Creating or modifying rules for remote host  authentication

Remote host authentication rules match remote host authentication definitions with agentless devices.

• Before you begin
• To create a remote host authentication rule
• To modify an existing remote host authentication rule

Before you begin

Provide information used for remote host authentication. See Specifying or modifying information for remote host authentication.

Required authorizations

To create, modify or delete remote host authentication rules, your role must be granted the following authorizations:

• BL_Administration.Read
• RemoteHostAuthentication.Read
• RoutingPolicy.Read
• RoutingPolicy.Modify

To create a remote host authentication rule

1. Select Configuration > Infrastructure Management.
2. In the left pane of the Infrastructure Management window, right-click the Remote Host Authentication Routing Rules node, and then select New Rule. The New Rule wizard opens.

3. Complete the New Rule Wizard, as described in the following topics:
4. Click Finish to close the wizard.

To modify an existing remote host authentication rule

1. Select Configuration > Infrastructure Management.

2. In the left pane of the Infrastructure Management window, expand the Remote Host Authentication Routing Rules node. Select the rule you want to modify, right-click, and select Properties. The Modify Rule window opens. It displays a series of tabs, which are described in the following topics:
3. Click OK.