Managing remote host authentication for agent installations

To use Agent Installer capabilities, you must set up remote host authentication definitions and remote host authentication rules. Use the Infrastructure Management window to manage remote host authentication.

A remote host authentication defines the mechanism and the user credential needed to access an agentless device. A remote host authentication rule matches remote host authentications with agentless devices.

Use the Infrastructure Management window to perform the following management tasks for remote host authentication and remote host authentication rules.

To update remote host authentication status

This procedure does the following:

• For remote host authentication based on PsExec, checks the following:
  • PsExec server is not decommissioned
  • Version of the RSCD agent on the PsExec server matches what is listed in its server properties
  • Version of the RSCD agent on the PsExec server is version 8.2 or later
  • RSCD agent is running
  • PsExec command can be executed on the PsExec server
  • Designated automation principal is present
• For remote host authentication based on SSH, confirm the presence of the designated automation principal.

1. Select Configuration > Infrastructure Management.
2. In the left pane of the Infrastructure Management window, expand the Remote Host Authentications node. The node shows existing remote host authentications.
3. Right-click a remote host authentication and select Update Remote Host Authentication Status. The information at right updates. The Status shows "Success" if the update completes successfully.

To delete an existing remote host authentication

1. Select Configuration > Infrastructure Management.
2. In the left pane of the Infrastructure Management window, expand the Remote Host Authentications node. The node shows existing remote host authentications.

3. Right-click a remote host authentication and select Delete Remote Host Authentication.

   Note

   If you delete a remote host authentication that is used in a remote host authentication rule, the remote host authentication is deleted but the rule is not deleted.

To assign a remote host authentication to a 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. The node shows existing remote host authentications rules.
3. Right-click a rule and select Assign Remote Host Authentications for Rule.
4. Under Select the remote host authentications for this rule, select one or more remote host authentication definitions that should be used to authenticate to servers that match the criteria specified in this rule.
5. Click the right arrow, which moves your selections to the list on the right.

To delete 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. The node shows existing remote host authentications rules.
3. Right-click a rule and select Delete Rule.