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Bastionhost:Step 3: Authorize a user to manage assets and asset accounts

Last Updated:Jun 06, 2024

After users are added to the bastion host, the administrator must authorize the users to manage assets and asset accounts. This way, the users can log on to the bastion host to perform O&M operations on the assets. This topic describes how to authorize a user to manage assets and asset accounts. Host assets are used in the example.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the Bastionhost console. In the top navigation bar, select the region in which your bastion host resides.

  2. In the bastion host list, find the bastion host that you want to manage and click Manage.

  3. In the left-side navigation pane, choose Users > Users.

  4. On the Users page, find the user whom you want to authorize to manage hosts and click Authorize Hosts in the Actions column.

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  5. On the Managed Hosts tab, click Authorize Hosts.

  6. In the Authorize Hosts panel, select the hosts that you want to authorize the user to manage and click OK.

  7. In the Authorized Accounts column, click No accounts found. Click here to authorize the user to manage the accounts of the asset..

  8. In the Select Account panel, select the host account that you want to authorize the user to manage and click Update.

    Bastionhost allows you to authorize a user to manage an account of multiple assets at a time. For more information, see Authorize a user to manage an account of multiple assets at a time.

What to do next

Bastionhost users can access and perform O&M operations on the assets that they are authorized to manage from clients or web browsers. For more information, see Step 4: Perform O&M operations on assets.