Security

Use this page to access Technical Support Appliance security function and utilities.

SSH Server Key Status

Displays whether an SSH server public and private key pair was generated and stored on this Technical Support Appliance.

After a key pair is generated, click Download SSH Server Public Key to download the public key to copy to other systems that you want to discover.

SSH Server Key Management

You can generate and store an SSH server public and private key pair to uniquely identify this Technical Support Appliance. After a key pair is generated, you can download and copy the public key to other systems that you want to discover.

When you generate a key pair, you must supply a passphrase. A passphrase is similar to a password, except that it can be a phrase that contains a series of words, numbers, punctuation, white space, or strings of characters. The passphrase is used as the password for discovery credentials with the Public Key Infrastructure (PKI) type.

Passphrase
Specifies the passphrase for the private key. The passphrase must be at least 8 characters long and contain at least one alphabetic and one non-alphabetic character.
Confirm Passphrase
Enter the passphrase again. The two passphrases you enter are compared to confirm that they match before the passphrase is saved.

Click Generate SSH Server Public/Private Key Pair to generate the key pair.

After you generate the key pair, record the passphrase for future reference.
Important: It is not possible to recover a lost passphrase. If the passphrase is lost, a new key pair must be generated and the corresponding public key must be copied to other systems.

Session Timeout Settings

You can disable session timeout or specify the amount of time before a session times out.

Disable Session Timeout
Specifies whether the Technical Support Appliance automatically logs out the user after a period of no activity.
Session Timeout
Specifies the amount of time, in seconds, of no activity before the Technical Support Appliance logs out the user.

Click Change Session Timeout Settings to apply the changes.

Maximum Password Age

You can change the maximum age for the password. By default, the age of a password is 90 days

Maximum age
Select the age (30 days, 60 days, or 90 days) from the Maximum age drop-down list.

Click Change Maximum Password Age to apply the changes.