Table Of Contents
Managing User Accounts
Setting Up User Permissions
Security Manager ACS Permissions
Understanding CiscoWorks Roles
CiscoWorks Common Services Default Roles
Assigning Roles to Users in CiscoWorks Common Services
Understanding Cisco Secure ACS Roles
Cisco Secure ACS Default Roles
Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles
Default Associations Between Permissions and Roles in Security Manager
Integrating Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS
ACS Integration Requirements
Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
Integration Procedures Performed in Cisco Secure ACS
Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS
Adding Managed Devices as AAA Clients in Cisco Secure ACS
Creating an Administration Control User in Cisco Secure ACS
Integration Procedures Performed in CiscoWorks
Creating a Local User in CiscoWorks
Defining the System Identity User
Configuring the AAA Setup Mode in CiscoWorks
Restarting the Daemon Manager
Assigning Roles to User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS
Assigning Roles to User Groups Without NDGs
Associating NDGs and Roles with User Groups
Managing User Accounts
To use Security Manager, users must log into the product. Create individual accounts for each user. You can either create accounts that are unique to Security Manager, which are defined on the Security Manager server and are called local accounts, or you can use your enterprise ACS server to authenticate users. The following topics describe how to create and manage user accounts, and how to integrate the product with your ACS system:
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Setting Up User Permissions
•Integrating Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS
Setting Up User Permissions
Cisco Security Manager authenticates your username and password before you can log in. After they are authenticated, Security Manager establishes your role within the application. This role defines your permissions (also called privileges), which are the set of tasks or operations that you are authorized to perform. If you are not authorized for certain tasks or devices, the related menu items, items in tables of contents, and buttons are hidden or disabled. In addition, a message tells you that you do not have permission to view the selected information or perform the selected operation.
Authentication and authorization for Security Manager is managed either by the CiscoWorks server or the Cisco Secure Access Control Server (ACS). By default, CiscoWorks manages authentication and authorization, but you can change to Cisco Secure ACS by using the AAA Mode Setup page in CiscoWorks Common Services. For more information about ACS integration, see Integrating Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS.
The major advantages of using Cisco Secure ACS are the ability to create highly granular user roles with specialized permissions sets (for example, allowing the user to configure certain policy types but not others) and the ability to restrict users to certain devices by configuring network device groups (NDGs). These granular privileges are not available for CiscoWorks local users.
Tip To view the complete Security Manager permissions tree, log in to Cisco Secure ACS, then click Shared Profile Components on the navigation bar. For more information, see Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles.
The following topics describe user permissions:
•Security Manager ACS Permissions
•Understanding CiscoWorks Roles
•Understanding Cisco Secure ACS Roles
•Default Associations Between Permissions and Roles in Security Manager
Security Manager ACS Permissions
Cisco Security Manager provides default ACS roles and permissions. You can customize the default roles or create additional roles to suit your needs. However, when defining new roles or customizing default roles, make sure that the permissions you select are logical within the context of the Security Manager application. For example, if you assign modify permissions without view permissions, you will lock the user out of the application.
Security Manager classifies permissions into the following categories. For an explanation of individual permissions, see the online help integrated with Cisco Secure ACS (for information on viewing the permissions, see Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles).
•View—Allows you to view the current settings. These are the main view permissions:
–View > Policies. Allows you to view the various types of policies. The folder contains permissions for various policy classes, such as firewall and NAT.
–View > Objects. Allows you to view the various types of policy objects. The folder contains permissions for each type of policy object.
–View > Admin. Allows you to view Security Manager administrative settings.
–View > CLI. Allows you to view the CLI commands configured on a device and preview the commands that are about to be deployed.
–View > Config Archive. Allows you to view the list of configurations contained in the configuration archive. You cannot view the device configuration or any CLI commands.
–View > Devices. Allows you to view devices in Device view and all related information, including their device settings, properties, assignments, and so on. You can limit device permissions to particular sets of devices by configuring network device groups (NDGs).
–View > Device Managers. Allows you to launch read-only versions of the device managers for individual devices, such as the Cisco Router and Security Device Manager (SDM) for Cisco IOS routers.
–View > Topology. Allows you to view maps configured in Map view.
•Modify—Allows you to change the current settings.
–Modify > Policies. Allows you to modify the various types of policies. The folder contains permissions for various policy classes.
–Modify > Objects. Allows you to modify the various types of policy objects. The folder contains permissions for each type of policy object.
–Modify > Admin. Allows you to modify Security Manager administrative settings.
