Creating, editing, and deleting PATROL Agent ACLs

You create or edit a PATROL Agent Access Control List (ACL) by specifying conditions about the Agent that must be met. This topic provides the following information about creating and maintaining PATROL Agent ACLs:

PATROL Agent ACL editor

The PATROL Agent ACL editor provides menus, lists, and text boxes that you can use to construct the condition statements, as shown in the following image. When the ACL contains multiple conditions, you can indicate whether the statements are optional or required by choosing a logical operator.

ACLs in authorization profiles

When you specify a PATROL Agent ACL on the Objects tab of the Authorization Profile editor, users can access only the PATROL Agents that meet the ACL criteria.

Condition properties

1Opening parentheses
2Property 
3Comparison operator
4Value 
5Closing parentheses 
6Add condition 
7Remove condition 
8Logical operator

Condition guidelines

You must specify every attribute in a condition statement. Use double and triple open and closing parentheses to nest properties. The following table lists the properties and comparison operators that you can use to construct condition statements.

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Comparison operator next

Property


contains

does not
contain

does not
equal 
ends
with 
equalsgreater
than 
greater than
or equal 
in the
range 
starts
with 
less
than 
less than
or equal 

matches1
Agent Host Name  +++   +  +
Agent Port  + +++  ++ 
Agent version  + +++  ++ 
Agent Operating System++          
Agent IP Address2  + +  +    
Agent Tag    +       

TrueSight Infrastructure Management Integration Service

  + +   +   

TrueSight Infrastructure Management Server

  +++   +   

1 – You can use Java regular expressions to specify patterns.

2 – For IPv6, you must specify patterns with Java regular expressions.

Tip

Plan the PATROL Agent ACL conditions carefully before creating them, as you cannot rearrange the conditions after you add it.

 

To create an ACL

  1. From the navigation pane, select Administration > PATROL Agent ACL
  2. On the PATROL Agent ACLs page, select the page action menu  to access the Create ACL page. 
  3. Enter a name and description for the ACL.
  4. Using the menus, text boxes, and lists, define the first condition statement.
  5. (Optional) Create a new condition:
    1. Select  to add a new row.
    2. Using the menus, text boxes, and lists, define the first condition statement.
  6. If necessary, select  to remove a row. 
  7. (Optional) Finish constructing the ACL by repeating steps 5 and 6 as necessary.
  8. Select Save.

To edit an ACL

When editing an ACL, you can add or remove rows or change any of the existing properties, including the name and description of the ACL.

  1. From the navigation pane, select Administration > PATROL Agent ACL
  2. From the action menu for the ACL to edit, select Edit.
  3. Follow the steps under To create an ACL.

To delete an ACL

  1. From the navigation pane, select Administration > PATROL Agent ACL
  2. From the action menu for the ACL to edit, select Delete, and then confirm the deletion.

To view an ACL

When you choose this option to view an ACL, you cannot make any changes. 

  1. From the navigation pane, select Administration > PATROL Agent ACL
  2. From the action menu for the ACL to edit, select View.

Related topics

Managing authorization profiles

PATROL Agent ACLs

Performing actions on a PATROL Agent Open link

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