the port number used to check the status
of the database and when updating database passwords, change the
service name or instance name of the database, and add or modify an
optional description for the selected database.

Viewing database accounts and account activity

You can click Accounts to view, add, modify, or delete the accounts
used to access a database.

In most cases, you add the database account for connecting to a

database when you initially add the database to the Centrify privilege
service. From the list of Accounts for a database, you can then view the
following information:

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Last reset specifies the date and time the database account
password was last reset.
Checkouts specifies the number of password checkouts for the
database account.
Status indicates the result of the most recent password check for an
account. If the password stored by the Centrify privilege service is no
longer valid, the column displays Failed. If the state of the password
cannot be determinedfor example, because the account is an
unmanaged accountthe column displays Unknown.
Managed displays a check mark if the password for the account is
managed through the Centrify privilege service.

When you are viewing the accounts for a database, you can also select
any account in the list, then click the Actions menu to check out the
password for the account, update the password stored in the privilege
service for the account, or delete the account.

Viewing all database accounts

You can view the accounts that have been added for individual
databases from the database details. To see a list of all database
accounts for all databases in the privilege service, you can click the
Accounts tab, then select Database Accounts.

From the Database Accounts list, you can search for database accounts
across all databases. You can also select an individual account for any
database to perform account-related actionssuch as check out an
account password or update the accounts stored password. The
information displayed on the Database Accounts list is the same as the
information displayed for accounts when you are viewing the details
for a specific database.

Adding database accounts

If you skipped the step for adding a database account when you added
a database, provided invalid account information when you added the
database, or want to update the database to include additional
accounts, you can do so after adding the database by clicking Accounts
when viewing the details for the database.

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To add a new account for a database

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select the database to display the database-specific details.

3 Click Accounts, then click Add.

4 Type the user name and password for a database account you want
to use to connect to the currently selected database.

5 Select the Manage this password option if you want the Centrify
privilege service to manage the password for the specified account.

6 Optionally, type a description for the account, then click Add.

7 Click Save to save the new account for the database.

Managed passwords and password complexity

For any database account you add, you can also choose whether or not
you want the Centrify privilege service to manage the account
password. If you select Manage this password, the Centrify privilege
service automatically resets the password after the account and
resource are added and each time the account is checked in.

All managed passwords generated by the Centrify privilege service

consist of at least one upper case letter, one lower case letter, one
number, and one special character regardless of the resource type.

For Microsoft SQL Server database accounts, the following additional

password rules apply:

Minimum password length: 12 characters.

Maximum password length: 32 characters.
Supported special characters: ?!@#$%&()*+,-./:<=>[]^_|~

For Oracle database accounts, the following additional password rules

apply:

Minimum password length: 12 characters.

Maximum password length: 30 characters.
Supported special characters: !@#$%&()*+,-./:;<=>?[\]^_{|}~

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You should keep in mind that only the Centrify privilege service will
know the managed password being generated and stored. You should
not select this option if you dont want the Centrify privilege service to
manage the password for the account.

Updating the password for stored accounts

If you change the password for any stored account locally on a target
database, the account password stored in the Centrify privilege service
will no longer be valid. Because the password stored in the privilege
service no longer matches the password that has been changed for the
database, you will not be able to use the stored password to log on. To
synchronize the passwords so that the current password can be
checked out and used to log on, you must update the password stored
in the Centrify privilege service. You can update the password for
managed or unmanaged accounts from the Accounts tab by selecting
an account or by clicking Accounts when viewing the details for the
database.

To update the password for a stored account

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select the database to display the database-specific details.

3 Click Accounts.

4 Select the account that no longer has a valid password stored in the
privilege service.

5 Click the Actions menu, then select Update Password.

The Update Password action is available for both managed and

unmanaged accounts. In both cases, be sure you have the correct
current password for the account. If you are unsure, reset the
password on the target database first, then update the password
stored in the privilege service.

6 Type the current password for the account you are updating.

You should update the password stored in the privilege service any
time the password for an account has been changed locally on the
target database. You also might need to update the password if a

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network failure or other event occurs and the password cannot be

recovered automatically.

Note that updating the stored password for an unmanaged account

does not change any information on the target database. If you type
the wrong password or have not yet changed the password for the
selected account on the database, you will not be able to use the
privilege service to connect to the database.

If you are updating the stored password for a managed account,

reset the password for the database account first. After you save the
updated password that matches the reset password, the Centrify
privilege service validates the account information then generates a
new managed password and changes the account password to the
newly-generated password. For more information about recovering
lost passwords, see Recovering an account password.

7 Click Save to save the new password for the account.

Selecting the connectors to use

By default, database connections use any available connector without
evaluating the network topology. If the communication with a current
connector is interrupted, the database connection will automatically
select another available connector to continue operation. To give you
more control over which connector different databases use, you can
choose one or more database-specific connectors.

If you want to specify the connectors for an individual database, you

can do so when viewing the details for the database. Database-specific
settings take precedence over any global connector subnet mapping
you might have configured.

To specify the connectors to use for a database

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select the database to display the database-specific details.

3 Click Connectors.

4 Select Choose, then select the connectors to use for the database
from the list of available connectors.

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5 Click Save.

Setting database-specific policies

You can set policies for individual databases or set global policies to
apply to all databases and database accounts you add to the Centrify
privilege service except where you have explicitly defined a database-
specific policy. If you use a combination of global and database-specific
policies, the database-specific policies take precedence over the global
policies you set. For more information about security settings that
apply globally to databases, see Setting global security policies.

If you are not using global policies, only want to set policies on
individual databases, or want to override global policies on specific
databases, you can set the following policies on a case-by-case basis:

Allow multiple password checkouts for the database account

Checkout lifetime
Allow periodic health check
Enable periodic password cleanup
Allow periodic password rotation

To set database-specific policies

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select the database to display the database-specific details.

3 Click Policy.

4 Select settings for any or all of the database policies.

5 Click Save.

For more information about how to set the databases-specific policies,

click the policy link or the information icon in the Privilege Manager
portal. If you set polices globally, the global policies apply by default to
all database accounts except where you have explicitly defined a
database-specific policy.

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Allow multiple password checkouts for the database account

Select No if only one administrator is allowed check out the password

for a selected database account at any given time. If you select No, the
administrator must check the password in and have a new password
generated before another administrator can access the database with
the updated password.

Select Yes if you want to allow multiple users to have the database
account password checked out at the same time for a selected
database. If you select Yes, multiple administrators can check out the
password for the database without waiting for the account password
to be checked in.

Checkout lifetime

Type the maximum number of minutes administrators are allowed to

have a database account password checked out. After the number of
minutes specified, the Centrify privilege service automatically checks
the password back in. The minimum checkout lifetime is 15 minutes. If
the policy is not defined, the default checkout lifetime is 60 minutes.

You can extend the checkout time for a password as long as you do so
before the initial checkout period expires. For example, if the
maximum checkout lifetime is 60 minutes and you extend the
checkout time before the 60 minute period is over, the password
expiration is reset to the 60 minute checkout lifetime. For more
information about configuring the Checkout lifetime policy, see
Extending the password checkout time.

Allow periodic health check

Select Yes if you want to allow periodic connections from the Centrify
privilege service to the selected database to determine if the database
is reachable and to check the validity of the managed and unmanaged
accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. Select No if you want
to prevent periodic connections to the database. For example, you
might want to select No if you are only using the Centrify privilege
service to store and check out passwords, if you know a database is
not reachable, or if the database accounts stored for a database use
multi-factor authentication. If you select No, keep in mind that any
database accounts you add will not be verified.

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If you select Yes, you should also specify the health check interval in
hours.

Enable periodic password cleanup

Select Yes to automatically delete retired passwords from the

password history after a given number of days. Select No to prevent
the Centrify privilege service from automatically deleting retired
passwords from the password history at a set interval.

If you select yes, you can also specify the maximum number of days of
password history to keep. For example, if you have a requirement to
keep a record of passwords used for three years, you might set the
cleanup interval to 1096 days to maintain the password history for that
period of time. If you select the default setting, retired passwords are
automatically deleted after 365 days. You cannot set a cleanup interval
less than 90 days.

Allow periodic password rotation

Select Yes if you want to rotate managed passwords automatically at

the interval you specify. Select No if you want to prevent password
rotation for the selected resource.

If you select Yes, you should also specify the password rotation interval
in days. Type the maximum number of days to allow between
automated password changes for managed accounts. You can set this
policy to comply with your organization's password expiration policies.
For example, your organization might require passwords to be
changed every 90 days. You can use this policy to automatically update
managed passwords at a maximum of every 90 days. If the policy is not
defined, passwords are not rotated.

Viewing activity for a database

You can click Activity to review recent activity, such as password check
out and check in activity, for the selected database and database
account. For example, if a user has checked out or checked in an
account password, you can see details about the event.

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To view database-specific activity

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select the database to display the database-specific details.

3 Click Activity.

Setting database-specific permissions

You can set permissions for individual databases or set global
permissions to apply to all databases. If you use a combination of
global and database-specific permissions, the database-specific
permissions take precedence over the global permissions you set.

You can set the following permissions to only apply on a specific

database or to apply globally to all databases you add to the Centrify
privilege service except where you have explicitly defined a database-
specific permission:

Select Grant to grant permissions for a selected database.

Select Edit to allow users to edit resource settings for a selected
resource or all resources.
Select Delete to allow users to delete a selected resource or all
resources.

To set database-specific permissions

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select the database to display the database details.

3 Click Permissions.

4 Click Add to search for and select the users, groups, roles, or
computers to which you want to grant database-specific
permissions, then click Add.

5 Select the appropriate permissions for each user, group, role, or

computer you have added, then click Save.

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Checking out an account password

When you add database accounts to the Centrify privilege service, you
can store the passwords for those accounts securely in a local
repository, in the Centrify , or in a key management appliance such as
SafeNet KeySecure. If you have the appropriate global or database-
specific permissions, you can check out the password for a stored
database account used to connect to a database. When you check out
a password, you choose whether to display or copy it to the clipboard
for use. The password remains checked out until either you check it
back in or the Centrify privilege service checks it automatically.

The maximum length of time you are allowed to keep a password

checked out is configured by the Checkout lifetime policy. However,
you can extend the checkout time for a password that is currently
checked out, if needed. For more information about configuring the
Checkout lifetime policy, see Setting database-specific policies. For
more information about extending the checkout time, see Extending
the password checkout time.

To check out a database account password

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select a database to display the database details.

3 Select the appropriate database account from the list of accounts,

then click Checkout or Request Checkout.

If you dont have the Checkout permission and click Request

Checkout, your request is sent to a designated user or to the
members of a designated role for approval. If your request is
approved, you have limited period of time to check out the account
password. For more information about the request and approval
work flow, see Managing access requests.

4 Click Display if you want to view the password for the selected
account as plain text or click Clipboard to copy the password without
viewing it.

Depending on how authentication rules and authentication profiles

are configured for the database and account, you might be required
to respond to one or more authentication challenges before viewing
or copying the stored password. If you are able to authenticate

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successfully by responding to one or more authentication

challenges, the checkout proceeds. The checkout is then recorded as
recent activity in the dashboard, in your workspace, and in the list of
database activity.

5 Click Close.

6 Log on to the database using the selected account name and

password.

After taking the appropriate action on the database, close the session
to log off and check in the password. For more information about
checking in a password, see Checking in a password.

Extending the password checkout time

If you have the appropriate administrative rights and you have checked
out the password for a saved database account name, you can extend
the checkout time to allow you to continue maintenance or perform
administrative operations. The default maximum length of time you
are allowed to keep a password checked out is configured using
Checkout lifetime policy. If the maximum checkout lifetime is 60
minutes and you extend the checkout time before time runs out, the
password expiration is reset to 60 minutes.

You can extend the checkout time for a password indefinitely at any
point in its lifetime as long as you extend the checkout time before the
checkout period expires. For example, if you have extended the
checkout time for 60 minutes, but need more time to resolve an issue,
you can extend the checkout time for another 60 minutes as long as
you do so before the first 60 minutes expires. For more information
about configuring the Checkout lifetime policy, see Setting
database-specific policies.

To extend the check out time for a password

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select a database to display the database details.

3 Select the appropriate database account from the list of shared

accounts, then click the Extend Checkout Time icon.

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After you extend the checkout time for a password, the activity is
logged on the Privilege Manager dashboard.

4 Click Close.

After you are finished performing maintenance or administrative tasks

on the target database, log off, and check in the password. For more
information about checking in a password, see Checking in a
password.

Checking in a password
After you check out a password, you have a limited period of time in
which the password you checked out is valid for database activity. If
the Centrify privilege service manages the password for the account,
you should check in the password when you end the database session,
so that a new secure password can be generated for the account you
used.

You can check in a password you have previously checked out from the
Accounts or Workspace tab. For example, if you are viewing the list of
database accounts, you can select an account and click the Actions
menu to check in a password that you currently have checked out.

To check in a password you have previously checked out

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select a database to display the database details.

3 Select the database account, then click the Actions menu.

4 Click Checkin, then click Close.

You can also check in an account password when you are viewing your
own activity on the Workspace tab. or when viewing accounts on the
Accounts tab. For more information about reviewing the summary of
your activity, see Using the workspace. For more information about
working with accounts directly, see Managing accounts and account
permissions.

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Deleting a database account

You can remove an database account for a database from the Centrify
privilege service at any time. Before you can remove a database
account, however, you must display or copy the password to the
clipboard before the account can be deleted to help ensure you can
continue to use the account with its correct password after removing it
from the Centrify privilege service.

To remove an database account

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select a database to display the database details.

3 Select the database account, then click the Actions menu.

4 Click Delete.

5 Click Display if you want to view the password for the selected
account as plain text or click Clipboard to copy the password without
viewing it.

After displaying or copying the password, the account is deleted

immediately.

6 Record the password for future reference, then click Close.

Deleting a database
You can remove a database from the Databases list and the Centrify
privilege service only if you have removed all database accounts for
the database.

To remove a database from the service

1 Select the Databases tab.

2 Select a database to display the database details.

3 Select Accounts to verify that there are no database accounts

associated with the database.

4 Click the Actions menu, then click Delete.

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5 Click Yes to confirm that you want to proceed with deleting the
database.

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Managing accounts and account

permissions
The Accounts tab lists all of the accounts you have added for managing
resources, domains, databases, and applications. You can navigate
between different account types by clicking the appropriate tab. For
example, you can click Local Accounts to see information about the
local accounts you use to access resources such as servers,
workstations, and network devices. Similarly, you can click
Domain Accounts to see information about the domain accounts you
have added to the privilege service or Database Accounts to see details
about database accounts or perform an account-related task.

Each list of accounts presents the same information as listed under

Accounts when you view the details for a specific resource, domain, or
database. The information is presented on its own tab to make it
easier to search, filter, and sort the accounts in which you are
interested. For example, you can filter the set of accounts listed to only
include managed accounts or only unmanaged accounts or type part
of an account name to search for matching accounts.

The Accounts tab also provides quick access to the Multiplexed

Accounts you create for automating password rotation and managing
applications.

For more information about performing account-specific tasks, see the

following topics:

Identifying favorites
Selecting an account
Viewing account details
Changing account settings
Setting account permissions
Changing access for an account
Checking out account passwords
Logging on without a password

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Viewing password history for an account

Recovering an account password
Enabling request and approval work flow
Setting password checkout policy
Rotating a password immediately
Deleting accounts

Identifying favorites
As you add accounts to the privilege service, you might find it
convenient to identify the ones you work with most frequently as
favorites. You can identify accounts as your favorites by clicking the
appropriate Local Accounts, Domain Accounts, or Database Accounts
tab, then clicking the star icon next to the account name.

For more information about working with favorite accounts, see the
following topics:
Filtering favorite accounts
Accessing favorites from the User Portal

Filtering favorite accounts

After you identify favorite accounts, you can filter the accounts listed
on any tab to only display the accounts that you work with most often.
Identifying an account as a favorite also adds that account to the
workspace you see when you click the Workspace tab, enabling you to
see activity and take action at a glance without navigating to the full list

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of local, domain, or database accounts that have been added to the

privilege service.

Accessing favorites from the User Portal

Identifying an account as a favorite also adds the account and resource
combination as an application tile in the User Portal on the Apps tab,
allowing you to log on to the resource using a favorite account and
stored password directly from the User Portal.

You should note that you can only select local account and resource
combinations as favorites to be added to the User Portal. You cannot
add favorite domain or database accounts as application tiles in the
User Portal.

For users who are not administrators, logging on to favorite resources

using stored accounts from the User Portal requires a local or global
Portal Login permission and the Privilege Management (Portal Login)
administrative right. For more information about assigning
administrative rights, see Creating roles with privilege management
rights.

Selecting an account
You can select an account to work with by clicking anywhere in the row
that contains the account name to display the account details or by
clicking the check box for a row. Selecting an account displays the
Actions menu to select the action you want to perform.

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For example, you can select an account using the check box, then click
Actions to display the list of potential actions. The actions available
depend on the type of account you have selected and the permissions
you have been granted. For example, you might see some or all of the
following actions on the Actions menu:

Login to log on to the target resource remotely using the selected

account and stored password.
Checkout to check out the password for the selected account.
Update Password to update the password stored in the Centrify
privilege service for an account.
Rotate Password to change the password stored in the Centrify
privilege service for a managed account immediately without
waiting for the rotation period to expire.
Delete to remove the selected account from the Centrify privilege
service.

If an account is configured to require the approval of a designated user

or role, you might see the Request Login or Request Checkout actions.
Selecting Request Login or Request Checkout sends an email request
to the designated user or to the members of a designated role for
approval. If your request is approved, you have limited period of time
to take the action you requested. For more information about the
request and approval work flow, see Managing access requests.

Viewing account details

Clicking an account name in the Local Accounts, Domain Accounts,
Database Accounts, or Multiplexed Accounts list displays the account
details. From the account details, you can click the Actions menu to
perform the account-related tasks or make changes to the account
settings.

