You can use a public key instead of a password. To register an Orchestrator public key on an SSH host, you can run a workflow from the Orchestrator client.
Prerequisites
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Configure the SSH plug-in in the Orchestrator configuration interface.
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Log in to the Orchestrator client as a user who can run SSH workflows.
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Procedure
1 | Click the Workflows view in the Orchestrator client. |
2 | In the workflows hierarchical list, open to navigate to the Register vCO public key on host workflow. |
3 | Right-click the Register vCO public key on host workflow and select Start workflow. |
4 | Provide the host and authentication information.
Note
You must provide credentials that are registered on the SSH host.
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5 | Click Submit to run the workflow. |
You can use public key authentication instead of password authentication when you connect to the SSH host as the registered user.