–Modify > Config Archive. Allows you to modify the device configuration in the Configuration Archive. In addition, it allows you to add configurations to the archive and customize the Configuration Archive tool.
–Modify > Devices. Allows you to add and delete devices, as well as modify device properties and attributes. To discover the policies on the device being added, you must also enable the Import permission. In addition, if you enable the Modify > Devices permission, make sure that you also enable the Assign > Policies > Interfaces permission. You can limit device permissions to particular sets of devices by configuring network device groups (NDGs).
–Modify > Hierarchy. Allows you to modify device groups.
–Modify > Topology. Allows you to modify maps in Map view.
•Assign—Allows you to assign the various types of policies to devices and VPNs. The folder contains permissions for various policy classes.
•Approve—Allows you to approve policy changes and deployment jobs.
•Control—Allows you to issue commands to devices, such as ping. This permission is used for connectivity diagnostics.
•Deploy—Allows you to deploy configuration changes to the devices in your network and perform rollback to return to a previously deployed configuration.
•Import—Allows you to import the configurations that are already deployed on devices into Security Manager. You must also have view device and modify device privileges.
•Submit—Allows you to submit your configuration changes for approval.
Tips
•When you select modify, assign, approve, import, control or deploy permissions, you must also select the corresponding view permissions; otherwise, Security Manager will not function properly.
•When you select modify policy permissions, you must also select the corresponding assign and view policy permissions.
•When you permit a policy that uses policy objects as part of its definition, you must also grant view permissions to these object types. For example, if you select the permission for modifying routing policies, you must also select the permissions for viewing network objects and interface roles, which are the object types required by routing policies.
•The same holds true when permitting an object that uses other objects as part of its definition. For example, if you select the permission for modifying user groups, you must also select the permissions for viewing network objects, ACL objects, and AAA server groups.
•You can limit device permissions to particular sets of devices by configuring network device groups (NDGs). NDGs have the following effects on policy permissions:
–To view a policy, you must have permissions for at least one device to which the policy is assigned.
–To modify a policy, you must have permissions for all of the devices to which the policy is assigned.
–To view, modify, or assign a VPN policy, you must have permissions for all of the devices in the VPN topology.
–To assign a policy to a device, you need permissions only for that device, regardless of whether you have permissions for any other devices to which the policy is assigned. (VPN policies are an exception, as noted above.) However, if a user assigns a policy to a device for which you do not have permissions, you will not be able to modify that policy.
Understanding CiscoWorks Roles
When users are created in CiscoWorks Common Services, they are assigned one or more roles. The permissions associated with each role determine the operations that each user is authorized to perform in Security Manager.
The following topics describe CiscoWorks roles:
•CiscoWorks Common Services Default Roles
•Assigning Roles to Users in CiscoWorks Common Services
CiscoWorks Common Services Default Roles
CiscoWorks Common Services contains the following default roles For Security Manager:
•Help Desk—Help desk users can view (but not modify) devices, policies, objects, and topology maps.
•Approver—In addition to view permissions, approvers can approve or reject deployment jobs. They cannot perform deployment.
•Network Operator—In addition to view permissions, network operators can view CLI commands and Security Manager administrative settings. Network operators can also modify the configuration archive and issue commands (such as ping) to devices.
•Network Administrator—Network administrators have complete view and modify permissions, except for modifying administrative settings. They can discover devices and the policies configured on these devices, assign policies to devices, and issue commands to devices. Network administrators cannot approve activities or deployment jobs; however, they can deploy jobs that were approved by others.
Note Cisco Secure ACS features a default role called Network Administrator that contains a different set of permissions. For more information, see Understanding Cisco Secure ACS Roles.
•System Administrator—System administrators have complete access to all Security Manager permissions, including modification, policy assignment, activity and job approval, discovery, deployment, and issuing commands to devices.
For details about which Security Manager permissions are associated with each CiscoWorks role, see Default Associations Between Permissions and Roles in Security Manager.
Tips
•Additional roles, such as Export Data, might be displayed in Common Services if additional applications are installed on the server. The Export Data role is for third-party developers and is not used by Security Manager.
•Although you cannot change the definition of CiscoWorks roles, you can define which roles are assigned to each user. For more information, seeAssigning Roles to Users in CiscoWorks Common Services.
•To generate a permissions table in CiscoWorks, select Server > Reports > Permission Report and click Generate Report.