For most accounts, you have the following options:

Account settings to specify whether the account password is

managed by the privilege service, whether the account uses a proxy
account, and to change or update the account description. For more
information, see Changing account settings.

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Permissions to specify the users who are authorized to use the

account and what each user is allowed to do. For more information,
see Setting account permissions.
Password history to review the password history for an account. For
more information, see Viewing password history for an account.
Policy to set account-specific policies. For more information, see
Setting password checkout policy.
Workflow to enable an account-specific request and approval work
flow. For more information about enabling a request and approval
work flow, see Managing access requests.

For more information about the actions available when you select an
account, see Selecting an account.

Changing account settings

If you are viewing the account details for an individual account, the
information you can change depends on the type of resource, domain,
or database associated with the account. Regardless of the type,
however, you cannot change the account name.

For most accounts, you can:

Select Manage this password to convert an unmanaged account into

a managed account.
Deselect Manage this password to convert a managed account into
an unmanaged account.
Modify the account description.

If you make any changes to the account, click Save.

Settings for local accounts

If you are viewing a local account for a Windows, UNIX, or Juniper
resource, you can also select or deselect Use proxy account depending
on whether you want to use the proxy account defined for the
resource. In most cases, you select this option for an account under
the following conditions:

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If the target resource type is UNIX or Juniper and the root account is
not allowed to open secure shell sessions, select this option to use
the proxy account defined for the resource to start secure shell
sessions on the target resource.
If the target resource type is Windows and you are using Windows
Remote Management to manage passwords, select this option to
use the proxy account defined for the resource to validate and
manage account passwords on the target resource.

If you are viewing an account for a generic SSH device, you can edit the
account description. You cannot manage account passwords, use a
proxy account, or change the account name.

Settings for multiplexed accounts

If you are viewing the details for a multiplexed account, you can click
Select to change the sub-accounts associated with the account. Before
making changes to the sub-accounts for a multiplexed account,
however, keep in mind that the sub-accounts must meet the following
criteria:
Each account must be a domain account with its password stored
and managed by the Centrify privilege service.
Each account must have sufficient permissions to run the target
Windows service or scheduled task.
Each account must have Checkout and Edit permission.
Each account must have the Log on as a service user right
assigned in a local or domain policy.
The domain where the sub-accounts are used must have periodic
password rotation enabled and an interval set at the domain or
global security settings level.

For more information about managing applications and automating

password rotation, see Managing applications and application
accounts.

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Setting account permissions

If you are viewing the account details, you can click Permissions to
specify the individual users, groups, roles, or computers that are
allowed to use the account and what each user, group, role, or
computer has permission to do when using the account.

To set permissions for an account

1 Select the Accounts tab.

2 Click Local Accounts, Domain Accounts, Database Accounts, or

Multiplexed Accounts to select the type of account to which you want
to grant access.

3 Select the specific account to which you want to grant access to

display the account details.

4 Click Permissions, then click Add.

5 Type all or part of the user, group, role, or computer name you want
to find.

6 Select the appropriate users, groups, roles, or computers from the

search results, then click Add.

For example, if you have added the account root-1 for a target
resource, you might want to add the [email protected] role and
the [email protected] role to specify what members of each
role can do when using the root-1 account.

7 Select the appropriate permissions for each user, group, role, or

computer you have added, then click Save.

For example, you might want to give the members of the

[email protected] role permission to perform all task but only
assign the Edit permission to the members of the
[email protected] role.

You must select at least one permission for the user, group, or role
before you can save changes to the account.

As a system administrator, your user account has full permissions by

default. The Grant permission enables you to assign permissions to

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other users on an account-by-account basis or globally to control

which actions are available for different users.

For more information about settings permissions for other users, see
Granting account-specific permissions. For more information about
global account permissions, see Setting global account permissions.

Granting account-specific permissions

For each user, group, role, or computer you add to an account, you can
use permission settings to control what they are allowed to do. For
example, if you added the [email protected] and
[email protected] roles to the root-1 local account on a target
resource, you might want to give the members of each role a different
set of permissions.

You should note that some tasks require multiple permissions. For
example, users must have both the Delete and Checkout permission to
delete accounts because they must be able to display or copy the
password for an account before deleting it. To give other users the
authority to configure a request and approval work flow, you must
assign them both the Grant and Edit permission.

In addition, the permissions available can vary depending on the type

of account you have selected. For example, multiplexed accounts only
support the Grant, Edit, and Delete permissions and require additional
permissions for resources.

Depending on the account type, you can control what members are
allowed to do using the following permissions:

Grant
Checkout
Login
Edit
Delete
Update Password
Portal Login
Rotate

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For more information about any permission, click the permission type.

Grant

Select Grant to allow a selected user to grant permissions to other

users for an account. As an administrator in the System Administrator
role, your user account has this permission by default. You can assign
this right to other users to allow them to update the permissions for
the selected account. Only users with this permission can enable a
request and approval work flow for the selected account. For more
information about enabling a request and approval work flow, see
Managing access requests.

Checkout

Select Checkout to allow a selected user to check outthat is, display

or copythe password for the selected account.

If the account is a managed account, checking the password in after

checking it out generates a new password. If the account is not a
managed account, the password remains unchanged until you
manually update it.

You should not select this option if the account is used to access a
network device with the resource type of Generic SSH. You cannot
manage passwords for devices that only support generic secure shell
connections. Because the password doesnt change after being viewed
or copied, this permission would make the device vulnerable to attack.
This vulnerability also applies to any unmanaged account. However, in
some rare cases, granting the Checkout permission might be useful if
you want the ability to view or copy the password for an account that is
stored but not managed by the Centrify privilege service.

Login

Select Login to allow a selected user to use the selected account to log
on to the target resource using a secure shell (ssh) session or a remote
desktop (rdp) connection.

If you select the Login permission, the selected user, group, or role who
has access to the account can log on without knowing the account
password. This is the most common permission to grant because it
secures access to both managed and unmanaged accounts. Because

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the password is not visible to the user who is using the account, you
should select this option if the account is used to access a network
device.

Edit

Select Edit to allow a selected user to edit information for the selected
account.

If the account and resource combination is an account for a UNIX or

Windows server or workstation, you can specify whether the account
password is managed or not and the edit the account description. You
cannot change the account name. If the account is associated with a
network device, you can only edit the account description.

Delete

Select Delete to allow a selected user to delete the selected account.

If you want to remove a resource from the Centrify privilege service,

you must first delete all of the accounts that have been stored for that
resource. Note that you must have both the Delete and Checkout
permission to delete accounts because you must be able to display or
copy the password for an account before deleting it.

Update Password

Select Update Password to allow a user to update the password for the
selected account. For more information about updating the password
stored for an account, see Updating the password for stored accounts.

Portal Login

Select Portal Login to allow a user to log on to a resource using the

selected account and stored password directly from the User Portal.

Selecting this permission adds the account and resource combination

as an application tile in the User Portal on the Apps tab and allows a
user log on to the resource through a secure shell or remote desktop
session without having access to the Privilege Manager portal. To use
this permission, users should be assigned to a role with the Privilege
Management (Portal Login) administrative right. For more information

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about assigning administrative rights, see Creating roles with privilege

management rights.

Rotate

Select Rotate to allow a user to change the password stored in the

Centrify privilege service for a managed account immediately without
waiting for the rotation period to expire.

This permission enables selected users to rotate the password on

demand if there has been suspicious activity or a risk that the
password has been compromised.

Viewing temporary permissions for users

If you have configured a request and approval work flow for an
account, some users might have temporary Login or Checkout
permissions. If any of the permissions are temporary because a
request for access has been approved, the Expires column indicates
when the permission will expire.

If an access request is approved and set to expire, active sessions can

continue past the expiration. However, users will not be allowed to log
on or check out a password without submitting a new request for
access.

Only users who have requested and been granted temporary access by
a designated approver display an expiration. The Expires column is
blank for users who are explicitly granted a permission outside of the
request and approval work flow. For more information about
enabling a request and approval work flow, see Managing access
requests.

Managing global permissions for users

When you are managing permissions for the users who are allowed to
use an account for a specific target resource, domain, or database, the
permissions you set only apply to that account and corresponding
resource, domain, or database. To set global permissions for a user,
use the Account Permissions in the Settings tab. For more information

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about global permission settings for users, see Setting global account
permissions.

Changing access for an account

You can change who has access and the permissions associated with
an account at any time. For example, if members of the audit role
should no longer have access to a target resource using a specific
account, you can simply delete the role from the list of users and roles
allowed to use that account.

To delete users from an account

1 Select the Accounts tab.

2 Click Local Accounts, Domain Accounts, or Database Accounts to

select the type of account you want to modify.

3 Select the specific account from which you want to remove access.

4 From the account details, click Permissions.

5 Select the user, group, or role you want to remove to display the
Actions menu.

6 Select Delete, then click Save.

Checking out account passwords

If you have the Checkout permission, you can check out the password
for an account and resource combination while viewing resources or
accounts. The maximum length of time a password you are allowed to
keep a password checked out is configured using a resource
management policy. The users who are allowed to check out account
passwords are defined using account permissions.

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For more information about configuring the Checkout lifetime policy,

see Setting resource-specific policies. For information about
controlling which users or roles are allowed to check out account
passwords, see Setting account permissions.

To check out an account password

1 Select the Accounts tab.

2 Click Local Accounts, Domain Accounts, or Database Accounts to

select the type of account you want to modify.

3 Select an account to display the account details.

4 Click Permissions to verify you have the Checkout permission.

You must have the Grant permission to verify permission settings. If
you are a member of the System Administrator role, your user
account has this permission by default.

5 Click the Actions menu, then click Checkout.

6 Click Display if you want to view the password for the selected
account as plain text or click Clipboard to copy the password without
viewing it.

Depending on how authentication rules and authentication profiles

are configured for the account, you might be required to respond to
one or more authentication challenges before viewing or copying the
stored password. If you are able to authenticate successfully by
responding to one or more authentication challenges, the checkout
proceeds. The checkout is then recorded as recent activity in the
dashboard and in the list of resource activity.

7 Click Close.

After taking the appropriate action on the remote computer, log off,
and check in the password. For more information about checking in a
password, see Checking in a password or Checking in a password from
the Workspace.

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Logging on without a password

If you have the Login permission, you can log on using stored account
information without knowing the password while viewing resources or
accounts. As a system administrator, you can use account permissions
to specify which users are allowed to log on using the stored account
password. For information about controlling which users or roles are
allowed to log on without knowing the account password, see Setting
account permissions.

If an account is configured to require the approval of a designated user

or role, you can click Request Login to send a request to the designated
user or to the members of the designated role for approval. If your
request is approved, you might have limited period of time to start a
new interactive secure shell or remote desktop session on the target
resource. For more information about the request and approval work
flow, see Managing access requests.

To log on to a resource using saved account information

1 Select the Accounts tab and verify you are viewing Local Accounts.

2 Select an account and resource combination to display the account

details.

3 Click Permissions to verify you have the Login permission.

You must have Grant permission to verify permission settings. If you

are a member of the System Administrator role, your user account
has this permission by default.

4 Click the Actions menu, then click Login to open a secure shell
session or remote desktop connection on the target resource.

Depending on how authentication rules and authentication profiles

are configured for the resource and account, you might be required
to respond to one or more authentication challenges before logging
on to the remote resource. If you are able to authenticate
successfully by responding to one or more authentication
challenges, the login proceeds and is recorded as recent activity in
the dashboard and in the list of resource activity.

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Successful and failed login attempts and active sessions are recorded
as recent activity in the dashboard, in your workspace, and in the list
of resource activity.

Viewing password history for an account

Depending on the administrative rights and permissions granted to
your account, you can view the password history and the specific
passwords that have been used for accounts that are stored in the
privilege service. For example, if you are a member of a role with
Privilege Management (Limited) rights but have not been granted the
Checkout permission, you can view the list of password changes that
have been recorded in the privilege service but not display the
password strings that have been used. If you are using an account that
includes the Checkout permission, however, you can use the password
history to recover a previously-used password for an account, then use
that password, if needed, to access a resource.

The password history lists all password change events for an account,
regardless of whether they are caused by automatic password
rotation, by checking in a managed password, or by manually updating
the password for an unmanaged account. Each time a password is
retired, the password history is updated with a new event that records
the password that has been retired.

To view the password history for an account

1 Select the Accounts tab.

2 Click Local Accounts, Domain Accounts, or Database Accounts to

select the type of account for which you want to view password
history.

3 Select the specific account for which you want to review password
history.

4 From the account details, click Password History.

The password history lists the date and time of each password
change event and the user who checked the password in, causing the
old password to be replaced with a new password. If the password
checkout period expired or the password was changed automatically
because of a password rotation policy, the Retired by column

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displays SYSTEM$ to indicate the password change was initiated

internally by the privilege service.

5 Select the password change event in which you are interested, then
select View Password from the Actions menu.

Note that this action is only available if you have Checkout

permission for the account and resource combination you are
viewing.

6 Click Display if you want to view the password for the selected
account as plain text or click Clipboard to copy the password without
viewing it.
The checkout is recorded as recent activity in the dashboard and in
the list of resource activity.

7 Click Close.

By default, the Centrify privilege service automatically removes the

oldest retired passwords from the password history after 365 days.
You can use resource-specific policies to change the interval at which
the Centrify privilege service automatically removes retired passwords
or to prevent the Centrify privilege service from automatically
removing any retired passwords. For more information about setting
the resource policies for password cleanup, see Enable periodic
password cleanup.

Recovering an account password

If the processing of a password change is interrupted before
completion on a target resource, the Centrify privilege service will
automatically attempt to determine whether the password change was
successful or not and recover the appropriate password to use for the
account. In a few rare cases, however, the privilege service might be
unable to determine whether the previous or pending password is
correct. For example, the following might cause an account to have an
indeterminate password if the situation occurs while the Centrify
privilege service is processing a password change:

The network connection to a target resource becomes unavailable.

The target resource is shut down.

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There is a service outage on Azure.

If the privilege service cannot automatically recover the correct

passwordfor example, because the resource is still disconnected
you can view details about the most recent password change job and
display or copy the last known and pending passwords to try to unlock
the account manually. If neither password is correctfor example,
because the password has been changed locally on the target
resourceyou can manually reset the password then use the update
password feature in the Privilege Manager portal to restore the
password in the Centrify privilege service. For more information about
updating the stored password, see Updating the password for stored
accounts.

Enabling request and approval work flow

You can enable a request and approval work flow for specific
accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. Users who dont have
access by default can then submit requests to a designated approver
who has the authority to grant or deny them access. By enabling a
work flow, users can request access to the privileged accounts you
specify and, if their request is approved, check out the account
password or use the account to log on remotely.

You can also explicitly prevent an account from being available for
access requests. For example, you might configure a request and
approval work flow for all accounts, then identify a few accounts
which do not allow access requests.

To enable work flow for a specific account

1 Select the Accounts tab, then click Local Accounts, Domain Accounts,
or Database Accounts to select the type of account you want to
modify.

2 From the list of local, domain, or database accounts, select the

specific account for which you want to enable work flow.

3 From the account details, click Workflow.

4 Select Yes.

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5 Search for and select an appropriate user, group, or role to approve

requests, then click Add.

6 Click Save.

For more information about configuring a request and approval work

flow, requesting access, and approving requests, see Managing access
requests.

Setting password checkout policy

You can configure authentication rules and authentication profiles to
protect access to the account password for specific accounts. Based on
the rules you define, users attempting to check out the password for
an account with access to a specific resource might be required to
provide a password, enter the passcode from a text message, or
answer a phone call to authentication their identity. The
authentication rule defines the conditions for when a specific
authentication profile should be used. The authentication profile
defines the types of challenges presented and whether one factor or
two factor authentication is required. You can also define a default
authentication profile to use if the conditions you specify for the
checkout rules are not met.

If you dont create any authentication rules or authentication profiles

for password checkouts, users with the appropriate permission can
check out stored account passwords without being challenged to
re-authenticate their identity or provide multi-factor authentication.

For more information about setting the password checkout policy, see
the following topics:

Supported authentication challenges

Authentication if managing the service on-site

Supported authentication challenges

You should note that only the authentication challenges that are
available in a user profile can be presented. For example, you might
select Phone call and Email confirmation code in the authentication

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profile, but these challenges are only valid if users have both a phone
number and email address stored for their accounts.

If users only have a phone number and not an email address stored,
they will receive a phone call to complete the authentication process
rather than be prompted to select an authentication option. If users
have both a phone number and an email address stored, they will be
prompted to select which form of authentication to use.

Authentication if managing the service on-site

If you have installed Centrify privilege service on your internal network
and are managing the service yourself, you can define authentication
profiles that use most of the same challenges as when the Centrify
privilege service is deployed as a -based service. However, some
challengessuch as the Email configuration code and Text message
confirmation coderequire you to configure settings to support
outgoing email and SMS-based text messaging.

You can configure the settings for a custom Simple Mail Transport
Protocol (SMTP) mail server and a Twilio in the administrative portal. To
support the Mobile Authenticator as a challenge, you must have a
properly enrolled mobile device. For details about post-installation
configuration steps when you deploy Centrify Privilege Service as an
on-site service, see the Installation and Configuration Guide for On-Site
Deployment.

To add an authentication rule and profile for password checkouts

1 Select the Accounts tab.

2 Click Local Accounts, Domain Accounts, or Database Accounts to

select the type of account you want to modify.

3 Select an account to display the account-specific details.

4 Click Policy.

5 Under Password Checkout Challenge Rules, click Add Rule.

6 Click Add Rule to define the conditions to evaluate to determine the

authentication profile to use when users attempt to check out an
account password.

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For example, click Add Rule, select a condition such as IP Address and
outside of the corporate range, then click Add. You can add more
than one condition to the rule. However, all conditions must be true
for the rule to apply.

