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kb25: Public-key authentication for Execute OS command action


By csmith - Posted on 03 November 2009

Public-key authentication is available for the Execute OS command in action rules and correlated events. To configure this:

  • The statistics server used for the monitored computer will execute the OS Command - it will need to be configured to use the SSH key. See kb95: Configuring public-key authentication for SSH based collections for details on configuring the statistics server to work with SSH Keys.
  • Enter the Login User and the key that has been configured for that user
  • If you are using a key that has a password, enter in the password for that key.
  • As in data collection, password authentication will be tried first, and then the SSH Key authentication will be tried.