Assigning Roles to Users in CiscoWorks Common Services
When you define a user in CiscoWorks Common Services, you must select the roles that the user should have. By changing the role definition for a user, you change the types of operations this user is authorized perform in Security Manager. For example, if you assign the Help Desk role, the user is limited to view operations and cannot modify any data. However, if you assign the Network Operator role, the user is also able to modify the configuration archive. You can assign multiple roles to each user.
Tip You must restart Security Manager after making changes to user permissions.
Related Topics
•Security Manager ACS Permissions
•Default Associations Between Permissions and Roles in Security Manager
•Understanding CiscoWorks Roles
Step 1 In Common Services, select Server > Security, then select Single-Server Trust Management > Local User Setup from the table of contents.
Tip To reach the Local User Setup page from within Security Manager, select Tools > Security Manager Administration > Server Security, then click Local User Setup.
Step 2 Do one of the following:
•To create a new user, click Add and enter the user name, password, and e-mail address.
•To change the roles of an existing user, select the check box next to the user and click Edit.
Step 3 On the User Information page, select the roles to assign to this user. For more information about each role, see CiscoWorks Common Services Default Roles.
Step 4 Click OK to save your changes.
Step 5 Restart Security Manager.
Understanding Cisco Secure ACS Roles
Cisco Secure ACS provides greater flexibility for managing Security Manager permissions than does CiscoWorks because it supports application-specific roles that you can configure. Each role is made up of a set of permissions that determine the level of authorization to Security Manager tasks. In Cisco Secure ACS, you assign a role to each user group (and optionally, to individual users as well), which enables each user in that group to perform the operations authorized by the permissions defined for that role.
In addition, you can assign these roles to Cisco Secure ACS device groups, allowing permissions to be differentiated on different sets of devices.
Note Cisco Secure ACS device groups are independent of Security Manager device groups.
The following topics describe Cisco Secure ACS roles:
•Cisco Secure ACS Default Roles
•Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles
Cisco Secure ACS Default Roles
Cisco Secure ACS includes the same roles as CiscoWorks (see Understanding CiscoWorks Roles), plus these additional roles:
•Security Approver—Security approvers can view (but not modify) devices, policies, objects, maps, CLI commands, and administrative settings. In addition, security approvers can approve or reject the configuration changes contained in an activity. They cannot approve or reject the deployment job, nor can they perform deployment.
•Security Administrator—In addition to having view permissions, security administrators can modify devices, device groups, policies, objects, and topology maps. They can also assign policies to devices and VPN topologies, and perform discovery to import new devices into the system.
•Network Administrator—In addition to view permissions, network administrators can modify the configuration archive, perform deployment, and issue commands to devices.
Note The permissions contained in the Cisco Secure ACS network administrator role are different from those contained in the CiscoWorks network administrator role. For more information, see Understanding CiscoWorks Roles.
Unlike CiscoWorks, Cisco Secure ACS enables you to customize the permissions associated with each Security Manager role. For more information about modifying the default roles, see Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles.
For details about which Security Manager permissions are associated with each Cisco Secure ACS role, see Default Associations Between Permissions and Roles in Security Manager.
Related Topics
•Integrating Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS
•Setting Up User Permissions
Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles
Cisco Secure ACS enables you to modify the permissions associated with each Security Manager role. You can also customize Cisco Secure ACS by creating specialized user roles with permissions that are targeted to particular Security Manager tasks.
Note You must restart Security Manager after making changes to user permissions.
Related Topics
•Security Manager ACS Permissions
•Default Associations Between Permissions and Roles in Security Manager
Step 1 In Cisco Secure ACS, click Shared Profile Components on the navigation bar.
Step 2 Click Cisco Security Manager on the Shared Components page. The roles that are configured for Security Manager are displayed.
Step 3 Do one of the following:
•To create a role, click Add. Enter a name for the role and, optionally, a description.
•To modify an existing role, click the role.
Step 4 Select and deselect the check boxes in the permissions tree to define the permissions for this role.
Selecting the check box for a branch of the tree selects all permissions in that branch. For example, selecting Assign selects all the assign permissions.
Descriptions of the individual permissions are included in the window. For additional information, see Security Manager ACS Permissions.
Tip When you select modify, approve, assign, import, control or deploy permissions, you must also select the corresponding view permissions; otherwise, Security Manager will not function properly.
Step 5 Click Submit to save your changes.
Step 6 Restart Security Manager.
Default Associations Between Permissions and Roles in Security Manager
Table 9-1 shows how Security Manager permissions are associated with CiscoWorks Common Services roles and the default roles in Cisco Secure ACS. For information about the specific permissions, see Security Manager ACS Permissions.