7 Select the authentication profile to use when all of the conditions you
specify are true, then click OK.
You can select any existing authentication profile if an appropriate
profile has been previously-defined in the administrative portal for
the Centrify identity platform.
You can select Not Allowed as the authentication profile if you
want to prevent password checkouts when the conditions for this
authentication rule are met. For example, you might want to select
Not Allowed to prevent password checkouts when the request
comes from an IP address outside of the corporate IP range.
You can select Add New Profile if you want to create a new
authentication profile to use when the selected conditions.

If you are adding a new authentication profile, type a profile name,

select the types of authentication challenges to present, set the
challenge duration time to specify how long a previously-satisfied
authentication challenge is valid, then click OK. For information
about creating authentication profiles and specifying the types of
authentication challenges for the authentication profiles you define,
see Creating authentication rules and Creating authentication
profiles.

8 Click OK to save the authentication rule and it corresponding

authentication profile.

9 Select the default password checkout authentication profile to use if

no conditions matching the authentication rules are met.

Rotating a password immediately

In most cases, you configure automatic password rotation for
managed accounts by setting policies globally or for individual
resources, domains, or databases.

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There are scenarios, however, where you might want to generate a

new password for an account immediately on-demand. For example, if
theres suspicious activity involving a particular account or a risk that
the account has been compromised, you might want to invalidate the
existing password and have the Centrify privilege service generate a
new password without waiting for the end of the automated password
rotation period.

If you rotate the password while it is currently checked out, the

password that has been checked out will no longer be valid and cannot
be used to log on or start any new sessions. If there are any existing
open sessions that used the checked out password, those sessions can
continue.

To rotate a password immediately

1 Select the Accounts tab.

2 Select a managed account in the list of accounts or display the

managed account details.

3 From the Actions menu, click Rotate Password.

Deleting accounts
If you have both the Delete and Checkout permissions, you can
remove an account from the Centrify privilege service while viewing
the accounts stored for a resource, domain, or database. For
information about setting account permissions to control which users,
groups, or roles are allowed to delete accounts, see Setting account
permissions.

Removing an account from the Centrify privilege service does not

affect account information stored locally on the target resource,
domain, or database. However, you must display or copy the password
to the clipboard before the account can be deleted to help ensure you
can continue to use the account with its correct password after
removing it from the Centrify privilege service.

If you want to delete a resource, domain, or database entirely, you

must first delete all of the accounts that have been stored for that
resource, domain, or database.

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To remove an account

1 Select the Accounts tab.

2 Click Local Accounts, Domain Accounts, Database Accounts, or

Multiplexed Accounts to select the type of account you want to
delete.

3 Select the specific account you want to remove.

Optionally, you can display the account details and click Permissions
to verify you have the Delete and Checkout permissions. However,
you must have the Grant permission to verify permission settings.

4 Click the Actions menu for the account, then click Delete.

For example:

5 Click Display if you want to view the password for the selected
account as plain text or click Clipboard to copy the password without
viewing it.

After displaying or copying the password, the account is deleted from

the privilege service immediately.

6 Record the password for future reference, then click Close.

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Configuring global settings for the

privilege service
You do most of the work for the Centrify privilege service within the
Privilege Manager portal, including setting global permissions for user
accounts and resources and enabling auditing. In addition to the global
settings you configure through the Privilege Manager portal, there are
some tasks you must perform outside of Privilege Manager using the
administrative portal for the Centrify identity platform. For example,
you use the administrative portal for the Centrify identity platform to
access reports, add users and roles, and define administrative rights
and authentication rules.

For more information about the global settings you can configure for
the Centrify privilege service, see the following topics:

Setting global account permissions

Setting global resource permissions
Setting global security policies
Configuring password storage
Configuring global work flow
Mapping resource subnets to connectors
Adding resources using enrollment codes
Configuring global work flow
Setting profile attributes for agents
Enabling auditing for remote sessions
Creating roles with privilege management rights

Setting global account permissions

You can use global account permissions to define the specific
permissions granted to different users when they use the accounts
stored in the Centrify privilege service. The global account permissions

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you set apply to all resources, domains, or databases you add to the
privilege service except when you explicitly set permissions differently
for a specific account and resource, domain, or database combination.

Most of the activity in Privilege Manager involves managing resources,

domains, and databases and the accounts that are specifically used to
access them. For example, when you manage user permissions for an
account on a particular server, those permissions only apply in the
context of that particular account on that specific server.

In some cases, however, you might want to define global account

permissions that apply for all resources except for where you explicitly
define resource-specific permissions. For example, you might want to
define a global account permission that allows the [email protected]
user to log on without a password to all target resources you add to
the Centrify privilege service, then grant that user the permission to
check out an account password only for a specific resource and
account combination. Similarly, you can grant global account
permissions for domains and databases, and override them on a case-
by-case basis.

To set the global account permissions

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select Account Permissions from the list of settings.

4 Click Add to search for and select users, groups, roles, or computers.
Type a search string to search for the users, groups, roles, or
computers to which you want to grant global permissions.
Select the appropriate users, groups, roles, or computers from the
search results.
Click Add.

5 Select the appropriate global account permissions for each user.

Select Grant to allow the selected user to grant permissions to
other users.
Select Checkout to allow the selected user to check outthat is,
display or copy passwords for accounts.

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Select Login to allow the selected user to use the shared account
to log on to resources without knowing the account password.
Select Edit to allow the selected user to edit information for all
accounts.
Select Delete to allow the selected user to delete accounts stored
in the Centrify privilege service.
Select Update Password to allow the selected user to update the
password for managed and unmanaged accounts.
Select Rotate to allow the selected user global permission to rotate
the password for managed accounts immediately without waiting
for the rotation period to expire. This permission enables selected
users to rotate the password on demand if there has been
suspicious activity or a risk that the password has been
compromised.

As an administrator in the System Administrator role, your user

account has these permissions by default. You can assign specific
global rights to other users to allow them to work with accounts on
all managed resources. Note that users must have both the Delete
and Checkout permission to delete accounts because you must be
able to display or copy the password for an account before deleting
it.

If any of the permissions are temporary because a request for access

has been approved, the Expires column indicates when the
permission will expire.

6 Click Save to save the global account permissions settings.

Viewing temporary permissions for users

If you have configured a request and approval work flow for an
account, some users might have temporary Login or Checkout
permissions. If a request for login or password checkout has been
temporarily approved, the permission will have an expiration date and
time. Active sessions can continue past the expiration, but users will
not be allowed to log on or check out a password without submitting a
new request for access.

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Only users who have requested and been granted temporary access by
a designated approver display an expiration. The Expires column is
blank for users who are explicitly granted a permission outside of the
request and approval work flow or granted a permanent permission
by a designated approver.

Setting global resource permissions

You can use resource-specific or global resource permissions to define
the specific permissions granted to different users when they use the
accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. The global resource
permissions you set apply to all resources you add to the privilege
service except when you explicitly set permissions differently for a
specific account and resource combination.

To set the global resource permissions

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select Resource Permissions from the list of settings.

4 Click Add to search for and select users, groups, roles, or computers.
Type a search string to search for the users, groups, roles, or
computers to which you want to grant global permissions.
Select the appropriate users, groups, roles, or computers from the
search results.
Click Add.

5 Select the appropriate global resource permissions for each user,

group, role, or computer.
Select Grant to allow the selected user, group, role, or computer to
grant permissions to other users for all resources.
Select Manage Session to allow the selected user, group, or role to
watch or terminate active sessions on all resources.
Select Edit to allow the selected user, group, role, or computer to
edit resource settings for all resources.

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Select Delete to allow the selected user, group, role, or computer

to delete all resources.
Select Agent Auth to allow the selected user, group, role, or
computer to authenticate and log on to all resources where the
Centrify agent is installed.

6 Click Save to save the global resource permissions settings.

Setting global security policies

As a user with the System Administrator role, you can set security
policies that apply globally to the all of the resources, domains, or
databases you add to the Centrify privilege service. The policies and
default settings are the same as described in the following topics:

Setting resource-specific policies

Setting domain-specific policies
Setting database-specific policies

After you set a policy, that setting becomes the default used for all
resources, domains, and databases unless you explicitly set a
resource-specific, domain-specific, or database-specific policy.

To set global security policies

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Click Security Settings.

4 Select the specific policies you want to use as global policies.

For more information about these policies, see the information pop-
up help or the descriptions of the resource-specific policies in Setting
resource-specific policies.

5 Click Save.

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Configuring password storage

By default, the passwords for the accounts you add to the Centrify
privilege service are stored securely in the Centrify privilege service. If
you prefer to store them in a key management appliance or hardware
security module appliancesuch as an on-site SafeNet KeySecure
applianceyou can configure the privilege service to store and retrieve
resource passwords using the supported external appliance.

Note that you must have the SafeNet KeySecure appliance installed
and configured and available on the network before configuring it for
the storage of Centrify privilege service passwords. You can use client
certificates created by the Centrify service or a client certificate you
have created on your own.

To store passwords in SafeNet KeySecure

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select Password Storage from the list of settings.

If you have not yet configured secure communication between the

Centrify connector and the SafeNet KeySecure appliance, click
Configure settings for SafeNet KeySecure to open global settings in
the administrative portal for the Centrify identity platform. For more
information about configuring SafeNet KeySecure to store
passwords for Centrify privilege service accounts, see Managing
password storage.

4 Select the location for storing passwords.

For example, select SafeNet KeySecure appliance to store passwords

in a SafeNet KeySecure appliance.

5 Click Save to save the password storage location.

Saving a new password storage location will prompt you to migrate

passwords to the new location immediately. Click Yes to migrate all
existing passwords. If you click No, only new passwords are stored in
the new location. If you click No, you can click Migrate Passwords at
a later time to migrate previously stored passwords to the new
location.

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6 Specify the email address where you want to receive notification of

the migration results, then click Yes.

After you start the job, you can view the status and results of the job by
clicking View Migration Job Status and Reports or wait to receive email
notification that migration is complete. The email notification will
provide a link to the job history. You can then click the link in the email
to see details about the migration results. Because the job history
report can list details for different types of jobs, you can use the Search
field to filter the jobs displayed.

For complete information about installing and configuring a SafeNet

KeySecure hardware appliance, see the KeySecure Installation and
Configuration Guide and Managing password storage.

Notification if managing the service on-site

If you have installed Centrify privilege service on your internal network
and are managing the service yourself, you must configure the settings
for a custom Simple Mail Transport Protocol (SMTP) mail server in the
administrative portal to receive email notification about the results of
password migration jobs. For details about post-installation
configuration steps when you deploy Centrify Privilege Service as an
on-site service, see the Installation and Configuration Guide for On-Site
Deployment.

Configuring global work flow

To simplify the process of configuring a request and approval work
flow for privileged accounts, you can enable work flow as a feature that
applies to all accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. You can
then select a single user or role to approve all login and password
checkout requests. You can also use this global setting in conjunction
with account-specific settings to selective restrict access requests for
some accounts or modify the user or role with approval authority.

To configure work flow for all accounts

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

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3 Click Workflow.

4 Select Enable workflow for all accounts.

5 Click Select and type a search string to search for and select a user or
role with authority to approve login and password checkout
requests, then click Add.

6 Click Save.

After you have configured the work flow for all accounts, users with
Privilege Management (Limited) rights can request login and password
checkout access for the accounts stored in the Centrify privilege
service. You can use account-specific settings to override the global
work flow. For example, you can use account-specific settings to
prevent access requests for some accounts or to modify the user or
role with approval authority.

Mapping resource subnets to connectors

By default, resources use any available connector without evaluating
the network topology. If the communication with a current connector is
interrupted, resources automatically select another available
connector to continue operation. As a user in the System Administrator
role, however, you can assign the specific connectors that should serve
a specific logical group of resources by mapping a subnet pattern to a
selected set of connectors. Resources matching the subnet pattern will
use the specific connectors you select for them.

By mapping resource subnets to specific connectors, you can also

control overall load balancing and failover. You can override the global
rules for resource subnet mapping for individual resources.
Resource-specific settings take precedence over global connector
subnet mapping. In addition, more restrictive subnet mapping takes
precedence over less restrictive mapping.

To map resource subnets to connectors

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Click Resource Subnet Mapping.

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4 Click Add.

5 Type the subnet for a group of resources using Classless

Inter-Domain Routing (CIDR) notation, for example, 192.168.1.0/24.

Keep in mind that a more restrictive subnet pattern takes

precedence over a less restrictive pattern if the rules you define
result in overlapping resource subnet matches.

6 Click Choose and select the specific connectors you want to use for
resources in the specified subnet.

Alternatively, you can select Any available if you want to allow any
connector available on your network for resources in the specified
subnet.

7 Click Done to save the subnet to connector mapping.

Adding resources using enrollment codes

If you want to automate the process of adding new Linux computers
or virtual machine instances to the Centrify privilege service, you can
do so by creating and using a randomly-generated enrollment code.
Enrollment codes enable you to automatically join multiple computers
matching certain criteria to the privilege servide without providing a
user name and password. Without an enrollment code, adding new
computers would require you to provide credentials to verify that you
have permission to perform the operation or hard-coding a user name
and password in an enrollment automation script.

To automate the enrollment process and avoid storing any user names
or passwords in automation scripts, you can create one or more
enrollment codes that specify a domain pattern to identify the
computers you want to add. You can also specify how many times the
code can be used, that is, the maximum number of computers the
code can be used to add, and when the enrollment code should expire.

Enrollment codes can only be used to add computers to the privilege

service and dont provide access to any sensitive information or grant
any elevated privileges.

You must be a member of the System Administrator role to generate

enrollment codes. You must be in a role with the Linux Resource

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Enrollment administrative right to add computers to the privilege

service using an enrollment code or manually by running the cenroll
command-line program.

In most cases, adding a computer to the privilege service makes you

the owner of the computer object with permission to delete the
computer account and the ability to delegate permissions to other
users. However, if you add computers using a registration code, the
built-in SYSTEM account becomes the owner of the computer object.
Only members of the System Administrator role can grant permissions
on computers owned by the SYSTEM account.

For more information about running the cenroll command and

other command-line programs, see the man pages installed with the
software.

To automate the process of adding computers

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu,

then click the Settings tab.

2 Select Enrollment Codes from the list of settings, then click Add.

3 Select the details to be used to generate the enrollment code.

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Set an expiration date if the code should expire.

Specify the maximum number of computers that can be enrolled

if there should be a limit.

Click Select to select a role to control who will own the computers
being added.
Type an optional description.

If you click Save, an enrollment code is generated without any IP

address restrictions. If you want to limit enrollment to computers
matching certain IP patterns, you should click IP Range Restriction
before clicking Save.

4 Click IP Range Restrictions to specify the IP addresses where the

registration code is valid.

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Only computers with an agent installed and an IP address within the

ranges specified can be added to the privilege service using the
enrollment code.

5 Click Import Corporate IP Range to automatically add your existing

network IP range or click Add to specify IP ranges manually.

You can also add addresses after importing your corporate IP

addresses. For example, you mght want to add IP addresses that are
outside of the corporate firewall.

6 Click Save to generate the enrollment code, then click Copy to copy it
to the clipboard.

7 Download the Centrify agent package, if necessary.

8 Create a script that installs the Centrify agent software package,

enrolls the computer, and enables secure shell (ssh) connections.

For example, you might create a simple script similar to this:

#!/bin/bash
rpm -iv ftp://ftp.centrify.com/CentrifyCC-1.0.0-121.x86_64.rpm
sudo /usr/share/centrifycc/bin/cenroll --tenant
aak0298.centrify,com --regcode 2EE9F1CA-F06A-4470-B07A-
32907444A023 --features aapm,agentauth --agentauth Authorized
sed -i '/^PasswordAuthentication no/d' /etc/ssh/sshd_config
/etc/init.d/sshd restart

In this example, the enrollment code2EE9F1CA-F06A-4470-B07A-

32907444A023includes the rules for expiration, maximum number
of servers allowed to enroll, the role that owns the enrolled server,
and the IP restrictions you have defined.

For more information about the Centrify agent and enrollment, see the
following topics:

Checking features and downloading the agent

Enrolling and managing computers using Centrify agents

Checking features and downloading the agent

The Centrify agent is a software package you can install on Linux
computers to support application-to-application password

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management and authentication services for Centrify identity service

users.

By installing the agent, computer accounts can be used to run

applications and to check out account passwords that are stored in the
Centrify privilege service. This capability enables you to store and
rotate managed passwords for application-to-application
authentication without user intervention and eliminates the need for
shared administrative passwords to run applications.

The agent is only available for a limited set of supported platforms. If

you are managing computers where the agent is supported, you can
download the agent from the Privilege Manager portal, from the
Centrify Download Center, or from the Centrify YUM or APT repository.

To download the Centrify agent for Linux

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select Centrify Agent from the list of settings.

4 Review the features available and supported distributions.

5 Click the appropriate link to download the appropriate software

package for a supported platform.

After you download the agent, you can using a native package
manager to install. For more information about the Centrify agent, see
the following topics:

Commands included with the agent

Verifying a signed package
Commands included with the agent
Exploring the sample scripts
Setting profile attributes for agents

The Centrify agent replaces the CLI Toolkit, which was available in
previous releases. If you downloaded and installed the CLI Toolkit and
have scripts that used the commands included in previous releases,
you might need to modify the scripts to work with the Centrify agent.
For more information about migrating scripts from the CLI Toolkit to

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use the commands included in the Centrify agent package, see

Migrating scripts from the CLI Toolkit.

Setting profile attributes for agents

The Centrify agent is a software package you can install on Linux
computers to support application-to-application password
management and authentication services for Centrify identity service
users. To support these features, the agent has a service user account.
The service user requires some additional settings to have a valid
profile on the Linux computer where applications run or where you are
authorizing agent-based authentication for access.

To set profile attributes for the agent service user

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu,

then click the Settings tab.

