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Creating Server Authentications

Use server authentications to store the login information for sets of servers.

Each server needs a server authentication assigned to it so that the Management Console can log in to the server with appropriate privileges. Server authentications separate the login information from the server records so that you can apply the same login information to more than one server.

  1. Select Servers > Server Auth.
    Figure 1. Selecting Server Authorizations
    Figure shows the Server Auth option in the Servers module
    The system displays the list of existing server authentications at the top of the main content pane, and a blank Server Auth Details form at the bottom.
    Note: If you select a server authentication, the system populates the Server Auth Details form with the selected server's authentication information. To empty the form so that you can create a new authentication, click the Add Server Authentication button.
  2. At Name, enter an authentication name, a logical name to identify the server authentication in the system.
  3. At Login, enter the server login name.
    Note: If the user name is from a domain user, you must include the domain in this field. For example, MYDOMAIN/joeuser.
    Figure 2. Server Auth Details
    Figure shows Server Auth Details tab
  4. At Password, enter the password.
  5. At Verified, reenter the password.
  6. Click Save Server Authentication.
The system stores a new server authentication with the name you selected.