Table 9-1 Default Permission to Role Associations in Security Manager
Permissions
|
Roles
|
System Admin.
|
Security Admin.
(ACS)
|
Security Approver
(ACS)
|
Network Admin.
(CW)
|
Network Admin.
(ACS)
|
Approver
|
Network Operator
|
Help Desk
|
View Permissions
|
View Device
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
View Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
View Objects
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
View Topology
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
View CLI
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
View Admin
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
View Config Archive
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
View Device Managers
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Modify Permissions
|
Modify Device
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Modify Hierarchy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Modify Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Modify Image
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Modify Objects
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Modify Topology
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Modify Admin
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Modify Config Archive
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Additional Permissions
|
Assign Policy
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Approve Policy
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Approve CLI
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Discover (Import)
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Deploy
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Control
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
Submit
|
Yes
|
Yes
|
No
|
Yes
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
No
|
Integrating Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS
This section describes how to integrate your Cisco Secure ACS with Cisco Security Manager.
Cisco Secure ACS provides command authorization for users who are using management applications, such as Security Manager, to configure managed network devices. Support for command authorization is provided by unique command authorization set types (called roles in Security Manager) that contain a set of permissions. These permissions (also called privileges) determine the actions that users with particular roles can perform within Security Manager.
Cisco Secure ACS uses TACACS+ to communicate with management applications. For Security Manager to communicate with Cisco Secure ACS, you must configure the CiscoWorks server in Cisco Secure ACS as a AAA client that uses TACACS+. In addition, you must provide the CiscoWorks server with the administrator name and password that you use to log in to the Cisco Secure ACS. Fulfilling these requirements ensures the validity of communications between Security Manager and Cisco Secure ACS.
Note For an understanding of TACACS+ security advantages, see User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server.
When Security Manager initially communicates with Cisco Secure ACS, it dictates to Cisco ACS the creation of default roles, which appear in the Shared Profile Components section of the Cisco Secure ACS HTML interface. It also dictates a custom service to be authorized by TACACS+. This custom service appears on the TACACS+ (Cisco IOS) page in the Interface Configuration section of the HTML interface. You can then modify the permissions included in each Security Manager role and apply these roles to users and user groups.
The following topics describe how to use Cisco Secure ACS with Security Manager:
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
•Integration Procedures Performed in Cisco Secure ACS
•Integration Procedures Performed in CiscoWorks
•Restarting the Daemon Manager
•Assigning Roles to User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS
ACS Integration Requirements
To use Cisco Secure ACS, make sure that:
•You defined roles that include the permissions required to perform necessary functions in Security Manager.
•The Network Access Restriction (NAR) includes the device group (or the devices) that you want to administer, if you apply a NAR to the profile.
•Managed device names are spelled and capitalized identically in Cisco Secure ACS and in Security Manager.
Tips
•We highly recommend that you create a fault-tolerant infrastructure that utilizes multiple Cisco Secure ACS servers. Having multiple servers helps to ensure your ability to continue work in Security Manager even if connectivity is lost to one of the ACS servers.
•You can integrate only one version of Security Manager with a Cisco Secure ACS. Therefore, if your organization is using two different versions of Security Manager at the same time, you must perform integration with two different Cisco Secure ACS servers. You can, however, upgrade to a new version of Security Manager without having to use a different ACS.
•Even when Cisco Secure ACS authentication is used, CiscoWorks Common Services software uses local authorization for CiscoWorks Common Services-specific utilities, such as Compact Database and Database Checkpoint. To use these utilities, you must be defined locally and be assigned the appropriate permissions.
Related Topics
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
•Integrating Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS
Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
The following procedure summarizes the overall tasks you need to perform to use Cisco Secure ACS with Security Manager. The procedure contains references to more specific procedures used to perform each step.
Related Topics
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Integrating Security Manager with Cisco Secure ACS
Step 1 Plan your administrative authentication and authorization model.
You should decide on your administrative model before using Security Manager. This includes defining the administrative roles and accounts that you plan to use.
Tip When defining the roles and permissions of potential administrators, you should also consider whether to enable Workflow. This selection affects how you can restrict access.
For more information, see:
•Understanding Cisco Secure ACS Roles
•User Guide for Cisco Security Manager
•User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server
Step 2 Install Cisco Secure ACS, Cisco Security Manager, and CiscoWorks Common Services.
Install Cisco Secure ACS. Install CiscoWorks Common Services and Cisco Security Manager on a different server. Do not run Cisco Secure ACS and Security Manager on the same server.