2 Select Centrify Agent Settings from the list of settings.

3 Select a default shell from the list of available shells to use for the
agent service user.

4 Specify the template to use for the home directory for the agent
service user.

5 Click Save.

Enabling auditing for remote sessions

The Centrify privilege service always logs audit trail events for the
activity on resources and in the accounts you add to the service. If you
also want to audit the session activity you initiate from Privilege
Manager on target resources, you can enable auditing through Centrify
Server Suite Enterprise Edition and the Centrify privilege service.

To prepare for auditing, you must have a working audit installation

running in your environment. If you dont have an audit installation
and want to create one, you can download Centrify Server Suite
Enterprise Edition from the Customer Support Portal on the Centrify
website, then follow the instructions in the Auditing with Centrify Server
Suite Administrators Guide to set up a working environment. Note that

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you must download and install Centrify Server Suite 2015, or later, to
work with Centrify privilege service.

The audit installation must include the following core components:

a management database to store installation information.

the audit store and audit store database to define the scope and
store session activity.
at least two collectors to collect session activity and send it to the
audit store database.
the Audit Manager console to manage installation components,
audit roles, and permissions.
the Audit Analyzer console to view, query, and manage recorded
activity.

For information about creating the audit installation and configuring

the core components of the installation, see the Auditing with Centrify
Server Suite Administrators Guide.

If you are familiar with auditing using Centrify Server Suite, you might
have an agent installed on some or all of your target resources.
However, the agent is not required when you are using the Centrify
privilege service to audit session activity. Instead, you can use the
Centrify connector to send session activity directly to the collector
without installing an agent or the auditing service on the target
resource. The only additional requirement to enable auditing using the
connector is that the computer you are using for the connector must
be within the scope of an audit storethat is, the computer must be
included in the site, subnet, or IP address identified as the audit store.
The session activity for all target resources will be sent to the audit
store that includes the computer where the connector is installed.

For more information about defining the scope for an audit store, see
the Auditing with Centrify Server Suite Administrators Guide.

For more information about auditing through the Centrify privilege

service, see the following topics:
Capturing and replaying sessions
Windows sessions recorded by a connector

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UNIX sessions recorded by a connector

Specifying the audit installation
Adding connectors to a secure installation

Capturing and replaying sessions

If you have an audit installation available and enable auditing, the
connector captures all of the secure shell and remote desktop activity
in the sessions you open from Privilege Manager. The connector sends
the recorded sessions to the collector service, which forwards the
sessions to the audit store database. You can play back the recorded
sessions using Audit Analyzer. You can also use Audit Analyzer to
create queries and reports based on session activity and to review,
update, or delete the sessions.

If you have multiple connectors, the connector used to record the

session is selected randomly when you start the SSH or RDP session. If
the connector with an active session stops running, the session is
disconnected. If the connector is recording a remote desktop session
when it stops, you can manually reconnect to the target resource using
a different connector to resume the session. However, the session
segments are recorded in the audit store database as two separate
audit sessions. The connector will spool audited session activity if it
cant connect to any collectors.

You must have the Enterprise Edition of Centrify Server Suite 2015 (or
later) to audit the sessions you open from Privilege Manager. If you
have an older version of Centrify Server Suite, you must upgrade
before enabling auditing using the connector.

For more information about managing the audit installation, querying

and reviewing session activity, and other auditing-specific topics, see
the Auditing with Centrify Server Suite Administrators Guide.

Windows sessions recorded by a connector

If you are already auditing session activity on Windows computers, you
might notice a few differences between sessions recorded directly on a
Windows computer that has an agent installed and the remote
desktop sessions recorded by the Centrify connector. For example, if a

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Windows session is recorded by the connector, you might notice the

following differences:

Windows sessions recorded by the connector do not include an

indexed list of events.
You cannot specify any agent configuration settings, such as the
color depth to use or the offline data storage location.
There is no role-based auditing or integration to skip auditing for
some activity or to audit only privileged activity.
Windows sessions recorded by the connector do not include any
information about the DirectAuthorize desktop being used or about
desktop changes. However, you can use the desktop label to
determine the desktop used for different operations when replaying
Windows sessions.

UNIX sessions recorded by a connector

If you are already auditing session activity on UNIX computers, you
might notice a few differences between sessions recorded directly on a
Linux or UNIX computer that has an agent installed and the remote
shell sessions recorded by the Centrify connector. For example, if a
UNIX session is recorded by the connector, you might notice the
following differences:

UNIX sessions recorded by the connector do not include standard

input (stdin).
You cannot specify any agent configuration settings that you control
using the centrifyda.conf file, such as password masking.
There is no role-based auditing or integration to skip auditing for
some activity or to audit only privileged activity.
You cannot configure per command auditing.
You cannot obfuscate any sensitive information that might be
captured in a session.

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Specifying the audit installation

After you have created an audit installation and verified you have a
working environment, you can enable auditing and specify the
installation name for the resources you manage in the Privilege
Manager portal.

To configure auditing settings

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select Enable Auditing and type the name of the audit installation if
you want to audit user activity on the resources you manage.

4 Click Save to save the setting.

Adding connectors to a secure installation

If you have configured auditing to run as a secure installation that only
allows agents to connect to trusted collectors and collectors to only
accept connections from trusted agents, you must add the connectors
you are using to the list of trusted audited systems for the audit store.
If the connectors are not identified as trusted systems, the sessions
and audit trail events captured by the connector will not be accepted
by the audit store database.

For information about configuring a secure installation and how to

identify trusted systems, see the Auditing with Centrify Server Suite
Guide.

Creating roles with privilege management rights

As a user with the System Administrator role, you can create roles that
grant other users the rights required for managing servers,
workstations, network devices, and the accounts used to access those
resources. You create roles with these rights in the same way you
create other roles using the administrative portal for the Centrify
identity platform. However, there are administrative rights that are
specifically for managing the resources and accounts you add to the
Centrify privilege service:

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Privilege Management

If you create a role with the Privilege Management administrative

right, the users you add as role members can view all resources and
accounts that have been added to the privilege service and can add
or import new resources and new accounts to the Centrify privilege
service. Users with this right can also grant permissions to other
users to perform specific operations on the resources and accounts
they add to the Centrify privilege service.
Privilege Management (Limited)

If you create a role with the Privilege Management (Limited)

administrative right, the users you add as role members can view all
resources and accounts, log on manually to target resources by
specifying a user name and password, and can use any
resource-specific or global permissionssuch as Checkout or
Loginthat they have been granted. However, users with this right
cannot add or import any resources or account information to the
Centrify privilege service.
Privilege Management (Portal Login)

If you create a role with the Privilege Management (Portal Login)

administrative right, the users you add as role members can access
resources using the accounts where they have Portal Login
permissions in Privilege Manager. This right allows users who do not
access the Privilege Manager portal directly to log on to selected
resources using selected accounts from the User Portal.

Only users with the System Administrator role or a role with one of
these administrative rights can access the Privilege Manager portal or
the resources and accounts that have been added to the Centrify
privilege service. You can then use global or resource-specific
permissions to further control what users in each role can do. For
example, some users who have the Privilege Management (Limited)
administrative right might be granted the global Login permission so
that they can log on to any resource without knowing any account
passwords. Other users might be granted the Login permission only
for a specific account and resource combination, such as the oracle
shared account on the db-main.ajax.org server.

For more information about setting global user permissions for

accounts in the Centrify privilege service, see Setting global account

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permissions. For more information about setting user permissions for

accounts on specific resources, see Setting account permissions.

To create a role that includes privilege management rights

1 Select Switch to Cloud Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Roles tab.

3 Click Add Role or select an existing role to display the role details.

If you are creating a new role, you must provide at least a unique
name for the role.

4 Click Administrative Rights, then click Add.

5 Select Privilege Management or Privilege Management (Limited) and

any other rights you want included in this role, then click Add.

6 Click Save to save the role.

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Managing access requests

In most cases, you give users access to shared accounts and resources
by assigning them to a role with Privilege Management or Privilege
Management (Limited) administrative rights and granting
account-specific, resource-specific, or global permissions for what they
can do. As an alternative to explicitly granting permissions, you can
establish a request and approval work flow that gives specific users
or members of specific roles the ability to approve or reject access
requests.

You can enable a request and approval work flow for any or all
accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. Users who dont have
access can then submit requests to a designated approver who has the
authority to grant or deny them access. By enabling a work flow, users
can request access to the privileged accounts you specify and, if their
request is approved, check out the account password or use the
account to log on remotely.

Users requesting access must still be assigned to a role with Privilege

Management or Privilege Management (Limited) administrative rights
to see the resources and accounts that are available in the Centrify
privilege service. If they are a member of a role with one of these
rights, however, they can search or browse for resources and accounts,
then submit a request for login or password checkout access to a
designated approver. The approver might be a specific user or any
member of a specific role. If you configure a role as the approver, the
first member to respond to the request is given the authority to
approve or reject the request.

For more information about defining a work flow and managing

account access requests, see the following topics:

Authorizing global approval for access requests

Configuring a request and approval work flow
Requesting login access
Requesting password checkout access
Responding to access requests

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Viewing request status and history

Viewing request details
Deleting requests

If you have installed Centrify Privilege Service on your internal network

and are managing the service on-site yourself, you can configure a
request and approval work flow for login and password checkout
requests. However, request and approval messages require you to
have a mail server for outgoing email requests.

You can configure the settings for a custom Simple Mail Transport
Protocol (SMTP) mail server in the administrative portal. For details
about post-installation configuration steps when you deploy Centrify
Privilege Service as an on-site service, see the Installation and
Configuration Guide for On-Site Deployment.

Authorizing global approval for access requests

As a system administrator, you can specify the users and roles who are
authorized to approve access requests. You can configure the approval
work flow globally so that it applies for all accounts, or on a per-
account basis, or using a combination of the two. If you use a
combination of global and account-specific approval settings, the
account-specific approval settings take precedence over the global
approval settings. For example, you might give members of the IT
Outsource role global authority to approve login and password
checkout requests for all accounts, then identify specific resource and
account combinations where only members of the IT Supervisors role
can approve access requests.

Configuring a request and approval work flow

As a member of the sysadmin role or a role with the Role
Management administrative right, you can configure roles for all other
users. Initially, only the members of the sysadmin role have the ability
to enable a request and approval work flow, specify the users or roles
with authority to approve access requests, and specify whether the
work flow whether the work flow and approval authority applies
globally for all accounts, applies only for selected account and resource

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combinations, or applies globally except where there are account-

specific restrictions.

At a high level, the steps involved in configuring a work flow are these:

Create one or more roles that can enable a request and approval
work flow.
Members of the sysadmin role can enable work flow globally for all
accounts. Users with the Privilege Management or
Privilege Management (Limited) administrative right can enable work
flow and select an approver for specific accounts where they have
the Grant and Edit permissions.
Create one or more roles that can approve access requests for
accounts.
Create one or more roles that can request access to privileged
accounts.
Any member of a role with the Privilege Management or Privilege
Management (Limited) right can request access to any account
where work flow is enabled. The appropriate permissions are
granted if the request is approved.
Determine whether to enable the work flow globally for all accounts,
individually for specific accounts, or a combination of both.
Enable the work flow option where appropriate and select the user
or role with authority to approve requests.

Creating roles for work flow administration

The first few steps in configuring the request and approval work flow
are optional and involve creating one or more roles for users who are
allowed to define the request and approval work flow and the roles
that can approve access requests. These steps are optional because
you can choose to only allow members of the sysadmin role to be the
users permitted to configure a work flow and members of the
sysadmin role can assign approval authority to individual users
without creating any approval roles. In most cases, however, creating
roles for different sets of users provides greater flexibility and helps to
reduce the number of requests left pending an approval.

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If you dont create any intermediary roles with the appropriate

administrative rights to enable a work flow, only members of the
sysadmin role will be able to configure any request and approval
work flow you might want to implement.

If you are configuring a request and approval work flow for privileged
accounts, you must create at least one role for users who are allowed
to view resources and accounts. Only the members of a role with either
the Privilege Management or Privilege Management (Limited)
administrative right can request login and password checkout access.
Only members of the sysadmin role or a role with the Privilege
Management or Privilege Management (Limited) administrative right
can enable a request and approval work flow for stored accounts
where they have the Grant and Edit permissions.

To configure roles that can enable a work flow

1 Select Switch to Admin Portal from the account name menu.

2 Click the Roles tab.

3 Click Add Role or select an existing role to display the role details.

If you are creating a new role, you must provide at least a unique
name for the role.

4 Click Members, then click Add.

5 Type a search string to search for and select users and groups for this
role.

6 Click Administrative Rights, then click Add.

7 Select the appropriate rights, then click Add.

For example, if you are creating a role with permission to enable a

work flow for access to resources and accounts, select
Privilege Management or Privilege Management (Limited). You can
select any additional rights you want included in this role, but you
must select at least one of the required administrative rights.

Only members of the sysadmin role can enable work flow globally
for all accounts. Members of a role with the Privilege Management or
Privilege Management (Limited) right can enable work flow for
accounts where they have the Grant and Edit permissions.

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8 Click Save to save the role.

Creating roles for approvers

You can assign approval authority to individual users. However, in
most cases, creating approver roles for different sets of users
provides greater flexibility and helps to reduce the number of requests
left pending an approval. If you dont create any intermediary roles
with the appropriate administrative rights to approve access requests,
only members of the sysadmin role will be able to approve access
requests. You can follow the same steps described in Creating roles for
work flow administration to create roles for approvers.

Keep in mind that if you are creating a role with permission to approve
access requests to stored accounts with managed or unmanaged
passwords, you must include the Privilege Management or Privilege
Management (Limited) administrative right in the role. You can select
any additional rights you want included in this role, but you must select
at least one of the required administrative rights.

Creating a role with access to stored accounts

In addition to the role that allows selected users to configure a work
flow, you might want to create one or more roles for the users who will
be requesting login and password checkout access to the resources
and accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. For those users to
be able to search for or browse accounts and resources, they must be
assigned to a role that includes the Privilege Management or Privilege
Management (Limited) administrative right. The Privilege Management
or Privilege Management (Limited) right is required to see accounts
and resources using the Privilege Manager portal. You can follow the
same steps described in Creating roles for work flow administration to
create the role. In most cases, you would add users who might need
temporary administrative access as members of this role and give the
role the Privilege Management (Limited) administrative right.

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Configuring work flow for stored accounts

As a member of the sysadmin role, you can configure a request and
approval work flow globally for all accounts, for specific accounts, or
using a combination of global and account and resource-specific
settings. As a member of a role with the Privilege Management or
Privilege Management (Limited) administrative right, you can configure
a request and approval work flow for specific accounts where you
have Grant and Edit permissions.

For more information, see the following topics:

Configuring work flow globally for all accounts

Configuring work flow for specific accounts

Configuring work flow globally for all accounts

To simplify the process of configuring a request and approval work
flow for privileged accounts, you can enable work flow as a feature that
applies to all accounts stored in the Centrify privilege service. You can
then select a single user or role to approve all login and password
checkout requests. You can also use this global setting in conjunction
with account-specific settings to selectively restrict access requests for
some accounts or modify the user or role with approval authority.

To configure work flow for all accounts

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Click Workflow.

4 Select Enable workflow for all accounts.

5 Click Select and type a search string to search for and select a user or
role with authority to approve login and password checkout
requests, then click Add.

6 Click Save.

After you have configured the work flow for all accounts, users with
Privilege Management or Privilege Management (Limited) rights can

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request login and password checkout access for the accounts stored in
the Centrify privilege service.

Configuring work flow for specific accounts

If you are a member of the sysadmin role or a member of a role with
Privilege Management or Privilege Management (Limited) rights and
have the Grant and Edit permissions, you can configure a request and
approval work flow for specific accounts or use account-specific
settings to override global work flow settings. If you enable or disable
work flow for individual account and resource combinations, the
account-specific settings take precedence over the global settings. For
example, you can use account-specific settings to prevent access
requests for some accounts or to modify the user or role with approval
authority.

To configure work flow for specific accounts

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Accounts tab.

3 Select an account to display the account details.

4 Click Workflow.

5 Set the Enable Account Workflow to Yes if you want to select a user
or role with authority to approve access requests.

If you enabled work flow for all accounts, selecting Yes allows you to
select a different user or role with approval authority. If you are not
enabling work flow for all accounts, selecting Yes makes this specific
account available for users requesting login or password checkout
access.

If you disabled work flow for all accounts, selecting No prevents users
from requesting login or password checkout access.

6 Click Save.

After you have configured the work flow for an account, users can
request login or checkout access to the account through the Privilege
Manager portal.

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Requesting login access

Any user who is assigned to a role with Privilege Management or
Privilege Management (Limited) administrative rights can see the
resources and accounts that are available in the Centrify privilege
service.

If you select a resource or account, what you can do will depend on the
permissions you have available. For example, if you dont have the
Login permission granted, you cannot log on to target resources using
stored account information. However, if the privilege service is
configured to use a request and approval work flow for stored
accounts, you will be able to request login access from a designated
user or member of a designated role. It is at the approvers discretion
to approve or reject your request, and if approved, to grant you
permanent or temporary Login permission.

If your request is approved and you are only temporarily granted the
Login permission, you will have a limited period of time in which to log
on to the selected resource using the selected account. If you are
granted temporary Login permission, you can continue to use the
session on the target resource after the approved period of time
expires. If you exit the session, however, and attempt to log on after
the temporarily approved period expires, you must submit a new Login
access request.

To request login access

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Resources or Accounts tab to locate the resource and

account combination to which you want to request access.

For example, click Resources if you want to search or filter the

resources listed based on the resource name or type. Click Accounts
if you want to search or filter the accounts listed by account name or
check the account health before requesting access.

There are a number of different ways to request access:

From the Resources tab, select a resource and right-click to select
Account Actions and a specific account.
From the Resource details, click Accounts to select a specific
account.

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From the Accounts tab, select a specific account and resource

combination.
From the Account details, click the Actions menu.

3 Click Request Login for the account you want to use.

4 Type the business reason for requesting permission to log on to the

selected resource using the stored account information, then click
Submit.

