Managing Credentials

NAKIVO Backup & Replication provides you with the ability to store your OS login and password, Amazon EC2 instance private keys, and SSH keys to your Linux machines. Refer to the following topics:

Adding Credentials

To add new credentials, do the following:

  1. Click Settings in the left pane of the product.

  2. Go to the Inventory tab.

  3. Click Manage.

  4. In the dialog box that opens, click Credentials.

  5. In the Manage Credentials dialog box that opens, click Add Credentials.

  6. Then, do the following:

    • Type: Select the type of credentials:

      • To set up a basic username and password, fill out the Username, Password, and (optionally) Description fields and click Save.

      • To set up a master password, select Master password from the drop-down list and fill out the Name, Password, and (optionally) Description fields and click Save.

      • To add a private key to an Amazon EC2 instance or a Linux physical machine, do the following:

        1. Private key: Select Private Key from the Type menu.

        2. Username: Enter a username for the private key.

        3. Password: Create a password for the private key.

        4. Repeat password: Repeat password.

          Note
          If you generated your key with a passphrase, you have to enter this passphrase into the Password and Repeat password boxes.

        5. Locate and select the private key.

          Notes

          • Supported key formats: RSA, DSA

          • By default, newer versions of ssh-keygen generate keys with the unsupported -----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY----- format. To generate a key with the -----BEGIN RSA PRIVATE KEY----- format, include -m PEM in your ssh-keygen command.

          • Supported file extensions: no extension, .pem, .key, .cer, .der, .txt

        6. Fill out the Description box.

        7. Click Save.

You can now assign the credentials while creating jobs or setting up VM agents.

Editing Credentials

To edit credentials, do the following:

  1. Click Settings in the left pane of the product.

  2. Go to the Inventory tab.

  3. Click Manage.

  4. In the dialog that opens, click Credentials.

  5. Hover over the record that you would like to edit and click Manage > Edit.

  6. Make any required changes, and then click Save. 

Deleting Credentials

To delete credentials, do the following:

  1. Click Settings in the left pane of the product.

  2. Go to the Inventory tab.

  3. Click Manage.

  4. In the dialog that opens, click Credentials.

  5. Hover over the record that you would like to delete and click Manage > Delete.


  6. Click Delete in the confirmation dialog box that opens.