For more information, see:
•Supported Devices and Software Versions for Cisco Security Manager (for information on the supported versions of Cisco Secure ACS)
•Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager
•Installation Guide for Cisco Secure ACS for Windows Server
Step 3 Perform integration procedures in Cisco Secure ACS.
Define Security Manager users as ACS users and assign them to user groups based on their planned role, add all your managed devices (as well as the CiscoWorks/Security Manager server) as AAA clients, and create an administration control user.
For more information, see Integration Procedures Performed in Cisco Secure ACS.
Step 4 Perform integration procedures in CiscoWorks Common Services.
Configure a local user that matches the system identity user defined in Cisco Secure ACS, define that same user for the system identity setup, and configure ACS as the AAA setup mode.
For more information, see Integration Procedures Performed in CiscoWorks.
Step 5 Restart the Daemon Manager.
You must restart the Security Manager server Daemon Manager for the AAA settings you configured to take effect.
For more information, see Restarting the Daemon Manager.
Step 6 Assign roles to user groups in Cisco Secure ACS.
Assign roles to each user group configured in Cisco Secure ACS. The procedure you should use depends on whether you have configured network device groups (NDGs).
For more information, see Assigning Roles to User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS.
Integration Procedures Performed in Cisco Secure ACS
The following topics describe the procedures to perform in Cisco Secure ACS when integrating it with Cisco Security Manager. Perform the tasks in the listed order. For more information about the procedures described in these sections, see User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server.
1. Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS
2. Adding Managed Devices as AAA Clients in Cisco Secure ACS
3. Creating an Administration Control User in Cisco Secure ACS
Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS
All users of Security Manager must be defined in Cisco Secure ACS and assigned a role appropriate to their job function. The easiest way to do this is to divide the users into different groups based on each default role available in ACS, for example, assigning all the system administrators to one group, all the network operators to another group, and so on. For more information about the default roles in ACS, see Cisco Secure ACS Default Roles.
You must create an additional user that is assigned the system administrator role with full permissions to devices. The credentials established for this user are later used on the System Identity Setup page in CiscoWorks. See Defining the System Identity User.
Please note that at this stage you are merely assigning users to different groups. The actual assignment of roles to these groups is performed later, after CiscoWorks, Security Manager, and any other applications have been registered to Cisco Secure ACS.
Tip This procedure explains how to create user accounts during the initial Cisco Secure ACS integration. After you complete the integration, when you create a new user account, you can assign it to the appropriate group as you create the account.
Related Topics
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
•Assigning Roles to User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS
Step 1 Log in to Cisco Secure ACS.
Step 2 Configure a user with full permissions using the following procedure. For more information about the options available when configuring users and user groups, see User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server.
a. Click User Setup on the navigation bar.
b. On the User Setup page, enter a name for the new user and click Add/Edit.
Tip Do not create a user named admin. The admin user is the fall-back user in Security Manager. If the ACS system stops working for some reason, you can still log into CiscoWorks Common Services on the Security Manager server using the admin account to change the AAA mode to CiscoWorks local authentication and continue using the product.
c. Select an authentication method from the Password Authentication list under User Setup.
d. Enter and confirm the password for the new user.
e. Select Group 1 as the group to which the user should be assigned.
f. Click Submit to create the user account.
Step 3 Repeat this process for each Security Manager user. We recommend dividing the users into groups based on the role each user will be assigned:
•Group 1—System Administrators
•Group 2—Security Administrators
•Group 3—Security Approvers
•Group 4—Network Administrators
•Group 5—Approvers
•Group 6—Network Operators
•Group 7—Help Desk
For more information about the default permissions associated with each role, see Default Associations Between Permissions and Roles in Security Manager. For more information about customizing user roles, see Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles.
Note At this stage, the groups themselves are collections of users without any role definitions. You will assign roles to each group after completing the integration process. See Assigning Roles to User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS.
Step 4 Create an additional user that you will use as the system identity user in CiscoWorks Common Services. Assign this user to the system administrators group and grant all privileges to devices. The credentials established for this user are later used on the System Identity Setup page in CiscoWorks. See Defining the System Identity User.
Step 5 Continue with Adding Managed Devices as AAA Clients in Cisco Secure ACS.
Adding Managed Devices as AAA Clients in Cisco Secure ACS
Before you can begin importing devices into Security Manager, you must first configure each device as a AAA client in your Cisco Secure ACS. In addition, you must configure the CiscoWorks/Security Manager server as a AAA client.