An email notification of your request is sent directly to the designated

approver and your request will be displayed on the Requests tab in
the User Portal.

5 Click the Requests tab to see the status of your request.

You will also receive an email notification when you request is

approved or denied. If your request is approved and you have been
granted temporary access, you will have a limited time to select the
resource and account combination and the Login action. If you have
been granted temporary access and the approval period expires
before you log on, you can submit a new request.

If your request is approved and you log on successfully before a

temporary approval period expires, theres no time limit on your active
session. However, an administrator with the appropriate permission
can terminate the session. In addition, you can log on multiple times
during the approval period, if needed. For example, if you must restart
a computer multiple times for maintenancesuch as the installation
or removal of softwareyou can do so until the request temporary
approval period expires.

Requesting password checkout access

Any user who is assigned to a role with Privilege Management or
Privilege Management (Limited) administrative rights can see the
resources and accounts that are available in the Centrify privilege
service.

If you select a resource or account, what you can do will depend on the
permissions you have available. For example, if you dont have the
Checkout permission granted, you cannot check out the password for

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a stored account. However, if the privilege service is configured to use

a request and approval work flow for stored accounts, you will be
able to request password checkout access from a designated user or
member of a designated role. It is at the approvers discretion to
approve or reject your request, and if approved, to grant you
permanent or temporary Checkout permission.

If you are granted temporary Checkout permission, you can continue

to use the session on the target resource after the approved period of
time expires. If you exit the session, however, and attempt to check out
the password to start a new after the temporarily approved period
expires, you must submit a new Checkout access request.

To request a password checkout

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Resources or Accounts tab to locate the resource and

account combination to which you want to request access.

For example, click Resources if you want to search or filter the

resources listed based on the resource name or type. Click Accounts
if you want to search or filter the accounts listed by account name or
check the account health before requesting access.

There are a number of different ways to request access:

From the Resources tab, select a resource and right-click to select
Account Actions and a specific account.
From the resource details, click Accounts to select a specific
account.
From the Accounts tab, select a specific account and resource
combination.
From the account details, click the Actions menu.

3 Click Request Password Checkout for the account you want to use.

4 Type the business reason for requesting permission to check out the
password for the selected resource and account combination, then
click Submit.

An email notification of your request is sent directly to the designated

approver and your request will be displayed on the Requests tab in
the User Portal.

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5 Click the Requests tab to see the status of your request.

You will also receive an email notification when you request is

approved or denied. If your request is approved and you have been
granted temporary access, you will have a limited time to select the
resource and account combination and the Checkout action. If the
temporary approval period expires before you check out the
password, you can submit a new request. Keep in mind that the
request approval period is separate from the maximum password
checkout time, which is controlled by a global or resource-specific
policy.

Responding to access requests

There are no special privileges required to respond to requests.
Anyone with access to the Centrify privilege service can be designated
as an approver.

If you have been designated as an approver for login and password

checkout requests, you will receive email notification when others
request access. You can click the View Request link in the email to view
the request details. If you are authorized to approve the request and
the request is still pending a response, the Request Details displays the
options to Approve or Reject the request.

Click Approve to approve the request by granting permanent or

temporary permission and specify a grant duration time in minutes,
hours, or days. If you click Submit to continue with the approval, the
request details are updated with the date and time the request was
resolved and the approved status.
Click Reject to reject the request and type the reason you are
rejecting the request. If you click Submit to continue with the
rejection, the request details are updated with the reason the
request was rejected, the date and time the request was resolved,
and the rejected status.

After you respond to the request, the Requests tab is also updated with
the latest activity and email is sent to the requester as notification of
your response to the request.

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Viewing request status and history

After you have made or responded to at least one request, you can
click the Requests tab to view the status of access requests and the
history of request activity. Depending on your role, you might click the
Requests tab from the administrative portal for the Centrify identity
platform, Privilege Manager, or the User Portal to see the status of
your own pending requests, the requests awaiting your approval, or
the results of request activity.

Regardless of the entry point for viewing the Requests tab, the list of
requests includes the following information:

Description provides a brief summary of the request indicating the

type of access or application requested.
Status displays the current status of the request as Pending,
Approved, Rejected, or Failed.
You can review the request details to see the reason the request
failed. For example, a request might fail if the email address for the
approver or requester is missing or there were other problems with
the request.
Posted displays the date and time of the most recent activity for
each request.
Approver displays the user or role designated for approving access
requests if the approval is pending or the specific user who
approved or rejected the request if the request has been resolved.
Requestor displays the user who submitted the request.
Latest Log Entry displays the most recent information recorded for
the request.

Viewing request details

If you have made or responded to a request, you can click the Requests
tab to view the status of access requests and the history of request
activity. Depending on your role, you might click the Requests tab from
the administrative portal for the Centrify identity platform, Privilege
Manager, or the User Portal to see the status of your own pending

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requests, the requests awaiting your approval, or the results of request

activity. You can then select any request displayed on the Request tab
to see request details.

If you are an approver, you can also go directly to Request Details by

clicking the link in the email notifying you of the request.

If you have the authority to approve requests and the request is still
pending a response, you can click Approve or Reject from the Request
details. For more information about approving or rejecting a request,
see Responding to access requests.

Regardless of the entry point for viewing request details, the request
information table displays details appropriate for the current state of
the request. For example, you might see the following information:

Posted displays the date and time of the most recent activity for
each request.
Description provides a brief summary of the request indicating the
type of access or application requested.
Requestor displays the user who submitted the request.
Requestors Reason displays the business reason provided by the
user who submitted the request.
Approver displays the user or role designated for approving access
requests if the approval is pending or the specific user who
approved or rejected the request if the request has been resolved.
Status displays the current status of the request as Pending,
Approved, Rejected, or Failed.
Depending on the status of the request, you might see the reason the
request was rejected or the reason why the request failed.

Deleting requests
If you have the Delete permission, you can remove requests from the
Requests list if the request history is no longer needed.

To remove a request

1 Select the Requests tab.

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2 Select a request from the list to display its details.

3 Click the Actions menu, then click Delete.

4 Click Yes to confirm that you want to proceed with deleting the
request.

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Managing applications and application

accounts
Many organizations use domain or local accounts to run applications
such as Windows services and scheduled tasks on computers
throughout the network. For security and auditing compliance,
passwords for these types of accounts should be rotated periodically,
but are often left unmanaged because of the difficulty involved in
updating passwords manually on multiple computers and the
potential disruption of critical business services.

You can greatly improve security for the accounts used to run
applications by storing and managing these accounts and their
passwords in the Centrify privilege service. After you identify the
applications that run using a local or domain service account you can
automate password rotation without interrupting application
availability.

In most cases, you add application and application account

information to the privilege service by running discovery jobs that scan
your network for information about computers in Active Directory
domains. You can also manually add applications and application
accounts globally or on a resource-specific basis.

For more information about managing application settings the

accounts used to run application services or scheduled tasks, or the
accounts used to rotate the password for application accounts, see the
following topics:
Viewing the list of applications
Adding applications manually
Adding multiplexed accounts
Automating password rotation
Starting password management
Modifying application-specific settings
Viewing application activity
Setting application-specific permissions

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Viewing the list of applications

You can view the global list of discovered and manually added
applications from the Application tab in the Privilege Manager portal.
You can also view the list of discovered applications or manually added
application information for specific resources. Both the global and
resource-specific application list provide the following information:

Name indicates the service name used to run the Windows service
or the full path to the scheduled task.
Description displays the display name associated with the
Windows service or scheduled task.
Resource indicates the target resource where the application runs.
Multiplexed account is empty until you configure automatic
password management for the application. For example, this field
is blank for newly-discovered applications.
Current account displays the local or domain account that the
application is currently configured to run as.
Application type indicates whether the application is a Windows
service or a scheduled task.
Active indicates whether the Windows service or scheduled task
with automatic password management is currently running on the
resource.
Issues displays additional information about the status of the
application. For example, if an application failed to restart or was
not found on a target resource, a message indicating the status is
displayed.

Adding applications manually

In most cases, you add applications to the Centrify privilege service by
running discovery jobs that scan your network for information about
computers in Active Directory domains. However, you can also
manually add applications on a resource-specific basis.

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To add applications manually, you must have the following Privilege

Management permissions:

Edit permission on the target resource.

Checkout permission for the administrative account.
Checkout and Edit permission for the sub-accounts associated with
the multiplexed account for the application.

For more information about setting permissions, see Setting global

resource permissions and Setting global account permissions. If you
want to enable automatic password management for the application,
you must also create two new accounts to use as the multiplexed
account. For more information about preparing a multiplexed account,
see Adding multiplexed accounts.

To manually add an application

1 Click the Applications tab, then click Add Application.

Alternatively, you can select a resource to displays its details, then

click Applications to add a resource-specific application.

2 Click Select to select or change the target resource where the

application runs.

3 Type an optional description for the application.

4 Select either Windows Service or Windows Scheduled Task as the

application type.

5 Type the application service name or the full path to the scheduled
task. For example, the service name for the Virtual Disk service is
vds.

6 Select Enable management of this application password if you want

the password for the application account to be managed by the
Centrify privilege service.

This setting requires you to specify an Administrative account in

Step 7 and a multiplexed account in Step 8. If you have not yet
prepared a multiplexed account, see Adding multiplexed accounts
before selecting Enable management of this application password
for a new application.

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7 Click Select to search for and select a stored domain account you
want to use to manage the password for the application.
Type a search string to locate an appropriate domain account
that is stored in the privilege service and has the sufficient
permissions to modify the application account password.
Select the account in the list of results, then click Add.

The administrative account is the account that rotates the

application account password if you enable automatic password
management.

8 Click Select to search for and select a multiplexed account to run the
application.

The multiplexed account must meet the following criteria:

Its sub-accounts must be domain accounts with passwords
stored and managed by the Centrify privilege service.
Its sub-accounts must have sufficient permissions to run the
Windows service or scheduled task.
The domain where the sub-accounts are used must have
periodic password rotation enabled and a duration set at the
domain or global security settings level.

You can configure multiplexed accounts for applications after

running discovery jobs or before or after adding an application
manually. You must create multiplexed accounts before you can
enable automatic password rotation.

9 Click Save to save the application settings.

If changing the account password for an application requires restarting

the service, you can have automatically restarted without any time
constraints or only on certain days of the week and certain hours of
the day. For more information about enforcing time restrictions, see
Setting restart time constraints.

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Setting restart time constraints

You can select Restart service when password is rotated if changing the
account password for an application requires restarting the application
service.

If you select the Restart option, you can also select the Enforce restart
time restrictions option to specify time constraints that will control
when the application is restarted. For example, you might want to only
allow an application service to be restarted on Saturday or Sunday
between 2:00AM and 3:00AM based on your local time zone.

For example:

If an application is running under its account when it is time to rotate

the password, password rotation is skipped on the resource until the
application session ends.

If you restrict when an application can be restarted, the same

restrictions apply when you attempt to start automated password
management on demand by selecting the Push Password
Management action. For more information about starting password
management on demand, see Pushing application changes.

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Pushing application changes

A task running in the background periodically checks for new and
updated applications. After you add or update an application, it can
take up to one hour for the new application or changes to the
application to be picked up by the background job and displayed. If you
want to start automated password management immediately after
adding an application, you can select the application to activate the
Actions menu, then select Push Password Management.

If you have configured time contraints for restarting the application

service, you are prompted to confirm that you want to take action
immediately.

Adding multiplexed accounts

Multiplexed accounts are required to enable automated password
rotation for the application accounts that run Windows services or
scheduled tasks. The multiplexed account has two sub-accounts that
ensure the account password is synchronized to the same password
on all of the computers where it is used before the password is
rotated. The multiplexed account prevents an application account that
runs on multiple target resources from having its password changed
on some resources and not on others and causing application failures.

The sub-accounts for the multiplexed account must meet the following
criteria:

Each account must be a domain account with its password stored

and managed by the Centrify privilege service.
Each account must have sufficient permissions to run the target
Windows service or scheduled task.
Each account must have Checkout and Edit permission.
Each account must have the Log on as a service user right
assigned in a local or domain policy if used to run an application
service or the Log on as a batch job user right if used to run a
scheduled task.

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The domain where the sub-accounts are used must have periodic
password rotation enabled and an interval set at the domain or
global security settings level.

Replicating an existing account

In most cases, the multiplexed accountwith its two sub-accountsis
used to replace a discovered application account. The sub-accounts for
the multiplexed account should have exactly the same permissions
and administrative rights as the original application account you are
replacing. For example, if the target application has a current service
account that is an Active Directory domain account with local
Administrator rights, you should create two new Active Directory
domain accounts with local Administrator rights. If the target
application has a current service account that is a local account with
Backup Operators privileges, you should create two new domain
accounts with Backup Operators privileges.

Testing the sub-accounts

After you create the accounts that will replace an existing application
account, you should test both of the sub-accounts running the target
application before you create the multiplexed account that will use
them. Note that it is important for you to test operations thoroughly
for both of the sub-accounts before you attempt to automate
password rotation for a target application. After an application is
configured to use the multiplexed account, the Centrify privilege
service will only use the sub-accounts to run the target application. The
original application account will no longer be used.

By testing the sub-accounts first, you can ensure they dont cause
service interruptions, application failures, or account locking problems.

Creating the multiplexed account

After you have replicated and tested the sub-accounts for an
application, you can create a multiplexed account to run one or more
target applications on one or more target resources.

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To create the multiplexed account

1 Click the Accounts tab.

2 Click Multiplexed Accounts.

3 Click Add Multiplexed Account.

4 Type a name and, optionally, a description for the multiplexed

account.

5 Click Select for Account 1 to search for and select a stored domain
account that is managed by the Centrify privilege service.
The domain account you select must have the appropriate
permissions to run the target service or scheduled task.
The domain account password must be managed by the Centrify
privilege service.
You must have periodic password rotation enabled at the
domain or global security settings level.

When you type a search string to locate the account, only accounts
that meet the criteria are returned. Select the appropriate
sub-account in the list of results, then click Add.

6 Click Select for Account 2 to search for and select a stored domain
account that is managed by the Centrify privilege service.

7 Click Save to save the sub-account settings for the multiplexed

account.

The multiplex account ensures that all of the computers where the
managed application account is used are synchronized before the
password is rotated. If your password rotation interval is 90 days, for
example, the application might run for 45 days using the subaccount1
managed password, then switch to using the identical subaccount2
managed password.

When the password expires, a new password is generated and all of

the computers with an application running under the subaccount2
managed password pick up the new subaccount1 managed
password. If there are issues on any computer preventing rotation,
rotation is skipped until the issue is fixed.

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Viewing the status of multiplexed accounts

After you create one or more multiplexed accounts, you can check the
list of multiplexed accounts to see which sub-account had its updated
most recently or if there were issues that prevented password rotation.
For example, if you have changed one of the sub-accounts used to run
application, you might check the list of multiplexed accounts to see
which sub-account is being used to run the application and whether
any issues are reported.

To view the status of multiplexed accounts

1 Click the Accounts tab.

2 Click Multiplexed Accounts.

3 Check which sub-account displays the (Latest) label to indicate the

most recent password change.

4 This is the sub-account currently being used to run the application.

5 Check whether the Issues column indicates problems finding the

target, setting the credentials or accessing the application.

The most common issues you might see are these:

Failed to restart
Failed to set credentials
Application does not exist
Administration credentials are not valid
Cannot contact resource

Changing settings for multiplexed accounts

After you create one or more multiplexed accounts, you might need to
update the sub-accounts associated with the account. For example, if
you have added a new application that should run under the same
multiplexed account as another application, you might need to change
the sub-accounts to accounts with different permissions.

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To change multiplexed accounts

1 Click the Accounts tab.

2 Click Multiplexed Accounts.

3 Select the account to display the account-specific details on the

Settings page.

4 Click Select for Account 1 to search for and select a stored domain
account that is managed by the Centrify privilege service.
The domain account you select must have the appropriate
permissions to run the target service or scheduled task.
The domain account password must be managed by the Centrify
privilege service.
You must have periodic password rotation enabled at the
domain or global security settings level.

When you type a search string to locate the account, only accounts
that meet the criteria and are not already associated with another
multiplexed account are returned. Select the appropriate
sub-account in the list of results, then click Add.

5 Click Select for Account 2 to search for and select a stored domain
account that is managed by the Centrify privilege service.

6 Click Save to save the sub-account changes for the multiplexed

account.

Viewing activity for multiplexed accounts

You can click Activity to review recent activity for a multiplexed account.
For example, if you have added a new multiplexed account or changed
the sub-accounts associated with a multiplexed account, you can see
details about the event.

To view account-specific activity

1 Click the Accounts tab.

2 Click Multiplexed Accounts.

3 Select the account to display the account-specific details.

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4 Click Activity.

Setting permissions for multiplexed accounts

You can click Permissions to view and set permissions for a multiplexed
account. For example, if you have changed the sub-accounts
associated with a multiplexed account, you might need to add and set
new permissions on the new sub-account.

To view and set multiplexed account permissions

1 Click the Accounts tab.

2 Click Multiplexed Accounts.

3 Select the account to display the account-specific details.

4 Click Permissions.

5 Click Add to add a new sub-account to the multiplexed account, if

needed.

If adding a new account, type a search string to locate the account.

Select the appropriate sub-account in the list of results, then click
Add.

6 Select the sub-account users, groups, roles, or computers to which

you want to grant permissions.

7 Select the appropriate permissions, then click Save.

Automating password rotation

In most cases, you only configure the multiplexed account for an
application if you want to enable automatic password rotation.
Automating password rotation for the account used to run a target
application requires the application to have both an administrative
account and a multiplexed account defined. The administrative
account is the account that rotates the application account password.
The multiplexed account is the name used for the two sub-accounts
that run an application service or scheduled task.

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Because creating the multiplexed account involves adding and testing

its sub-accounts, it is typically done some time after you have run a
discovery job or have added an application manually.

