1. Cloud Control Host Lifecycle Management Guide
  2. Monitoring and Managing Hosts
  3. Setting Up the Environment to Monitor Hosts
  4. Setting Up Credentials

Setting Up Credentials

Credentials are needed to manage target instances.

To set up various credentials, select the Setup menu (located at the top-right of the UI page), then select Security. The following options are available:

  • Named Credentials are used for the Management Agent install. Named credentials explicitly grant you privileges on the host.

  • Preferred Credentials

    If a target has preferred credentials set, applications that log in to that target will automatically use the preferred credentials. Using preferred credentials simplifies access to managed targets.

    Default credentials can be set for each target type. Default credentials are used for any targets that do not have preferred credentials explicitly set.

  • Privilege Delegation Setting enables you to configure the Management Agent to use Sudo or PowerBroker so you can run privileged scripts.

See the online help for additional information.