Miscellaneous Operations in Resource and Key Management 

  1. Manage Users without Credentials
  2. Manual User Enumeration
  3. Customize User Home Directory
  4. Export SSH Keys
  5. Export SSH User Credentials
  6. Delete SSH Users
  7. Delete Resources
  8. SSH Key Audits
  9. View SSH Key History
  10. Export Discovered Keys Report

1. Manage Users without Credentials

If you want to manage user accounts without entering their respective credentials:

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> SSH Servers tab in the GUI.
  2. Click the SSH Users icon against the required resource.
  3. Click the Add User icon in the top-right corner of the SSH Users pop-up window.
  4. Enter the user name and click the Save button to add the user account to the resource.

Once the user account is added to the resource, you can proceed with the key association process as described from step 6 above.

2. Manual User Enumeration

With the addition of users in the remote system, use the Enumerate option to reflect subsequent changes in Key Manager Plus. To enumerate the appended SSH user accounts of the discovered resource:

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> SSH servers tab in the GUI.
  2. Select single resource.
  3. Click the Enumerate Users button.

A message will be displayed confirming the start of the enumeration operation.

3. Customize User Home Directory

You can customize the home directories of the users, i.e, the location where the public key is to be deployed. To do this:

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> SSH Users tab.
  2. Click the Edit User Path from the More dropdown.
  3. Enter the modified path and click Save.

You can modify the directory for a group of users by navigating to the User Group tab from the SSH >> SSH Users tab.

4. Export SSH Keys

To export key files by selecting them from the resources with which they are associated :

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> SSH Servers tab in the GUI and go to the Resources header tab.
  2. Click the name of the resource in which the key is deployed.
  3. Click the Export Keys icon available in the right corner of the table view.

To export the key files selecting each key:

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> SSH Keys tab.
  2. Click the Export icon available in the right corner of the table view corresponding to the required key.
  3. Select the destination folder and file name and click Save.

Note : Even while exporting, the passphrases used to protect the keys are still in effect. That is, if the keys are to be used elsewhere, the passphrases have to be provided.


5. Export SSH User Credentials

To export the user credentials from Key Manager Plus to the system:

  1. Navigate to SSH >> SSH Users tab in the GUI.
  2. Select the users whose credentials you would like to export.
  3. Click the Export Credentials icon available in the top-right corner of the window above the table.
  4. Select the destination directory and click Save.

Note : While exporting, only the resource name and user name are exported while the password is not.


6. Delete SSH Users

When a user account is deleted, first any associated keys are dissociated from them. You will not be able to delete the user accounts until all SSH keys are dissociated from them.

To delete a user account:

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> SSH Users tab.
  2. Select the user accounts.
  3. Click the Delete button.

Note : If a user account is deleted, it is no longer enumerated within a resource. To list a user account deleted from Key Manager Plus (but still available in the remote system), the resource will have to be re-enumerated.


7. Delete Resources

To delete a resource:

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> SSH Servers tab in the GUI
  2. Select the resource(s) that need to be deleted and click Delete from the top menu.
  3. You can choose to either dissociate or retain the SSH keys associated with the user accounts present in the resource. Check "Delete without dissociating key" option to delete the selected resources without dissociating the keys associated with any of its user accounts.
  4. Click OK in the confirmation pop-up window. The selected resources are deleted.

Note : If a user account is deleted, it is no longer enumerated within a resource. To list a user account deleted from Key Manager Plus (but still available in the remote system), the resource will have to be re-enumerated.


8. SSH Key Audits

Audits are generated when SSH keys are associated or rotated using Key Manager Plus. These reports are available in the right-top corner of the SSH >> SSH Keystab.

  • Key Association audit – View the result of the spontaneous, and scheduled, key association operations executed using Key Manager Plus
  • Key Rotation audit – View the status of the spontaneous, and scheduled, key rotation operations executed using Key Manager Plus.

9. View SSH Key History

Using Key Manager Plus you can view the history of each SSH key, from the moment it was created or imported, and the subsequent rotations along with time-stamps.

To view the history of any key:

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> SSH Keys tab.
  2. Select a single key.
  3. Click the Key History button.

10. Export Discovered Keys Report

A report of the discovered keys can be exported as PDF, or to an email id. To export the report:

  1. Navigate to the SSH >> Discovered keys tab in the GUI.
  2. Select a single key.
  3. Click the Export button. You can export the report to the system as PDF file, or to desired email addresses.
    • PDF – Export and save the report of the discovered keys as a PDF in the system.
    • Email – Specify the email addresses to which the report of the discovered SSH keys is to be exported.
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