Before updating an application to enable automated password

rotation, you should have completed the following tasks:

Discovered or added the target application that runs using a

specific application account.
Created and tested the two sub-accounts that will replace the
original application account.
Added the two sub-accounts to the Centrify privilege service with
Manage this password selected.
Enabled the periodic password rotation policy and set an
appropriate interval for the domain with the two sub-accounts or
as a global security setting.
Configured the multiplexed account with the two sub-accounts.

If you have completed these tasks, you are ready to update the
application to use a multiplexed account.

To automate password rotation for an application

1 Click the Applications tab.

2 Select an application to view its details.

3 Click Select to search for and select the stored domain account that
will manage the password for the application, if needed.

4 Type an optional description for the application, if needed.

5 Select Enable management of this application password.

6 Select either Windows Service or Windows Scheduled Task as the

application type, if needed.

7 Type the application service name or the full path to the scheduled
task. For example, the service name for the Virtual Disk service is
vds.

8 Click Select to search for and select a multiplexed account to run the
application.

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9 Select Restart service when password is rotated if changing the

account password requires restarting the application.

If you select the Restart option, you can also specify time
constraints to control when the application is restarted. For
example, you might want to only allow an application to be
restarted on Sundays between 2:00AM and 3:00AM based on the
local time zone.

10 Click Save to save the application settings.

Starting password management

Because automatic password rotation requires some preparationto
add and test the sub-accounts, to create the multiplexed account for
the sub-accounts, and to link the multiplexed account to the
appropriate applicationyou might start password management
some time after adding or updating an application.

Although a task running in the background will periodically check for

applications to manage, you can also attempt to start password
management immediately on-demand by selecting the Push Password
Management action.

To start password management immediately

1 Click the Applications tab.

2 Select an application to display the Actions menu.

3 Select Push Password Management.

4 Click Yes to confirm that you want to update the password

immediately.

If there are time restrictions for restarting the application that are
in effect when you are attempting to start password management,
you are prompted to confirm restarting the application.

5 Click Yes to continue.

6 Click Close.

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Modifying application-specific settings

After you discover or add applications to the privilege service, you can
change application-specific details, such as the application type, the
application name, or the time restrictions for restarting the application
after a password change.

In the most common scenario, you modify application-specific settings

after running a discovery job to prepare for automated password
management. For more information about updating an application
after running a discovery job, see Updating application settings. For
more information about preparing for password rotation, see
Automating password rotation.

Viewing application activity

You can click Activity to review recent application activity, such as
changes to the application settings or permissions, for the selected
application. For example, if you have granted a new user access to the
selected application or added a multiplexed account to an application,
you might see information similar to the following:

Setting application-specific permissions

You can set the following permissions for individual applications:

Select Grant to grant permissions for a selected application.

Select Edit to allow users to edit application settings for a selected
application.
Select Delete to allow users to delete a selected application.

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To use the Edit permission, however, users must also have Edit
permission on the target resource, Checkout permission for the
application administrative account, and Checkout and Edit permission
for the sub-accounts associated with the multiplexed account for the
application.

To set application-specific permissions

1 Click the Applications tab.

2 Select the application to display the application details.

3 Click Permissions.

4 Click Add to search for and select the users, groups, roles, or
computers to which you want to grant application-specific
permissions, then click Add.

5 Select the appropriate permissions for each user, group, role, or

computer you have added, then click Save.

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Enrolling and managing computers

using Centrify agents
The Centrify agent is a software package you can install on Linux
computers to support application-to-application password
management and authentication services for Centrify identity service
users.

By installing the agent, computer accounts can be used to run

applications and to check out account passwords that are stored in the
Centrify privilege service. This capability enables you to store and
rotate managed passwords for application-to-application
authentication without user intervention and eliminates the need for
shared administrative passwords to run applications.

The agent is only available for a limited set of supported platforms. If

you are managing computers where the agent is supported, you can
download the agent from the Privilege Manager portal, from the
Centrify Download Center, or from the Centrify YUM or APT repository.

To download the Centrify agent for Linux

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select Centrify Agent from the list of settings.

4 Review the features available and supported distributions.

5 Click the appropriate link to download the appropriate software

package for a supported platform.

For more information about installing and using the Centrify agent
package, see the following topics:

Commands included with the agent

Commands included with the agent
Exploring the sample scripts

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Verifying a signed package

You should note that these native packages are signed with a GNU
Privacy Guard (GPG) key. If you have not already installed the key on
the local computer, you need to import the key to verify the package
authenticity before installing the package. You can download the
RPM-GPG-KEY-centrify file from the Centrify Download Center
where agent packages are listed. After you download the file, you can
run a command similar to the following to import the key:

rpm --import RPM-GPG-KEY-centrify

After you import the key, run the appropriate package manager
command to install the package.

For more information about installing and using the Centrify agent
package, see the following topics:

Installing the agent package

Commands included with the agent
Exploring the sample scripts

Installing the agent package

After you download the agent, you can using a native package
manager to install the commands, man pages, and sample scripts
included in the package. For example, if you downloaded the package
that supports Red Hat, CentOS, Fedora, and Oracle distributions of
Linux, you would run a command similar to the following on the Linux
computer:

rpm -Uvh CentrifyCC-rhel6-x86_64.rpm

After you install the package using a native package manager, you can
find the command line programs and sample scripts in the
/usr/share/centrifycc directory. For examples of how you can
use the command-line programs in scripts to manage passwords for
local or privileged accounts, see the sample scripts included in the
/usr/share/centrifycc/samples directory.

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For more information about the Centrify agent package, see the
following topics:

Commands included with the agent

Commands included with the agent
Exploring the sample scripts

Commands included with the agent

The agent package also includes the following command-line
programs:

cdebug: Enables you to capture detailed information in a log file.

You can configure the level of detail recorded in the file. You must
have root permission to run this command.
cdelaccount: Enables you to remove a privileged account from the
Centrify identity platform. To run this command, you must have
root permission and you must have enrolled the computer in the
Centrify privilege service using the cenroll command.
cenroll: Enables you to enroll a computer in the Centrify identity
platform for authentication and privilege management. You must
have root permission to run this command.
cflush: Enables you to expire objects in the agent cache. To run this
command, you must have root permission.
cgetaccount: Enables you to retrieve the password for an account
from the Centrify identity platform. To run this command, you must
have root permission.
cinfo: Displays information about the connector configuration for
the local computer and collects diagnostic information for analysis.
csetaccount: Sets the password for an account in the Centrify
identity platform and associates it with a currently enrolled
computer. To run this command, you must have root permission
and you must have enrolled the computer using the cenroll
command or a script.

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cunenroll: Enables you to unenroll a computer from the Centrify

identity platform. You must have root permission to run this
command.

Exploring the sample scripts

After you install the agent package using a native package manager,
you can find the command-line programs and sample scripts in the
/usr/bin, /usr/sbin, and /usr/share/centrifycc directories.
The sample scripts in the /usr/share/centrifycc/samples
directory illustrate some common use-cases for the commands in the
agent package. For example, there are sample scripts that illustrate
how to use the commands in the agent package to perform the
following tasks:

Automate the deployment and enrollment of virtual machines in an

Amazon Web Services (AWS) environment.
Write an application-to-application script to access privileged
account passwords stored in the Centrify privilege service.
Write a notification script to automatically add randomly-generated
passwords for new local user accounts to the Centrify identity
platform.

For more information about copying and modifying the sample scripts,
see the files in the /usr/share/centrifycc/samples directory.

Enrolling a computer
There are two ways you can enroll a computer in the Centrify identity
platform:

By using the credentials for a specific user account.

By using a registration code.

In both cases, you run the cenroll command either interactively or in

a script to specify enrollment options, such as the customer-specific
URL to use for enrollment, the resource-specific policies you want to
set, and the features you want to support after enrollment.

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For more information about enrolling, including examples of the most

common enrollment options, see the following topics:

Using user credentials

Using enrollment codes
Enrollment confirmation
Automating enrollment

Note that the network address you specify when enrolling whether
by DNS name or IP addressmust be able to connect to the Centrify
identity platform. If the address is protected inside of a firewall or not
accessible for other reasons, enrollment will fail.

For complete information about all of the command-line options

available, see the cenroll man page.

Using user credentials

If you want to enroll a computer using a specific user name and
password, you can run the cenroll command using the --user and
--stdin options. The --user you specify should be an identity service
user in a role with the Linux Resource Enrollment administrative right.
For information about adding roles, members, and administrative
rights, see the following topics in the Admin Portal help:

Creating roles and adding users to roles

Admin Portal administrative rights

After you have configured at least one role for enrollment, you can run
a command similar to the following to enroll a local computer in the
Centrify identity platform:

sudo cenroll --tenant abc0271.my-dev.centrify.com

--user [email protected] --stdin --features all
--owner "Enrollment Admins"

The --stdin option specifies that the password be read from

standard input (stdin), which allows you to specify the password by
typing it at the command line, by redirecting input from a file, or by
using a pipe to another command. The --owner option specifies the
role with the enrollment administrative right.

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Using enrollment codes

If you want to enroll a computer using an enrollment code instead of a
user name and password, you should verify the following:

You must be a member of the System Administrator role.

You must have at least one role with the Linux Resource Enrollment
administrative right.
You must generate one or more enrollment codes with the
appropriate criteriasuch as an expiration date, maximum number
of computers that can be enrolled, or an IP address range allowed, if
applicableto be used for enrollment.

If you satisfy these prerequisites, you can run the cenroll command
using the --code option. To use an enrollment code, you can run a
command similar to the following to enroll a computer in the Centrify
identity platform:

sudo cenroll --tenant abc0271.my-dev.centrify.com

--code E7AA3989-A4D3-41F3-B071-EDFD0AE0B22A
--features all

Enrollment confirmation
If the cenroll command connects to the Centrify identity platform
successfully, you might see confirmation similar to the following in
standard output (stdout) or recorded in a log file.
Enrolling Centrify Identity Platform
https://abc0271.my-dev.centrify.com/ using user credential...

Starting Centrify Agent for Linux...

Centrify Agent for Linux started.

Feature enabled: Application-to-Application Password Management

Feature enabled: Centrify Agent Authentication

You have successfully joined to Centrify Identity Platform:

https://abc0271.my-dev.centrify.com/

You may need to restart other services that rely upon PAM and NSS or

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simply reboot the computer for proper operations. Failure to do so

may result in login problems for cloud users.

Automating enrollment
You can use the commands included in the agent package and
enrollment codes to automate the deployment and removal of virtual
machine instances such as Amazon Machine Instances (AMI) in an
Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud environment.

Sample scripts in the agent package illustrate how to perform the

following tasks when starting a new instance:

Access the Centrify yum repository.

Download and install the agent package using the yum program.
Run the cenroll program with an enrollment code and a public IP,
private IP, or host name for the network address.
Configure the secure shell server sshd process.
Create a shell script for unenrolling to be executed when an
instance is shut down.

You must modify some configuration details in the sample scriptfor

example, you must specify your customer-specific URL, enrollment
code, features to enable, and network address typeand run the
script as user data to enroll the instance in the Centrify identity
platform. After running the script with the appropriate information, the
instance will be enrolled as a resource and Centrify identity users can
log on to the instance.

Verifying enrollment
A successful enrollment updates the Centrify identity platform with
new information in several places. After enrollment, you can verify the
new information associated with the computer.

Depending on the features you enable, enrollment might include all or

a subset of the following tasks:

Add the computer to the Resources tab in Privilege Manager.

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Update the resource-specific settings with default values or the

settings you specify.
Update the resource-specific policies with default values or the
policies you specify.
Add the service user account for the computer to the Centrify Agent
Computers read-only role.
This role automatically grants the service user the Agent
Management (Manage Agents) administrative right to perform agent
operations, such as unenroll a computer or get an account
password.
Set resource-specific Permissions for the service user account for
the computer.

Enabling agent-based authentication

When you enroll a computer in the Centrify identity platform, you have
the option to enable application-to-application password management
(aapm), agent-based authentication (agentauth) or both features.
Agent-based authentication makes an enrolled computer eligible for
access to any Centrify identity platform user. You can grant the
Agent Auth permission to any user, group, role, or computer that
should be allowed to log on to an enrolled computer using an identity
platform account.

To authorize agent-based authentication for an individual user

1 Enroll the computer in the Centrify identity platform.

2 Log on to the Centrify identity platform and switch to the Privilege

Manager portal.

3 Click the Resources tab and select the computer you enrolled in
Step 1 to display its details.

4 Click Permissions.

5 Click Add, if necessary, to find and select the user account, then select
Agent Auth.

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For example, if you wanted to add agent-based authentication for

the service user on this computer, you might select the sles12$
account:

6 Click Save.

Adding a role for agent-based authentication

To simplify the process of authorizing users, however, you can add one
or more roles specifically for agent-based authentication. You can then
specify the appropriate roles during enrollment to immediately grant
role members access to the resource.

Preparing a role for authentication is particularly useful If you are

automating the deployment of virtual machine instances using a
script. By specifying one or more roles in the script using the
--agentauth option, you can ensure users can log on immediately
after the resource is successfully enrolled.

For example, an automation script might include a command similar to

the following to enroll a computer in the Centrify identity platform and
enable members of the Authorized Accounts role to log on:

sudo cenroll --tenant abc0271.my-dev.centrify.com

--code E7AA3989-A4D3-41F3-B071-EDFD0AE0B22A
--features all --agentauth Authorized Accounts

For example, if the computer you enrolled was centos-6.cpubs.net

and you specified Authorized-Users and Authorized Accounts as the
roles than can have members authenticated, the resource would

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automatically add these roles to the resource with the Agent Auth
permission set.

Authorizing access for the service user

A service user is a user account associated with a Centrify agent on a
managed Linux computer. The credentials associated with this account
are used to authenticate the service when it attempts to perform an
operation on a server. Therefore enrolling a computer and authorizing
a service user to access enrolled computers are key to enabling
application-to-application password management.

You should note that connector is not required to enroll a computer as

an account in the Centrify identity platform. However, you must have a
connector installed if you want to allow the account to log on to
remote computers using secure shell sessions or remote desktop
connections and to change local account passwords.

Both remote access and the ability to change passwords are required
to support application-to-application password management (AAPM).
Therefore, if you want to enable application-to-application password
management, you must have at least one connector installed.

By default, the service user is assigned the Grant, Edit, and Delete
permissions on its enrolled computer and can get and set passwords
for that computer. For the service user to get passwords for accounts
on another computer, however, you must add the service account to
the remote computer manually. This additional step is required to
support application-to-application password management. For more
information about setting and retrieving passwords for
application-to-application password management, see Managing
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Managing passwords for applications

You can use the Centrify privilege service to store and retrieve
passwords for accounts that are used to access applications and in
scripts. For example, it is common for organizations to run automated
scripts to monitor the operation of computers and devices on the
network or to perform administrative tasks without human
intervention. In many cases, these scripts require service accounts with
permission to perform privileged operations such as automatically
archive or remove data from a database. If you have scripts or
applications that require access to password-protected resources, you
might run the risk of having plain text passwords visible.

There are two main password management issues when passwords

are required to perform automated or administrative tasks in
applications or scripts without user interaction:

Passwords that are hard-coded into scripts are vulnerable to any

user who can open the script can see the password displayed as
plain text.
Passwords that are changed periodically to adhere to an
organizations security policies require all scripts to be updated
periodically to set the new password.

With Centrify privilege service, you can address both of these issues.
You simply need to do the following:

Download the Centrify agent package.

Identify the computers application account passwords that need to
be stored securely.
Identify which client computers are allowed to access the stored
server account passwords.
Enroll the server and client computers as resources in the Centrify
identity platform.
Grant the Agent Auth permission to the local and service user
accounts that are allowed to access the stored and managed
account passwords.

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Modify or create scripts on client computers to replace plain text

passwords with calls to the cgetaccount command included in the
agent package.

For more information about managing passwords used to access

applications and in scripts, see the following topics:

Adding computers as resources

Adding privileged accounts and passwords
Authorizing password check out
Retrieving privileged account passwords

Adding computers as resources

Before you can configure application-to-application password
management, you need to add the computers that will be
communicating with each other to the Centrify privilege service. You
can complete this step by enrolling computers in the Centrify identity
platform as described in Enrolling a computer.

If you enroll a computer and enable the aapm feature, the service user
account for the computer is automatically added to an Agent
Management role with administrative rights to use commands such as
the csetaccount, cgetaccount, and cdelaccount commands. You
can then use these commands in scripts to set, retrieve, and delete
manged account passwords. The permissions required are set
automatically as part of enrollment.

Adding privileged accounts and passwords

If you have existing scripts that access protected resources or
privileged accounts, you might have existing local account profiles
defined in the /etc/passwd file for which you want to manage
passwords. If you have an existing local account, you can use the
csetaccount command interactively or in a script to add the local
account and corresponding password to the Centrify privilege service.

For example, you can type the following command to set the password
interactively for the local root account and add the password for the
account to the Centrify privilege service:

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csetaccount root

This command prompts you for the account password, then stores the
account name and password as an unmanaged password in the
privilege service.

To protect the passwords for accounts with privileged access, you can
have the passwords managed by the Centrify privilege service. For
example, you might have a local administrative account of myoracle
that require access to the root account on a remote computer.

If you wanted the Centrify privilege service to manage the password

for the myoracle account, you can add the account by running
the-following command interactively or in a script:

csetaccoount --managed true myoracle

If you type the correct password for the account, the account is added
to the Centrify privilege service and a new randomly-generated
password is set. You can verify the new account is listed for the
resource in the Privilege Manager portal.

If you view details for the account, you can confirm the account
password is managed by the privilege service.

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Integrating with Centrify Server Suite

If you dont already have local accounts for running applications and
scripts, you can create them using a program such as useradd or by
using Access Manager, adedit, or the Access Module for PowerShell if
your organization also uses Centrify Server Suite 2016 (or later). If you
use Centrify Server Suite, you can also define command rights and
roles for users who have access to privileged account passwords.

