Overview

The Veritas Flex Appliance Shell CPM plugin enables secure password lifecycle management for Flex Appliance host administrator accounts through Idira Privileged Access Manager. The integration enhances privileged account governance and ensures compliance with enterprise password management policies.

Business Problem

Organizations using Veritas Flex Appliances require secure and automated management of privileged host administrator accounts. Manual password management increases the risk of credential exposure, policy non-compliance, and operational inefficiencies.

Solution

The plugin integrates Veritas Flex Appliance Shell access with Idira Central Policy Manager (CPM) to automate password verification and rotation of hostadmin accounts over SSH. This ensures secure credential handling, enforces password policies, and reduces operational risk.

Key Features

• Automated password change for hostadmin accounts
• Password verification support
• Support for expired password updates (STIG-enabled appliances)
• SSH-based secure connection method.
• Fully backward compatible with Flex Appliance versions v3.x–v7.x