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Panorama Administrator's Guide

Configure a Panorama Administrator Account

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Configure a Panorama Administrator Account

Administrative accounts specify Administrative Roles and authentication for Panorama administrators. The service that you use to assign roles and perform authentication determines whether you add the accounts on Panorama, on an external server, or both (see Administrative Authentication). For an external authentication service, you must configure an authentication profile before adding an administrative account (see Configure Administrative Accounts and Authentication). If you already configured the authentication profile or you will use the authentication mechanism that is local to Panorama, perform the following steps to add an administrative account on Panorama.

Modify the number of supported administrator accounts.
Configure the total number of supported concurrent administrative accounts sessions for Panorama in the normal operational mode or in FIPS-CC mode. You can allow up to four concurrent administrative account sessions or configure Panorama to support an unlimited number of concurrent administrative account sessions.
1. Select PanoramaSetupManagement and edit the Authentication Settings.
2. Edit the Max Session Count to specify the number of supported concurrent sessions (range is 0 to 4) allowed for all administrator and user accounts.
  Enter 0 to configure Panorama to support an unlimited number of administrative accounts.
3. Edit the Max Session Time in minutes for an administrative account. Default is 720 minutes.
4. Click OK.
5. Commit and Commit to Panorama.
You can also configure the total number of supported concurrent sessions by logging in to the Panorama CLI.
admin> configure
admin# set deviceconfig setting management admin-session max-session-count <0-4>
admin# set deviceconfig setting management admin-session max-session-time <0, 60-1499>
admin# commit
Select PanoramaAdministrators and Add an account.
Enter a user Name for the administrator.
Select an Authentication Profile or sequence if you configured either for the administrator.
This is required if Panorama will use Kerberos SSO or an external service for authentication.
If Panorama will use local authentication, set the Authentication Profile to None and enter a Password and then Confirm Password.
Select the Administrator Type:
- Dynamic—Select a predefined administrator role.
- Custom Panorama Admin—Select the Admin Role Profile you created for this administrator (see Configure an Admin Role Profile).
- Device Group and Template Admin—Map access domains to administrative roles as described in the next step.
(Device Group and Template Admin only) In the Access Domain to Administrator Role section, click Add, select an Access Domain from the drop-down (see Configure an Access Domain), click the adjacent Admin Role cell, and select an Admin Role profile.
Click OK to save your changes.
Select CommitCommit to Panorama and Commit your changes.

Configure Administrative Accounts and Authentication

Configure Local or External Authentication for Panorama Administrators