For an example that illustrates how to use agent commands in a

notification script to set randomly-generated passwords for local
accounts created using Centrify Server Suite, then store those
passwords in the Centrify privilege service, see the sample script in the
/usr/share/centrifycc/samples/localacctmgmt directory.

Selecting the password storage location

Passwords can be stored securely in the Centrify identity platform or in

a key management appliance such as SafeNet KeySecure. However,
configuring the password storage location is done separately from
adding passwords to the Centrify privilege service. For information
about configuring the password storage location, see Managing
password storage.

Authorizing password check out

To enable a service user account running a script on a client computer
to access the password for a service user account on a server, you
must add the client service user account to the list of accounts that
have access to the resource or to a role with the Agent Auth
permission to enable that service user to authenticate using the
Centrify agent.

To add the client service user and set the permissions

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Resources tab to select the server resource (centos-6) with
the accountsuch as the local root accountthe client service user
(sles12$) needs to access.

3 Select the local account for the server resource.

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For example, select the root account for the centos-6 computer to
display the account details.

4 Click Permissions, then click Add to add the service user that needs
to check out the password for the account on the resource.

5 Type a search string to locate the client service user account.

For example, if the service user for client computer where the script
will run is [email protected], you might type sl to find the
account.

6 Select the appropriate account in the results, then click Add.

7 Select the Checkout permission to allow this account to retrieve the

stored password.

8 Click Save.

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For details about the command-line options for the cgetaccount

command, type --help as a command-line option or display the man
page.

Retrieving privileged account passwords

You can use the cgetaccount command to check out a password
interactively or to retrieve a password silently in a script. For example,
you might have a local service account named myoracle with a
password that is managed by the Centrify privilege service on the
enrolled computer sles12. To use this account to run a script or open
a secure shell, you might need to look up the current password. You
can check out the password for the managed account interactively by
running a command like this:

cgetaccount --lifetime 5 myoracle

You are prompted to confirm the checkout and checkout lifetime.

Password for account "myoracle" will be checked out. The

checkout will be logged and expire in 5 minutes.
Do you want to continue and display the password? (y/n) y

If you type y to confirm the checkout, the password is displayed as

standard output (stdout). 0

Password for myoracle: Fo(*~7Ohh()>UOeO

Retrieving a remote password interactively

In a more complex scenario, you might need to check out the

password for an account on a remote computer. To illustrate this
scenario, the client computer is an enrolled SuSE Linux computer
(sles12) with the local myoracle account that needs access to the
password for the root user account on the remote CentOS Linux
computer (centos-6).

For example, If you hare configured a command right using Centrify

Server Suite for the myoracle account, you might retrieve the
password for the root account interactively by running a command
similar to the following:

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If you have configured the sudoers file for the myoracle account, you
might retrieve the password for the root account interactively by
running commands similar to the following:

cgetaccount --lifetime 10 myoracle

Because this is a managed account you might need to display and copy
the password. You can then use the myoracle account to get the
password for the root account

su myoracle
sudo cgetaccount --lifetime 30 CentOS-6.cpubs.net/root
myoracle's password:

In this example, CentOS-6.cpubs.net is the name of the resource as

it is stored in the Centrify privilege service. The resource name might
be the same as or different from the host name or DNS name. You are
prompted to confirm the checkout for the root account. If you type y
to continue and the password for the root account is also managed in
the privilege service, the current password is displayed and will be
changed when the checkout periodin this example 30
minutesexpires.

Password for root: 8epM/qL3GtQ[D>aYe.*|

Retrieving a password using a command right

If you have configured a command right using Centrify Server Suite for
the myoracle account, you might retrieve the password for the root
account interactively by running a command similar to the following:

su myoracle
dzdo cgetaccount CentOS-6.cpubs.net/root

Retrieving a password in a script

You can call the cgetaccount command from within a script to silently
retrieve an account password from the privilege service. By calling the
command within a script using a dedicated user account such as the
myoracle account, you can prevent other applications or scripts from
using the client service user account to retrieve a server account
password. If you want to use the cgetaccount command to check
out, use, and update a managed password from within a script,

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however, additional steps are necessary to configure the appropriate

client and server accounts.

For examples of calling the cgetaccount command within a script,

see the sample scripts in the
/usr/share/centrifycc/samples/apppassword directory.

Retrieving the password in a script

Alternatively, and more importantly, you can call the cgetaccount

command within a script to silently retrieve an account password from
the privilege service. By calling the command within a script using a
dedicated user account such as the myoracle account, you can
prevent other applications or scripts from using the client service user
account to retrieve a server account password. For examples of calling
the cgetaccount command within a script, see the sample scripts in
the /usr/share/centrifycc/samples/apppassword directory.

Migrating scripts from the CLI Toolkit

The Centrify agent replaces the CLI Toolkit, which was available in
previous releases from the Centrify identity platform and Download
Center. If you downloaded and installed the CLI Toolkit from a previous
release and have scripts that used the commands included in previous
package, you might need to modify the scripts to work with the
Centrify agent.

Most of the commands included in the agent package are the same as
the commands included in the CLI Toolkit, but the options supported
by each command might be different. In addition, the agent package
has two new commandscenroll and cunenrollthat replace the
cjoin and cleave commands in the CLI Toolkit. For details about the
options supported for each command, see the man page for that
command.

To migrate from the CLI Toolkit to Centrify agent for Linux

1 Run the cleave command to unenroll the Linux computers where

you have installed the CLI toolkit.

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You should also use the native package manager to remove the CLI
toolkit from the computer. For example, on Red Hat Linux, you might
run a command like this:
rpm -e CentrifyCC

2 Download and install the appropriate Centrify agent for Linux

package as described in Checking features and downloading the
agent.

If there are errors, you can review the operation details logged in the
/var/log/centrifycc-install.log file.

3 Upload a publicly-signed certificate for the Linux computer or

configure the Linux computer to trust the Centrify identity platform
self-signed certificate.

The Centrify agent for Linux communicates with the Centrify identity
platform through HTTPS, which requires a trusted root certificate to
be available. By default, Linux computers will not trust the Centrify
identity platform self-signed certificate.

4 Configure optional agent settings, such as a web server proxy using

parameters in the /etc/centrifycc/centrifycc.conf file.

5 Run the cenroll command to re-enroll the Linux computers in the

Centrify identity platform after the upgrade by specifying user
credentials or an enrollment code.

You must specify either all or aapm for the --feature option
during enrollment to use cgetaccount, csetaccount, and
cdelaccount commands.

You can specify an existing resource during enrollment by using th e

--resource-name option to specify the resource to reuse. However,
you must specify the --owner option during enrollment to grant at
least one user sufficient permissions to take over the resource.

6 Configure permissions after enrollment.

Setting permissions for the service user

After migrating to the Centrify agent for Linux the Active Directory
computer account which was used by Centrify CLI Toolkit no longer

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represents the Linux computer in the Centrify identity platform.

Instead, enrollment creates a new service user accountsuch as
[email protected] represent the Linux computer in the
Centrify identity platform.

The permissions that you previously granted to the Active Directory

computer account such as the permission to check out passwords
are no longer applicable after migrating to the Centrify agent for Linux.
Instead, new permissions need to be granted to the service user. This
is especially important for application-to-application password
management scenario to ensure remote computers have the
permission to check out application passwords.

Application-to-application password checkout

To allow application accounts on the sles12 computer to check out an

account password from the privilege service to access accounts on the
centos-6 computer, the service user for the sles12 computer must
have the Checkout permission for the centos-6 account stored in the
privilege service. For example, the [email protected] account must
be able to check out the password for the root user on the
centos-6.cpubs.net computer. In addition, the sles12 computer
must have an account in the privilege service that can run root-level
commands locally on the sles12 computer to get the password for
the remote account.

Grant permissions

Users must have the Grant permission for a privilege service account
to grant the Checkout permission to other users, groups, or roles. By
default, members of the System Administrator role and the user or
role who enrolled a computer are assigned the Grant permission.

Accounts might also be assigned the Grant permission in the following

situations:
If you add the account to the Centrify identity platform by running
the Centrify agent csetaccount command, the service user
account is assigned the Grant permission.
If you add the account to Centrify identity platform from within the
Privilege Manager portal, your logged-in user account is assigned
the Grant permission.

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If you added the account to Centrify identity platform by running the

Centrify CLI toolkit csetaccount command, the Active Directory
computer account is assigned the Grant permission.

How the agent is different from the CLI Toolkit

The Centrify agent for Linux does not require a connector. However, at
least one connector is required to manage the Linux resources and
accounts using the Centrify privilege service and to forward HTTPS
connection requests to the Centrify identity platform.

The CLI toolkit required Linux computers to be joined to an Active

Directory domain and have the adclient process running locally. The
Centrify agent that replaces the CLI toolkit does not require the Linux
computer to be joined to a domain or have the adclient process
installed.

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Using the workspace

The Workspace provides an overview of your own password checkout

and session activity, including a list of the accounts for which you have
a password checked out, your current sessions, and the servers and
devices you have identified as favorites.

My Expiring Checkouts provides a quick reference for the number of

passwords you have checked out that are due to be checked in
within the next 15 minutes or have expired because they have not
been checked in by their due date.
My Total Checkouts summarizes the total number of passwords you
have checked out.
My Total Sessions summarizes the total number of sessions you
have running on target resources.
Recent Resources lists the resources you have accessed most
recently.
My Password Checkouts lists the accounts for which you have a
password currently checked out, when the password is due to be
checked in, and the number of minutes remaining before the
password expires. The number of minutes a password is allowed to
be checked out can be configured on a server or device basis using
the Checkout lifetime policy.
My Active Sessions lists your currently active sessions, including the
DNS name or IP address where the session is running, the user
account under which the session is running, and the date and time
the session started.
My Favorites lists the resources and local, domain, and database
accounts you have identified as favorites in the resource list on the
Resources tab or the account list on the Accounts tab. The resource
and local account combinations you identify as favorites are also
displayed as application tiles on the Apps tab in the User Portal. You
can then click the tiles directly in the User Portal to log on with the
stored account name and password.

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Checking in a password from the Workspace

After you check out a password, you have a limited period of time in
which the password you checked out is valid for activity on a target
resource. When you end the session on the remote server, you should
check in the password so that a new secure password can be
generated for the account you used. From the Workspace tab, you can
see a summary of your currently checked out account passwords at a
glance.

To check in a password from the Workspace

1 Select the Workspace tab.

2 Select the resource and account combination from the My Password

Checkouts list.

3 Click the Actions menu, then select Checkin.

Working with favorites from the Workspace

If you have identified any servers or network devices as favorites in the
server list, you can use the Workspace to manage accounts, log in
remotely, or delete the server or network device.

To work with a server or network device from the Workspace

1 Select the Workspace tab.

2 Select a resource or account from the list of Favorites.

3 Click the Actions menu, then select the appropriate action.

The actions available on the Actions menu depend on what you have
selected. For example, if you select a favorite resource, you would
see the following:
Click Account Actions to work with shared local accounts for the
selected server or network device.
Click AD Account Login to select an Active Directory account to use
to log on to the selected server or network device.

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Click Manual Login to log on remotely to the selected server or

network device using a user name and password of your choice.
Click Delete to delete the selected server or network device if all
accounts for the server or network device have been deleted.

After you select an action, the next steps depend on the specific action
you selected. For example, if you select Account Actions, you can view
the list of shared accounts and select the appropriate action to take as
described in Selecting account actions for a resource.

Managing your sessions from the Workspace

If you have active sessions on one or more target resources, you can
watch or terminate those sessions from the Workspace. Your account
does not need to be granted the Manage Session permission to watch
or terminate your own session.

To watch or terminate an active session

1 Select the Workspace tab.

2 Select an active session from the My Active Sessions list to display the
Actions menu.

3 Select Watch to view the activity taking place in the selected session
or Terminate to end the selected session.

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Viewing the privilege service dashboard

The dashboard provides an overview of information about all of the

resources and accounts that have been added to the Centrify privilege
service. The dashboard includes the total number of resources and
accounts you are managing, the resources that have had the most
password checkout activity, and a list of the account passwords that
are currently checked out with the date and time when passwords
where checked out and when the passwords are due to be checked
back in. The dashboard also provides a summary of recent user
activity, a list of currently active user sessions on managed resources,
and a map that indicates where resource logins are taking place.

Total Resources is the total number of servers and network devices

you have added to the privilege service.
Total Accounts is the total number of accounts you have added to
the privilege service.
Top Resource Checkouts lists the resources that have had the most
password checkout activity for the last seven days.
Resources By Type provides a pie chart overview of how many of
the resources are Windows, UNIX, Cisco IOS, Cisco NX-OS, Juniper
Junos OS, or Generic SSH resources.
Resource Health indicates the number of resources that are
reachable using the accounts stored in the privilege service and the
number of resources that are not reachable.
Resource Logins is a map that illustrates where the resources that
have had login activity are located.
Recent Activity lists the date and time for recent password check
out, password check-in, and login activity.
Password Checkouts lists all of the accounts that have a password
checked out, when the password is due to be checked back in, and
the user who checked out the password. You can check in
passwords from the list in the dashboard if it is a password that you
have checked out.

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Active Sessions lists the resources where there are sessions initiated
from Privilege Manager using stored account information or
manually-entered credentials.

Managing an active session

If you are logged on with an account that has the Manage Session
permission, you can watch or terminate active sessions from the
privilege service dashboard. If your account does not have the Manage
Session permission, the options to Watch or Terminate a session are
not displayed the Actions menu.

To watch or terminate an active session

1 Select the Dashboard tab.

2 Select an active session from the Active Sessions list to display the
Actions menu.

3 Select Watch to view the activity taking place in the selected session
or Terminate to end the selected session.

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Managing password storage

By default, the passwords for the accounts you add to the Centrify
privilege service are stored securely in a local repository if you are
managing the service on your own network or in the Centrify cloud if
you are using the cloud-based service. If you prefer to store them in a
key management or hardware security appliance such as an on-site or
off-site SafeNet KeySecure appliance, you can configure the Centrify
privilege service to store and retrieve account passwords using the
supported external appliance.

For more information about managing account passwords using a key

management appliance such as SafeNet KeySecure, see the following
topics:

Selecting a password storage location

Installing and configuring SafeNet KeySecure
Configuring communication with SafeNet KeySecure
Setting the password storage location
Protecting stored passwords
Migrating passwords from one location to another
Working with appliances in a cluster
Deleting a SafeNet KeySecure configuration

Selecting a password storage location

When you use Centrify privilege service, you can choose whether to
have account passwords stored securely in the Centrify privilege
services or in a supported key management appliance, such as the
SafeNet KeySecure appliance, that you have on-site in your own
organization or in another secure location. You can also migrate
passwords from the Centrify privilege service to the SafeNet KeySecure
appliance or from the appliance to the Centrify privilege service if you
want to change the storage location from one to the other at any time

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or if you want to deploy a different key management appliance. For

example, you might need to temporarily migrate passwords to the
Centrify privilege service before deleting a SafeNet KeySecure
configuration in preparation for upgrading your hardware.

Installing and configuring SafeNet KeySecure

If you want to store account passwords in SafeNet KeySecure, you
must first install the appliance by following the instructions in the
KeySecure Installation and Configuration Guide. As part of the
initialization process, you will have created an admin account and
specified the IP address, subnet mask, default gateway, host name, and
port number for connecting to KeySecure. You should take note of the
IP address or fully-qualified domain name and port number used for
the appliance.

You can use the following SafeNet KeySecure models to provide

centralized key management and store passwords for the Centrify
privilege service:

SafeNet KeySecure K460

SafeNet KeySecure K450
SafeNet KeySecure K250
Virtual KeySecure Key Management

Interoperability between the Centrify privilege service and the

KeySecure appliance requires the Key Management Interoperability
Protocol (KMIP), version 1.1, the KeySecure appliance operating system
version 8.1 or 8.2, and ProtectApp version 8.1. Note that these are the
basic integration requirements. You should check the release notes for
any additional or updated requirements before proceeding.

Note that you must have the SafeNet KeySecure appliance installed
and configured in your environment and available on the network
before configuring it for storage of Centrify privilege service
passwords.

After the initialization process is complete, you must configure

KeySecure with at least one server certificate for communication
between KeySecure and the Centrify connector. To generate a valid
server certificate, you must have a certificate authority (CA) sign the

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certificate request. You can create a local CA certificate for KeySecure

using its management console, then use the local CA certificate to sign
the certificate requests. If you dont create a local certificate authority,
you must use an external certificate authority to sign certificate
requests.

To prepare for password storage in KeySecure, you need to do the

following:

Create or identify the certificate authority (CA) certificate

Create or identify a KeySecure server certificate
Create a key server instance
Select the client certificate to use for the connector

Consult with your SafeNet KeySecure administrator or security officer

to create or identify the KeySecure server certificate and client
certificate to use with the connector. You can use any standard PKCS
12-compliant package, such as makecert or openssl, to create the
certificates to use with the connector. Alternatively, you can use the
Centrify-issued client certificate for the connector. If you use the
Centrify-issued client certificate, you must download and import the
Centrify CA certificate to enable two-way authentication between the
KeySecure appliance and the Centrify connector.

The following figure provides an overview of the certificates required.

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For complete information about installing and configuring a SafeNet

KeySecure hardware security appliance, see the KeySecure Installation
and Configuration Guide.

Create or identify the certificate authority (CA)

certificate
Depending on the requirements of your organization and the
configuration of your KeySecure appliance, you might have different
options for creating or identifying the CA certificate to use for
authentication. For example, one simple approach would be to create
a local certificate authority for the KeySecure appliance as a self-signed
root certificate. Alternatively, you might create a local CA certificate
through an intermediate CA request or select an existing CA certificate
that you use for other applications.

Regardless of the method you use to create or identify the KeySecure

CA certificate, you will need to upload the CA certificate to the Centrify
privilege service. The steps in this section describe how to create a
local certificate authority as a self-signed root certificate.

