You can increase security by using secure communication for Ops Center Automator. Secure communication enables Ops Center Automator to increase security by using Transport Layer Security (TLS) for Ops Center Automator network communication. TLS enables Ops Center Automator to verify communication partners, enhance authentication for identifying partners, and detect falsified data within sent and received information. In addition, communication channels are encrypted so that data is protected from eavesdropping.
Ops Center Automator can use secure communications using TLS for the following types of communication:
- Communication between the management server and management clients
- Communication between the management server and an external authentication server (LDAP directory server)
- Communication between the management server and management targets
In addition, you can restrict access so that only specific management clients can access the management server.
Note: When you use
Ops Center Automator with security enabled, make sure that the server certificate is not expired. If the server certificate is expired, you must register a valid certificate to
Ops Center Automator because users might not be able to connect to the server.
Note: For secure communication between the management server and management target, import the certificates issued by the Certificate authority, Intermediate certificate authority, or Root certificate authority into the Common Component trust store. If you want to re-register the certificates, you must delete the certificates by referring to Deleting Common Component truststore certificates and then import the certificates again.
Note: When you use Ops Center Automator in a cluster environment, you must import server certificates into the truststore on the active and standby nodes respectively.