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One Identity Safeguard for Privileged Passwords 7.0.3 LTS - Administration Guide

Introduction System requirements and versions Using API and PowerShell tools Using the virtual appliance and web management console Cloud deployment considerations Setting up Safeguard for Privileged Passwords for the first time Using the web client Home Privileged access requests Appliance Management
Appliance Backup and Retention Certificates Cluster Enable or Disable Services External Integration Real-Time Reports Safeguard Access Appliance Management Settings
Asset Management
Account Automation Accounts Assets Partitions Discovery Profiles Tags Registered Connectors Custom platforms
Security Policy Management
Access Request Activity Account Groups Application to Application Cloud Assistant Asset Groups Entitlements Linked Accounts User Groups Security Policy Settings
User Management Reports Disaster recovery and clusters Administrator permissions Preparing systems for management Troubleshooting Frequently asked questions Appendix A: Safeguard ports Appendix B: SPP and SPS join guidance Appendix C: Regular Expressions About us

Deleting an account group

When you delete an account group, Safeguard for Privileged Passwords does not delete the associated accounts.

To delete an account group

  1. Navigate to Security Policy Management > Account Groups.
  2. In Account Groups, select an account group from the object list.
  3. Click Delete.
  4. Confirm your request.

Application to Application

In order for third-party applications to use the Application to Application service to integrate with the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords vault, you must first register the application in Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. This can be done using the Security Policy Management > Application to Application page described below. Once the application is registered, you can enable or disable the service. For more information, see Enable or Disable Services.

Application to Application displays a list of previously registered third-party applications. From this page, the Security Policy Administrator can add new application registrations, and modify or remove existing registrations. The Application to Application page displays the following details about application registrations.

Table 182: Application to Application: Properties
Property Description

Name

The name assigned to the application's registration.

Certificate User

The name of the certificate user associated with the registered application.

NOTE: If there is no certificate user listed for an application registration, contact your Security Policy Administrator to add one. The Application to Application service on the third-party application will not work with the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords vault until a certificate user has been specified.

Enable/Disable

Toggle on

Toggle off

Indicates whether the application registration is enabled. The toggle appears blue with the switch to the right when the service is enabled, and gray with the switch to the left when the service is disabled. Click the toggle to enable or disable an application registration.

NOTE: When an application registration is disabled, Application to Application access is disabled for that third-party application until the registration is enabled again.

Description

Information about the application's registration.

Use these toolbar buttons to manage application registrations.

Table 183: Application to Application: Toolbar
Option Description

Add

Add an application registration to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. For more information, see Adding an application registration.

Remove

Remove the selected application registration from Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. For more information, see Deleting an application registration.

Refresh

Update the list of application registrations.

Edit

Modify the selected application registration.

About Application to Application functionality

Using the Application to Application service, third-party applications can interact with Safeguard for Privileged Passwords in the following ways:

  • Credential retrieval: A third-party application can retrieve a credential from the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords vault in order to perform automated functions on the target asset. In addition, you can replace hard coded passwords in procedures, scripts, and other programs with programmatic calls.
  • Access request broker: A third-party application can initiate an access request on behalf of an authorized user so that the authorized user can be notified of the available request and log in to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords to retrieve a password or start a session.

NOTE: If Offline Workflow Mode is triggered, Application to Application operations will be halted for the number of minutes it takes to move to Offline Workflow Mode. For more information, see About Offline Workflow Mode.

Credential retrieval

A credential retrieval request using the Application to Application service allows the third-party application to retrieve credentials from the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords vault without having to go through the normal workflow process.

For example, say you have an automated system that performs a routine system diagnostic on various services in the data center every 24 hours. In order for the automated system to perform the diagnostics, it must first authenticate to the target server. Since all of the credentials for the target servers are stored in the Safeguard for Privileged Passwords vault, the automated system retrieves the credentials for a specified system by calling the Application to Application service.

Access request broker

An access request broker request using the Application to Application service allows the application to create an access request on behalf of another user.

For example, say you have a ticketing system and one of the types of tickets that can be created is to request access to a specific asset. The ticketing system can be integrated with Safeguard for Privileged Passwords through the Application to Application service to create an access request on behalf of the user that entered the ticket into the system. Once the request is created, it follows the normal access request workflow in Safeguard for Privileged Passwords and the user who entered the ticket will be notified when access is granted.

In order for a third-party application to perform one of tasks provided by the Application to Application service, the application must first be registered with Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. This registration will be associated with a certificate user and authentication to the Application to Application service will be done using the certificate and an API key. The registered application will not be allowed to authenticate to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords other than for the purpose specified. The properties associated with an application registration are:

  • API key: As part of the registration process, an API key is generated. An administrator must then copy this API key and make it available to the third-party application.

  • Certificate user: In addition to the API key, the application registration must be associated with a certificate user. The certificate that is associated with the certificate user must be signed by a certificate authority that is also trusted by Safeguard for Privileged Passwords.

    NOTE: Use your corporate PKI for issuing this certificate and installing it on the third-party application.

The Application to Application service is disabled by default and must be enabled before any credential retrievals or access request broker functions can be performed.

Using the web client:

  1. Navigate to Security Policy Management > Application to Application.
  2. In the Enabled column for the service, move the toggle to the right to enable the service.

Using the API, use the following URL:

https://appliance/service/appliance/v3/A2AService/Enable

In addition, you can check the current state of the service using the following URL:

https://appliance/service/appliance/v3/A2AService/Status

Setting up Application to Application

In order to use Application to Application integration with Safeguard for Privileged Passwords, you must perform the following tasks:

  1. Prepare third-party application for integration with Safeguard for Privileged Passwords.

  2. Appliance Administrator enables Application to Application service in Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. Use one of the following methods:

    • Using the web client, navigate to Security Policy Management > Application to Application. In the Enabled column for the service, move the toggle to the right to enable the service.

    • Use the following URL: https://appliance/service/appliance/v3/A2AService/Enable.

  3. Asset Administrator adds assets and accounts to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. For more information, see Adding an asset and Adding an account

  4. User Administrator adds certificate users to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. For more information, see Adding a user.

  5. Security Policy Administrator adds application registration to Safeguard for Privileged Passwords. For more information, see Adding an application registration.

  6. Get the API key and copy/paste it into the third-party application in order to make requests from the third-party application. For more information, see Making a request using the Application to Application service.

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