Basic Information And Tasks; Logging In - F-SECURE POLICY MANAGER 9.0 Administrator's Manual

Basic information and tasks

The following sections describe the Policy Manager Console logon procedure, menu commands and basic
tasks.

Logging in

When you start Policy Manager Console, the
Tip: You can click
The Login dialog box can be used to select defined connections. Each connection has individual preferences,
which makes it easier to manage many servers with a single Policy Manager Console instance.
It is also possible to define multiple connections to a single server. After selecting the connection, enter your
Policy Manager Console passphrase. This is the passphrase that you defined when you installed the program.
This is not your network administrator password.
You can start the program in read-only mode, in which case you do not need to enter a passphrase. In this
case, however, you will not be allowed to make changes.
The setup wizard creates the initial connection, which appears by default in the
more connections, click
the dialog box is expanded).
Note that it is possible to make copies of existing connections. This makes it easy to define multiple connections
to the same server, with slightly different connection preferences for different usages. For example, an existing
connection can be taken as a template, and different connection preferences can be tested with the new copy
without affecting the original settings.
Connection properties
The connection properties are defined when adding a new connection or editing an existing one.
The link to the data repository is defined as the HTTP URL of Policy Manager Server.
The Name field specifies what the connection will be called in the
the Name field is left empty, the URL or the directory path is displayed.
The Public key file
If the specified key files do not exist, Policy Manager Console will generate a new key-pair.
Changing communication preferences
In the communication preferences, you can set how often the server is polled for status information and a
time limit, after which hosts are considered disconnected.
The Connection properties
To change the communication preferences:
1. Select the Communication
2. Change the Host connection status
Host connection status
that have not contacted Policy Manager Server within the defined interval are considered disconnected.
The disconnected hosts will have a notification icon in the domain tree and they will appear in the
Disconnected hosts
Note: It is possible to define an interval that is shorter than one day by simply typing in a floating
point number in the setting field. For example, with a value of 0.5 all hosts that have not contacted
the server within 12 hours are considered disconnected. Values less than one day are normally useful
Options to expand the dialog box to include more options.
Add or to edit an existing connection, click
and Private key file paths specify what management key-pair to use for this connection.
dialog box is open (for example by clicking
tab.
if necessary.
controls when hosts are considered disconnected from Policy Manager. All hosts
list in the Domain status view.
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Login dialog box will open.
Edit
Connection:
Connections: field. To add
(these options are available when
field in the Login
Options on the Login dialog box).
dialog. If