To create a new local certificate authority

1 Log on to the KeySecure management console as an administrator

with permission to access Certificate Authorities.

2 Click the Security tab to display the Device CAs and SSL Certificates
section, then click Local CA.

3 Under Create Local Certificate Authority on the Certificate and CA

Configuration page, enter the appropriate information for all fields.

4 Select either Self-signed Root CA or Intermediate CA Request as the

certificate authority type.

If you create a self-signed root CA, you must also specify certificate
duration and a maximum user certificate duration. If you are creating
a self-signed root CA, you must also manually add it to the list of
trusted CAs before it can be used.

If you create an intermediate CA request, you must sign the request

using an existing trusted intermediate CA or your organizations root
CA. When creating an intermediate CA request, you must also specify

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a maximum user certificate duration when installing the certificate

response. The user certificate duration cannot be longer than the
signing CA certificates duration.

5 Click Create to create the local certificate authority for KeySecure.

If the local certificate authority is a self-signed root certificate, there

are a few additional steps.

6 Under Device CAs and SSL Certificates, click Trusted CA Lists.

7 Under Trusted Certificate Authority List Profiles, select Default or

another profile, then click Properties.

Alternatively, you can click Add to create a new profile, then select the
new profile and click Properties.

8 Click Edit to add the local CA certificate to the list of trusted CA

certificates.

9 Select the self-signed root CA from the list of Available CAs, click Add,
then click Save.

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Create or identify a KeySecure server certificate

After you have created a local certificate authority with its
corresponding CA certificate, you can use that certificate to sign the
KeySecure server certificate. You can use the KeySecure management
console or another tool to create the server certificate, but you must
have an active CA-signed server certificate to establish SSL connections
with client applications. To create the server certificate, you must
create a certificate request and sign the request with the local CA. The
steps in this section describe how to create a server certificate signed
by the local certificate authority using the KeySecure management
console.

To create a server certificate

1 On the Security tab, under Device CAs and SSL Certificates, click SSL
Certificates.

2 Under Create Certificate Request on the Certificate and CA

Configuration page, enter the appropriate information for all fields.

3 Click Create Certificate Request.

The request appears in the certificate list with a status of Request

Pending.

4 Select the request, then click Properties.

5 Copy all of the certificate request text starting with

-----BEGIN CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- through the
-----END CERTIFICATE REQUEST----- string.

Do not copy any extra white space.

6 Under Device CAs and SSL Certificates, click Local CA.

7 In the Local Certificate Authority List, select the local CA, then click
Sign Request.

8 Paste the certificate request into the Certificate Request field.

9 Select Server as the certificate purpose, specify a certificate duration,

then click Sign Request.

The newly-activated certificate displays on a new page.

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10 Copy the certificate text starting with -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE--

--- through the -----END CERTIFICATE----- string.

11 Under Device CAs and SSL Certificates, click SSL Certificates.

12 Select the server certificate request, then click Properties.

13 Click Install Certificate.

14 Paste the text from the signed certificate into the Certificate
Response field, then click Save.

When you return to the main Certificate and CA Configuration page,

the server certificate is now an active certificate. It can be used in to
establish SSL connections with client applications.

Create a key server instance

The next step is to create a dedicated key server instance for the
exchange of keys between the KeySecure appliance and the connector
client. Adding a new key server instance specifically for communication
between the KeySecure server and the Centrify connector is not strictly
required. However, this is the recommended approach to isolate the
communication channel.

To create a new key server instance

1 Click the Devices tab to display the Cryptographic Key Server

Configuration.

2 Click Add to create a new key management server instance.

The options to add, edit, and delete key server instances are
restricted. If you dont see these options, you need to log on using
different administrative account credentials.

3 Select KMIP as the server protocol, type the port number and select
Use SSL, then select the KeySecure server certificate from the list of
available certificates.

4 Click Save.

5 Click the Security tab, then under Device CAs and SSL Certificates,
click Local CA.

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6 Select the local CA certificate, then click Download.

The certificate you download in this step is the certificate you need to
upload to the Centrify privilege service to enable secure
communication between the KeySecure appliance and the
connector.

7 Rename the downloaded file to use the .cer file extension.

Select the client certificate to use for the

connector
To ensure secure communication between KeySecure and the Centrify
connector, you need to have a signed client certificate. Depending on
your environment and tools available, you might select one of the
following options:

You can create a new client certificate using the KeySecure

management console or another tool to use for the Centrify
connector. This option is similar to creating the server certificate
except that you select Client for the Certificate Purpose.
You can use an existing client certificate that you use for other
secure applications.
You can use the certificate created by the Centrify privilege service.

The first two options assume you are signing the certificate with a
trusted local certificate authority and require you to upload the signed
client certificate to the connector. The third option requires you to
download the Centrify CA certificate onto the KeySecure appliance.
After you have selected an option for obtaining the client certificate,
you have all of the information required to configure SafeNet
KeySecure as the password storage location for the accounts you add
to the Centrify privilege service.

For complete information about installing and configuring a SafeNet

KeySecure hardware security appliance, see the KeySecure Installation
and Configuration Guide.

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Configuring communication with SafeNet

KeySecure
If you want to use a SafeNet KeySecure appliance to store account
passwords, you first must configure secure communication between
the appliance and the Centrify connector. Because this is a global
setting, it is configured in the administrative portal for the Centrify
identity platform and requires you to have an account in the System
Administrator role.

To configure communication between with SafeNet KeySecure

1 Select Switch to Admin Portal from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select Network from the list of setting categories, then select SafeNet
KeySecure Configuration.

4 Type the IP address or the fully-qualified domain name of the key

management appliance and specify the port number you configured
for the key server instance.

If you have SafeNet KeySecure running on a cluster, you can specify

multiple IP addresses separated by colons (:). For example, if
configuring communication for a cluster, you would specify a list of IP
addresses using a format similar to this:
192.168.1.1:192.168.1.1:192.168.1.3

This example specifies the IP addresses for appliances in a single tier.

For more information about working with KeySecure appliances in
clusters and specifying multiple tiers, see Working with appliances in
a cluster.

5 Click Upload to navigate to the SafeNet KeySecure Root CA certificate

that you downloaded from the KeySecure appliance.

6 Select the client certificate-issuing authority.

If you select the Centrify-issued certificate, click Download to
download the Centrify CA certificate that will make the
Centrify-issued certificate trusted by the SafeNet KeySecure
appliance. After downloading the certificate, you can use the
SafeNet KeySecure management console to install the certificate

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on the appliance. For more information about installing the

Centrify-issued certificate, see Install the client certificate.
If you select Customer-issued certificate to use the client
certificate you created in the KeySecure management console or
using another tool, click Upload. You can then navigate to and
select the client certificate that you want to use for the Centrify
connector.

Uploading a client certificate you created will prompt you for a

password. If the client certificate requires a password to
authenticate, type the password then click Continue. If no password
is required, simply click Continue without specifying a password.

7 Click Save to save the configuration settings.

After you have saved the configurationincluding uploading or

downloading and installing the client certificateyou can verify
communication between the Centrify privilege service and the SafeNet
KeySecure appliance. However, the option to test the connection is
only available after you complete the configuration.

For complete information about installing and configuring a SafeNet

KeySecure key management appliance, see the KeySecure Installation
and Configuration Guide.

Install the client certificate

If you are using the Centrify-issued certificate, you need to use the
SafeNet KeySecure management console to install the certificate on
the appliance and add the certificate to the list of trusted certificates
before you can test the connection between the KeySecure appliance
and the Centrify connector or change the password storage location.

To install the Centrify-issued certificate

1 Open the downloaded Centrify-issued certificate in a text editor.

2 Copy the certificate text starting with -----BEGIN CERTIFICATE--

--- through the -----END CERTIFICATE----- string.

3 Click the Security tab in the KeySecure management console.

4 Under Device CAs and SSL Certificates, click Known CAs.

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5 Type a name for the Centrify-issued certificate, paste the certificate

contents you copied in Step 2, then click Install.

6 Under Device CAs and SSL Certificates, click Trusted CA Lists.

7 Select the Default profile or another profile, click Properties, then

click Edit.

8 Select the client certificate you installed in Step 5, then click Add to
add the certification to the list of trusted certificates.

9 Click Save.

After you have installed the certificate, return to SafeNet KeySecure

Configuration under Settings in the administrative portal, then click
Test Connection to verify communication between the KeySecure
appliance and the connector is configured correctly. If the connection
is successful, you can close the confirmation message and begin
storing passwords in the KeySecure appliance.

Setting the password storage location

After you have configured secure communication between the Centrify
connector and the SafeNet KeySecure appliance, you can set the
password storage location in the Privilege Manager portal. You can
change from one password storage location to another at any time.
You can also migrate all existing passwords from one location to the
other at any time.

If you dont migrate passwords, they remain in the location where they
were initially added. For example, if you have three accounts you
added before changing the password storage location to SafeNet
KeySecure, the passwords for those three accounts remain stored in
the Centrify privilege service until you choose to migrate them. The
passwords for all of the accounts you add after changing the password
storage location to SafeNet KeySecure are saved in the KeySecure
appliance.

To store passwords in SafeNet KeySecure

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

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3 Select Password Storage from the list of settings.

4 Select the location for storing passwords.

For example, select SafeNet KeySecure appliance to store passwords

in a SafeNet KeySecure appliance.

5 Click Save.

Changing the storage location will prompt you to specify whether you
want to migrate passwords to the new location. If you want to
migrate existing passwords to the new location, specify the email
address where you want to receive notification of the migration
results, then click Yes. If you want existing passwords to remain in
their current location, click No.

When you add resources and accounts using the Add Resources
wizard, import resources and accounts from a file, or add accounts to a
selected resource, passwords are saved in the new storage location. If
you use proxy accounts for any resources, the passwords for those
accounts are also stored in the selected password storage location.

Protecting stored passwords

If you store account passwords for the Centrify privilege service on a
SafeNet KeySecure appliance, you should plan for appliance
maintenance and periodically back up the appliance to protect all of
the passwords you have stored there. For information about how to
backup a KeySecure appliance, see the SafeNet KeySecure User Guide.

Migrating passwords from one location to

another
If you change the password storage location, the location does not
change for any existing passwords. For example, if you have existing
passwords stored in the Centrify privilege service, then change the
storage location to SafeNet KeySecure, the existing passwords remain
in the Centrify privilege service and all new passwords are stored in
KeySecure. To move passwords to the new password storage location,
you must create a password migration job which runs in the

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background. You can migrate passwords immediately after changing

the storage location or at any later time, if needed.

To move existing passwords to a new storage location

1 Select Switch to Privilege Manager from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select Password Storage from the list of settings.

4 Click Migrate Passwords to create a password migration job.

5 Specify the email address where you want to receive notification of

the migration results, then click Yes.

After you start the job, you can view the status and results of the job by
clicking View Migration Job Status and Reports or wait to receive email
notification that migration is complete. The email notification will
provide a link to the job history. You can then click the link in the email
to see details about the migration results. Because job history reports
can list details for different types of jobs, you can use the Search field
to filter the jobs displayed.

Working with appliances in a cluster

You can configure SafeNet KeySecure appliances and clients to use
multiple tiers to support high availability, disaster recovery, and load
balancing. All of the appliances configured as a cluster in the same tier
automatically perform load balancing within that tier. The Centrify
connectors that you install and configure for communication with
KeySecure appliances will automatically try to connect to the
appliances in the first tier in a round robin sequence. If all of the
appliances in the first tier go down, however, the connectors will
attempt to connect to the appliances in the second tier.

To configure communication for multiple appliances in multiple tiers,

you can use the following formatting convention for the KeySecure IP
addresses:

Use a colon (:) to separate the IP addresses within the same tier.
Use a pipe character (|) to separate the IP addresses in different
tiers.

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For more information about configuring communication for multiple

appliances in multiple tiers, see the following topics:

Configuring clustering for load balancing or failover

Configuring clustering for load balancing and failover

Configuring clustering for load balancing or

failover
Note that you can use the special separator characters together or
independently to suit different configuration scenarios. For example,
you can use the colon between IP addresses to distribute network
traffic more or less equally for load balancing in a site. If you use the
pipe character between IP addresses, the first IP address listed is the
master with password changes replicated on the appliance specified by
the second IP address. In this scenario, password changes would only
be sent directly to the second IP address if the appliance in the first tier
is not available.

In both cases, clustering support is implemented using the SafeNet

KeySecure client libraries through the Centrify connector.

Configuring clustering for load balancing and

failover
Depending on your network topology, you might want to use the
special separator characters together to suit more complex
configuration scenarios. For example, you might configure the
maximum of three tiers for your cluster, but support load balancing
within each tier. To illustrate this scenario, you might have appliances
with the following IP addresses:

First tier: 192.168.1.2:192.168.1.3

Second tier: 192.168.1.4:192.168.1.5
Third tier: 192.168.1.6:192.168.1.7

When configuring communication for these tiers, you would specify

the addresses and tiers like this:

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192.168.1.2:192.168.1.3|192.168.1.4:192.168.1.5|192.16
8.1.6:192.168.1.7

This example would be translated to the following key server

instances:

KMIP_IP.1=192.168.1.2:192.168.1.3
KMIP_IP.2=192.168.1.4:192.168.1.5
KMIP_IP.3=192.168.1.6:192.168.1.7

The connectors will always try to connect to the appliances in the first
tier, distributing the workload to both the 192.168.1.2 and
192.168.1.3 appliances. If the appliance with the IP address
192.168.1.2 goes down, all connector traffic is routed to the
appliance with the IP address 192.168.1.3. The connector will
continue to use only the appliances in the first tier as long as there are
appliances available in that tier. If no appliances are available in the
first tierthat is, both 192.168.1.2 and 192.168.1.3 become
unavailablethe connector will try to connect to the appliances in the
second tier.

In most cases, the appliances in different tiers are configured in

separate sites, so that appliances in the first tier are closest in the
network topology to the client computerin this case, the
connectorsto ensure the best performance. Appliances in the
second and third tiers might be in remote sites where the performance
is poorer but are only used as a matter of last resort if no appliances in
the primary tier are available.

Because clustering support is implemented using the SafeNet

KeySecure client libraries, you should refer to your KeySecure
documentation for additional information about configuring an
appliance cluster.

Deleting a SafeNet KeySecure configuration

If you want to change your password storage locationfor example, to
use a different hardware appliance or to store passwords in the
Centrify privilege serviceyou might want to delete an existing
KeySecure configuration. You should note that you can only delete an
existing SafeNet KeySecure configuration when there are no
passwords stored in the appliance. Before attempting to delete the

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configuration, migrate all of the passwords you have stored in the

appliance to the Centrify privilege service. For more information about
password migration, see Migrating passwords from one location to
another.

To delete the SafeNet KeySecure configuration

1 Select Switch to Admin Portal from the account name menu.

2 Click the Settings tab.

3 Select SafeNet KeySecure Configuration from the list of settings.

4 Click Delete.

5 Click Yes to confirm that you want to delete the configuration

settings.

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Creating and viewing reports

To create and review reports for managed resources, you must switch
to the administrative portal, then click the Reports tab. The Reports tab
lists all of the built-in, private, and shared reports that are currently
available for the Centrify identity platform and related services. Open
the Builtin Reports, then select Resources to see the built-in reports for
the Centrify privilege service. For example:

Select the report in which you are interested:

Account Requests provides details about recent password checkout
and login requests activity
Account request activity occurs when workflow is enabled globally or
for specific accounts and users submit password checkout or login
access.
Administration Activity provides details about recent administrative
activity
Administrative activity occurs when users or roles added to or
deleted from accounts, when permissions are granted or changed,
when resources or accounts are added or removed, when auditing is
enabled, when resource information is updated.
Accounts by Resource lists the accounts for each resource grouped
by resource name.

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The Accounts by resource report enables you to see all of the

accounts added for each resource and the user names associated
with each account in a single place.
Accounts by Domain lists the accounts for each domain grouped by
domain name.
The Accounts by domain report enables you to see all of the accounts
added for each domain and the user names associated with each
domain account in a single place.
Accounts by Database lists the database accounts for each database
grouped by database name.
The Accounts by database report enables you to see all of the
accounts added for each database and the user names associated
with each database account in a single place.
User Activity provides details about recent user activity on managed
resources.
User activity occurs when users attempt to log on using stored
accounts whether the login attempt is successful or fails, when users
check out or check in account passwords, and when the Centrify
privilege service updates an account password.

After you select a report, click Actions to display the list of potential
actions. From the Actions menu, you can click:

View to generate the report in HTML format and view it in the

browser.
Export Report to create the report as a file on your computer in
either CSV or Microsoft Excel format.
Email to send the report as either a Microsoft Excel file attachment
or in an HTML table to the email address you specify.
Copy to duplicate the report and save it in another report folder,
such as a folder under My Reports or Shared Reports.

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Troubleshooting

There are a few common errors you might see when using Centrify
Privilege Service, particularly if you have set up a demonstration
environment for evaluation and testing. This section describes the
most common errors, how to check the cause of the error, and what
you can do to prevent the error from occurring.

Unable to update account password

If you attempt to add a local account to the privilege service and see
the Unable to update account password error, it is most likely caused
by the Minimum password age policy you have configured. It is
common for organizations to configure to the Minimum password age
policy to be 1 day. If you create a new local account for testing, then
attempt to add the account and have its password managed by the
privilege service, the service cannot update the password if the
password fails the Minimum password age requirement.

To check the Minimum password age policy

1 Open Administrative Tools and select Group Policy Management.

2 Select the Default Domain Policy, right-click, then select Edit.

3 Expand Computer Configuration > Windows Settings > Security

Settings > Account Policies, then select Password Policy.

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4 Check the Minimum password age setting.

If this policy is defined, you can either wait more than one day before
adding the account with a password to be managed to the privilege
service or you can disable the policy while testing with newly-created
local accounts on computers joined to the domain. The issue doesnt
exist on computers that are not joined to the domain where the
policy is set or for local accounts with a password exceeding the
Minimum password age.

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