Executing tasks

The privileged task management module is segregated into the user and administration section. Following are the task that can be performed by end user.

This section covers:

Privatizing SSH/PowerShell/Telnet based task library

To assign a task to your self, you need to perform the below-recommended steps:

Login as a PAM product user.
Go to My Access page → Under ‘All Tasks', Click on Tasks' → Click on '+ Add Tasks’.
Select the Asset Category as Operating System and Asset Type as Windows Server/ Unix Based.
Select the Asset and Account accordingly.
Select Scope as Private.
Enter the Name of the Task and from Task type.
Enter input value to command say if needed.
Click on Save.
You can execute the same task by clicking on the run button.

Once the mentioned steps are executed successfully, a new task will be assigned to yourself into PAM.

Delegating SSH/PowerShell/Telnet based task library

To delegate a task to someone, you need to perform the below-recommended steps:

Login as PAM product user.
Go to My Access page → Under All Tasks, Click Tasks → Click on + Add Tasks.
Select the Asset Category as Operating System and Asset Type as Windows Server/ Unix Based.
Select the Asset and Account accordingly.
Select Scope as Delegate.
Select the user from the drop-down to whom this task would be delegated.
Enter the Name of the Task and select the task from the Task Type menu.
Enter input value to command say if needed.
Click on Save.
You can execute the same task by clicking on the run button.

Once the mentioned steps are executed successfully, a new task will be assigned to the delegated user.

Under MyAccess → Tasks, you will find all the privatize and delegated tasks listed in the Scope column.

Executing the task

To run a task, you need to perform the below-recommended steps:

Login as PAM product user.
Go to My Access page → Click on Tasks under 'All Tasks'→ Click on +New Tasks
Select the Asset Category as Operating System and Asset Type as Windows Server/ Unix Based.
Select the Asset and Account accordingly.
Select Scope as Private or delegated.
Enter the Name of the Task and select the task.
Enter input value to command say if needed.
Click on Save.
Again, go to My Access → Tasks → and execute the same task by clicking on the run button.

Once the mentioned steps are executed successfully, the task will get executed in PAM.

Under MyAccess → Tasks, you will find all the privatize and delegated tasks are shown which can be executed.

Executing more than one task in one go

To execute more than a task, you need to perform the below-recommended steps:

Login as PAM product user.
Go to the My Access page → Under ‘All Tasks’, Click on Tasks → Select the task(s) you wish to execute.
Click on Execute Selected.
A confirmation will pop-up. Click on 'Execute All' button.

Once the mentioned steps are executed successfully, you can execute more than one task together in PAM.

Under My Access → Tasks, you will find all the privatize and delegated tasks are shown which can be executed.

Privatizing/Delegating one or more than one task to one or more users using task bucket

To delegate one or more than one task to one or more than one user using task bucket, you need to perform the below-recommended steps:

Login as a PAM product user.
Go to My Access page → Click on Tasks under 'All Tasks' → Click on +New → Create task as New.
Click on +Add Task Bucket
Select Scope → Private or Delegate.
Select the user if you have chosen scope as delegate.
Enter the Name of the Task bucket and select the task from the available tasks.
Click on Save.

Once the mentioned steps are executed successfully, you can delegate tasks to user(s) using the task bucket in PAM.

Executing task bucket