Configure RADIUS Authentication for a Dedicated Log Collector

Log in to the Panorama Web Interface.
Configure a Managed Collector.
Configure RADIUS authentication.
Only Superuser administrators are supported when configuring an administrative account for a Dedicated Log Collector. Remote, Local, or Panorama Administrators with any other admin role type is not supported.
Add a RADIUS server profile.
The profile defines how the Dedicated Log Collector connects to the RADIUS server.
Select
Panorama
Server Profiles
RADIUS
and
Add
a profile.
Enter a
Profile Name
to identify the server profile.
Enter a
Timeout
interval in seconds after which an authentication request times out (default is 3; range is 1–20).
Select the
Authentication Protocol
(default is
CHAP
) that the Dedicated Log Collector uses to authenticate to the RADIUS server.
Select
CHAP
if the RADIUS server supports that protocol; it is more secure than
PAP
.
Add
each RADIUS server and enter the following:
Name
to identify the server.
RADIUS Server
IP address or FQDN.
Secret
/
Confirm Secret
(a key to encrypt usernames and passwords).
Server
Port
for authentication requests (default is 1812).
Click
OK
to save the server profile.
Assign the RADIUS server profile to an authentication profile.
The authentication profile defines authentication settings that are common to a set of administrators.
Select
Panorama
Authentication Profile
and
Add
a profile.
Enter a
Name
to identify the authentication profile.
Set the
Type
to
RADIUS
.
Select the
Server Profile
you configured.
Select
Retrieve user group from RADIUS
to collect user group information from VSAs defined on the RADIUS server.
Panorama matches the group information against the groups you specify in the Allow List of the authentication profile.
Select
Advanced
and, in the Allow List,
Add
the administrators that are allowed to authenticate with this authentication profile.
Click
OK
to save the authentication profile.
Configure the authentication for the Dedicated Log Collector.
Select

Panorama

Managed Collectors

and select the Dedicated Log Collector you previously added.

Select the

Authentication Profile

you configured in the previous step.

If a global authentication profile is not assigned you must assign an authentication profile to each individual local administrator to leverage remote authentication.

Configure the authentication

Timeout Configuration

for the Dedicated Log Collector.

Enter the number of
Failed Attempt
s before a user is locked out of the Dedicated Log Collector CLI.
Enter the
Lockout Time
, in minutes, for which the Dedicated Log Collector locks out a user account after that user reaches the configured number of
Failed Attempts
.
Enter the
Idle Timeout
, in minutes, before the user account is automatically logged out due to inactivity.
Enter the
Max Session Count
to set how many user accounts can simultaneously access the Dedicated Log Collector.
Enter the
Max Session Time
the administrator can be logged in before being automatically logged out.

Add the Dedicated Log Collector administrators.

Administrators may either be added as a local administrator or as an imported Panorama administrator—but not both. Adding the same administrator as both a local administrator and as an imported Panorama administrator is not supported and causes the Panorama commit to fail. For example, the commit to Panorama fails if you add

admin1

as both a local and Panorama administrator.

Add
and configure new administrators unique to the Dedicated Log Collector. These administrators are specific to the Dedicated Log Collector for which they are created and you manage these administrators from this table.
Add
any administrators configured on Panorama. These administrators are created on Panorama and imported to the Dedicated Log Collector.

Click

OK

to save the Dedicated Log Collector authentication configuration.


Commit
and then
Commit and Push
your configuration changes.
Log in to the Panorama CLI of the Dedicated Log Collector to verify you can successfully access the Dedicated Log Collector using the local admin user.