If Security Manager is managing security contexts configured on firewall devices, including security contexts configured on FWSMs for Catalyst 6500/7600 devices, each context must be added individually to Cisco Secure ACS. Likewise, all virtual sensors defined on IPS devices must also be added.
The method for adding managed devices depends on whether you want to restrict users to managing a particular set of devices by creating network device groups (NDGs). Proceed as follows:
•If you want users to have access to all devices, add the devices as described in Adding Devices as AAA Clients Without NDGs.
•If you want users to have access only to certain NDGs, add the devices as described in Configuring Network Device Groups for Use in Security Manager.
Adding Devices as AAA Clients Without NDGs
This procedure describes how to add devices as AAA clients of a Cisco Secure ACS. For complete information about all available options, see User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server.
Tip Remember to add the CiscoWorks/Security Manager server as a AAA client.
Related Topics
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
Step 1 Click Network Configuration on the Cisco Secure ACS navigation bar.
Step 2 Click Add Entry beneath the AAA Clients table.
Step 3 Enter the AAA client hostname (up to 32 characters) on the Add AAA Client page. The hostname of the AAA client must match the display name you plan to use for the device in Security Manager.
For example, if you intend to append a domain name to the device name in Security Manager, the AAA client hostname in ACS must be <device_name>.<domain_name>.
When naming the CiscoWorks server, we recommend using the fully-qualified hostname. Be sure to spell the hostname correctly. (The hostname is not case sensitive.)
Additional naming conventions include:
•PIX or ASA security context, or FWSM security context when discovered through the FWSM: <parent_display_name>_<context_name>
•FWSM blade: <chassis_name>_FW_<slot_number>
•FWSM security context when discovered through the chassis: <chassis_name>_FW_<slot_number>_<context_name>
•IPS sensor: <IPSParentName>_<virtualSensorName>
Step 4 Enter the IP address of the network device in the AAA Client IP Address field. If the device does not have an IP address (for example, a virtual sensor or a virtual context), enter the word dynamic instead of an address.
Note If you are adding a multi-homed device (a device with multiple NICs), enter the IP address of each NIC. Press Enter between each address. In addition, you must modify the gatekeeper.cfg file on the Security Manager server. For more information, see the chapter on post-installation server tasks in the Installation Guide for Cisco Security Manager.
Step 5 Enter the shared secret in the Key field.
Step 6 Select TACACS+ (Cisco IOS) from the Authenticate Using list.
Step 7 Click Submit to save your changes. The device you added is displayed in the AAA Clients table.
Step 8 Repeat the process to add additional devices.
Step 9 To save the devices you have added, click Submit + Restart.
Step 10 Continue with Creating an Administration Control User in Cisco Secure ACS.
Configuring Network Device Groups for Use in Security Manager
Cisco Secure ACS enables you to configure network device groups (NDGs) that contain specific devices to be managed. For example, you can create NDGs for each geographic region or NDGs that match your organizational structure. When used with Security Manager, NDGs enable you to provide users with different levels of permissions, depending on the devices they need to manage. For example, by using NDGs you can assign User A system administrator permissions to the devices located in Europe and Help Desk permissions to the devices located in Asia. You can then assign the opposite permissions to User B.
NDGs are not assigned directly to users. Rather, NDGs are assigned to the roles that you define for each user group. Each NDG can be assigned to a single role only, but each role can include multiple NDGs. These definitions are saved as part of the configuration for the selected user group.
Tips
•Each device can be a member of only one NDG.
•NDGs are not related to the device groups that you can configure in Security Manager.
•For complete details about managing NDGs, see User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server
The following topics outline the basic information and steps for configuring NDGs:
•NDGs and User Permissions
•Activating the NDG Feature
•Creating NDGs
•Associating NDGs and Roles with User Groups
NDGs and User Permissions
Because NDGs limit users to particular sets of devices, they affect policy permissions, as follows:
•To view a policy, you must have permissions for at least one device to which the policy is assigned.
•To modify a policy, you must have permissions for all of the devices to which the policy is assigned.
•To view, modify, or assign a VPN policy, you must have permissions for all of the devices in the VPN topology.
•To assign a policy to a device, you need permissions only for that device, regardless of whether you have permissions for any other devices to which the policy is assigned. (VPN policies are an exception, as noted above.) However, if a user assigns a policy to a device for which you do not have permissions, you will not be able to modify that policy.
Note To modify an object, a user does not need modify permissions for all the devices that are using the object. However, a user must have modify permissions for a particular device in order to modify a device-level object override defined on that device.
