Configure an Administrative Account for a Dedicated Log Collector

1. Log in to the Panorama Web Interface.
2. Configure a Managed Collector.
3. (Optional) Configure an authentication profile to define the authentication service that validates the login credentials of the administrators who access the Dedicated Log Collector CLI.
4. Configure one or more administrator accounts as needed.

   The administrator accounts created on Panorama are later imported to the Dedicated Log Collector and managed from Panorama.

   Only Superuser administrators are supported when configuring an administrative account for a Dedicated Log Collector. Local or Panorama Administrators with any other admin role type is not supported.
5. Configure the authentication for the Dedicated Log Collector.

   1. Select PanoramaManaged Collectors and select the Dedicated Log Collector you previously added.
   2. (Optional) Select the Authentication Profile you configured in the previous step.
   3. Configure the authentication Timeout Configuration for the Dedicated Log Collector.

      1. Enter the number of Failed Attempts before a user is locked out of the Dedicated Log Collector CLI.
      2. 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.
      3. Enter the Idle Timeout, in minutes, before the user account is automatically logged out due to inactivity.
      4. Enter the Max Session Count to set how many user accounts can simultaneously access the Dedicated Log Collector.
      5. Enter the Max Session Time the administrator can be logged in before being automatically logged out.
   4. 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.

      1. 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.
      2. Add any administrators configured on Panorama. These administrators are created on Panorama and imported to the Dedicated Log Collector.
   5. Click OK to save the Dedicated Log Collector authentication configuration.

6. Commit and then Commit and Push your configuration changes.
7. 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.