3.0 Getting Started

PAM allows administrators to grant and manage the user access to the required server through remote desktop, or SSH. To manage privileged account on a Linux, UNIX, application, or a database server you must define rules in PAM manager. A typical workflow of PAM is as following:

  1. Install Privileged Account Manager and required packages for your enterprise environment. For more information about installing Privileged Account Manager, refer Privileged Account Manager Installation Guide.

  2. Assign proper rights to Administrators by using the Framework Manager console. For information about Framework users and assigning rights to them, refer Section 6.0, Managing Framework Users and Groups.

  3. Register the host machines by using the Hosts console. For more information about registering hosts, refer Section 4.0, Managing Framework Hosts

  4. Create a rule/ policy for a role that is defined in the LDAP directory. For more information about different entities that create rule, refer Section 8.0, Command Control.

  5. Configure the reporting event settings by using the Reporting console. For information about configuring report, refer Section 7.0, Managing Audit Reports.

  6. Configure the audit settings by using the Compliance Auditor console. For information about configuring audit settings for compliance purpose, refer Section 9.0, Compliance Auditor.