Related Topics
•Configuring Network Device Groups for Use in Security Manager
•Setting Up User Permissions
Activating the NDG Feature
You must activate the NDG feature before you can create NDGs and populate them with devices.
Related Topics
•Creating NDGs
•Associating NDGs and Roles with User Groups
•NDGs and User Permissions
•Configuring Network Device Groups for Use in Security Manager
Step 1 Click Interface Configuration on the Cisco Secure ACS navigation bar.
Step 2 Click Advanced Options.
Step 3 Scroll down, then select the Network Device Groups check box.
Step 4 Click Submit.
Step 5 Continue with Creating NDGs.
Creating NDGs
This procedure describes how to create NDGs and populate them with devices. Each device can belong to only one NDG.
Tip We highly recommend creating a special NDG that contains the CiscoWorks/Security Manager servers.
Before You Begin
Activate the NDG feature as described in Activating the NDG Feature
Related Topics
•Associating NDGs and Roles with User Groups
•NDGs and User Permissions
•Configuring Network Device Groups for Use in Security Manager
Step 1 Click Network Configuration on the navigation bar.
All devices are initially placed under Not Assigned, which holds all devices that were not placed in an NDG. Please note that Not Assigned is not an NDG.
Step 2 Create NDGs:
a. Click Add Entry.
b. Enter a name for the NDG on the New Network Device Group page. The maximum length is 24 characters. Spaces are permitted.
c. (Optional) Enter a key to be used by all devices in the NDG. If you define a key for the NDG, it overrides any keys defined for the individual devices in the NDG.
d. Click Submit to save the NDG.
e. Repeat the process to create more NDGs.
Step 3 Populate the NDGs with devices. Keep in mind that each device can be a member of only one NDG.
a. Click the name of the NDG in the Network Device Groups area.
b. Click Add Entry in the AAA Clients area.
c. Define the particulars of the device to add to the NDG, then click Submit. For more information, see Adding Devices as AAA Clients Without NDGs.
d. Repeat the process to add the remaining devices to NDGs. The only device you should consider leaving in the Not Assigned category is the default AAA server.
e. After you configure the last device, click Submit + Restart.
Step 4 Continue with Creating an Administration Control User in Cisco Secure ACS.
Tip You can associate roles with each NDG only after completing the integration procedures in Cisco Secure ACS and CiscoWorks Common Services. See Associating NDGs and Roles with User Groups.
Creating an Administration Control User in Cisco Secure ACS
Use the Administration Control page in Cisco Secure ACS to define the administrator account that is used when defining the AAA setup mode in CiscoWorks Common Services. Security Manager uses this account is to access the ACS server and register the application, to query device group membership and group setup, and to perform other basic interactions with ACS. For more information, see Configuring the AAA Setup Mode in CiscoWorks.
Related Topics
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
Step 1 Click Administration Control on the Cisco Secure ACS navigation bar.
Step 2 Click Add Administrator.
Step 3 On the Add Administrator page, enter a name and password for the administrator.
Step 4 Select the following administrator privileges:
•Under Users and Group Setup
–Read access to users in group
–Read access of these groups
•Under Shared Profile Components
–Create new Device Command Set Type
•Network Configuration
Step 5 Click Submit to create the administrator.
Note For more information about the options available when configuring an administrator, see User Guide for Cisco Secure Access Control Server.
Integration Procedures Performed in CiscoWorks
After you complete the integration tasks in Cisco Secure ACS (described in Integration Procedures Performed in Cisco Secure ACS), you must complete some tasks in CiscoWorks Common Services. Common Services performs the actual registration of any installed applications, such as Cisco Security Manager and Auto-Update Server, into Cisco Secure ACS.
The following topics describe the procedures to perform in CiscoWorks Common Services when integrating it with Cisco Security Manager:
•Creating a Local User in CiscoWorks
•Defining the System Identity User
•Configuring the AAA Setup Mode in CiscoWorks
Creating a Local User in CiscoWorks
Use the Local User Setup page in CiscoWorks Common Services to create a local user account that duplicates the system identity user you previously created in Cisco Secure ACS (as described in Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS). This local user account is later used for the system identity setup. For more information, see Defining the System Identity User.
Related Topics
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
Step 1 Log in to CiscoWorks using the admin user account.
Step 2 Select Server > Security from Common Services, then select Local User Setup from the TOC.
Tip To get to this page from the Security Manager client, select Tools > Security Manager Administration > Server Security and click Local User Setup.
Step 3 Click Add.
