Creating user name or password credentials

1. From the TLS Protect menu bar, click Inventory > Credentials, and then click Create a New Credential.

2. Click the Credential Type list and select Username.

3. Click Folder and select the policy folder in which to create your new credential.

4. In Credential Name, type a unique name for the new credential object, and then click Create and Configure.

5. In Edit Credential Settings, in User Name, type the username that is part of the credential pair to be stored in Trust Protection Platform where it can be used to connect to your target device, CA, etc.
6. In Password and Confirm Password, type (and then retype) your password.

7. (Optional) In Description, type a description of your new credential.

   A strong description can be useful in helping other administrators better understand the purpose of your new object (such as certificates, jobs, credentials, devices, trust stores, etc.), or to remind yourself later why you created it.

8. (Optional) Click Contacts and select one or more users or groups to whom you want default system notifications to be sent.

   The default contact is the master administrator.

   For more information about selecting contacts in Trust Protection Platform, see Specifying who should get default system notifications.

9. When you're finished, click Save.

1. From the TLS Protect menu bar, click Inventory > Credentials, and then click Create a New Credential.

2. Click the Credential Type list and select Password.

3. Click Folder and select the policy folder in which to create your new credential.

4. In Credential Name, type a unique name for the new credential object, and then click Create and Configure.

1. In Edit Credential Settings, in Password and Confirm Password, type (and then retype) your password.

2. (Optional) In Description, type a description of your new credential.

   A strong description can be useful in helping other administrators better understand the purpose of your new object (such as certificates, jobs, credentials, devices, trust stores, etc.), or to remind yourself later why you created it.

3. (Optional) Click Contacts and select one or more users or groups to whom you want default system notifications to be sent.

   The default contact is the master administrator.

   For more information about selecting contacts in Trust Protection Platform, see Specifying who should get default system notifications.

TLS Protect is the preferred method for creating credentials. However, you can create credentials using the Policy Tree.

To create a user name or password credential using the Policy Tree

1. Open the Policy Tree.
2. From either the Policy or Credentials tree, right-click the folder where you want to create the new private key credentials, and then click Add > Credential, and then click either Username Credential or Password Credential.
3. In Credential Name, type a unique name for the new credential object.

4. (Optional) In Description, type a description of your new credential.

   A strong description can be useful in helping other administrators better understand the purpose of your new object (such as certificates, jobs, credentials, devices, trust stores, etc.), or to remind yourself later why you created it.

5. (Optional) Click Contacts and select one or more users or groups to whom you want default system notifications to be sent.

   The default contact is the master administrator.

   For more information about selecting contacts in Trust Protection Platform, see Specifying who should get default system notifications.

6. Click Expires and select a date when the credential expires.

   IMPORTANT  This expiration date is only used to send a log notification. Trust Protection Platform continues to use the credential even if it is past its expiration date.

7. (Conditional) If you're creating a user name credential, then in User Name, type a user name for your new credential.

8. In Password and Confirm Password, type the password associated with the credential.
9. Click Save.