Step 4 Enter the same name and password that you entered when creating the system identity user in Cisco Secure ACS. See Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS.
Step 5 Select all check boxes under Roles.
Step 6 Click OK to create the user.
Defining the System Identity User
Use the System Identity Setup page in CiscoWorks Common Services to create a trust user (called the System Identity user) that enables communication between servers that are part of the same domain and application processes that are located on the same server. Applications use the System Identity user to authenticate processes on local or remote CiscoWorks servers. This is especially useful when the applications must synchronize before any users have logged in.
In addition, the System Identity user is often used to perform a subtask when the primary task has already been authorized for the logged in user.
The System Identity user you configure here must also be defined as a local user in CiscoWorks (assigned to all roles) and as a user with all privileges to devices in ACS. If you do not select a user with the required privileges, you might not be able to view all the devices and policies configured in Security Manager. Make sure that you performed the following procedures before continuing:
•Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS
•Creating a Local User in CiscoWorks
Related Topics
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
Step 1 In Common Services, select Server > Security, then select Multi-Server Trust Management > System Identity Setup from the TOC.
Tip To get to this page from the Security Manager client, select Tools > Security Manager Administration > Server Security and click System Identity Setup.
Step 2 Enter the name of the system identity user that you created in Cisco Secure ACS. See Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS.
Step 3 Enter and verify the password for this user.
Step 4 Click Apply.
Configuring the AAA Setup Mode in CiscoWorks
Use the AAA Setup Mode page in CiscoWorks Common Services to define your Cisco Secure ACS as the AAA server, including the required port and shared secret key. In addition, you can define up to two backup servers.
This procedure performs the actual registration of CiscoWorks and Security Manager (and optionally, Auto-Update Server) into Cisco Secure ACS.
Tip The AAA setup configured here is not retained if you uninstall CiscoWorks Common Services or Cisco Security Manager. In addition, this configuration cannot be backed up and restored after reinstallation. Therefore, if you upgrade to a new version of either application, you must reconfigure the AAA setup mode and reregister Security Manager with ACS. This process is not required for incremental updates. If you install additional applications, such as AUS, on top of CiscoWorks, you must reregister the new applications and Cisco Security Manager.
Related Topics
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
Step 1 In Common Services, select Server > Security, then select AAA Mode Setup from the TOC.
Tip To get to this page from the Security Manager client, select Tools > Security Manager Administration > Server Security and click AAA Mode Setup.
Step 2 Select TACACS+ under Available Login Modules.
Step 3 Select ACS as the AAA type.
Step 4 Enter the IP addresses of up to three Cisco Secure ACS servers in the Server Details area. The secondary and tertiary servers act as backups in case the primary server fails. All servers must be running the same version of Cisco Secure ACS.
Note If all the configured TACACS+ servers fail to respond, you must log in using the admin CiscoWorks Local account, then change the AAA mode back to Non-ACS/CiscoWorks Local. After the TACACS+ servers are restored to service, you must change the AAA mode back to ACS.
Step 5 In the Login area, enter the name of the administrator that you defined on the Administration Control page of Cisco Secure ACS. For more information, see Creating an Administration Control User in Cisco Secure ACS.
Step 6 Enter and verify the password for this administrator.
Step 7 Enter and verify the shared secret key that you entered when you added the Security Manager server as a AAA client of Cisco Secure ACS. See Adding Devices as AAA Clients Without NDGs.
Step 8 Select the Register all installed applications with ACS check box to register Security Manager and any other installed applications with Cisco Secure ACS.
Step 9 Click Apply to save your settings. A progress bar displays the progress of the registration. A message is displayed when registration is complete.
Step 10 Restart the Cisco Security Manager Daemon Manager service. See Restarting the Daemon Manager.
Step 11 Log back in to Cisco Secure ACS to assign roles to each user group. See Assigning Roles to User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS.
Restarting the Daemon Manager
This procedure describes how to restart the Daemon Manager of the Security Manager server. You must do this so the AAA settings that you configured take effect. You can then log back in to CiscoWorks using the credentials defined in Cisco Secure ACS.
Related Topics
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
•ACS Integration Requirements
Step 1 Log in to the machine on which the Security Manager server is installed.
Step 2 Select Start > Programs > Administrative Tools > Services to open the Services window.
Step 3 From the list of services displayed in the right pane, select Cisco Security Manager Daemon Manager.
Step 4 Click the Restart Service button on the toolbar.
Step 5 Continue with Assigning Roles to User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS.
Assigning Roles to User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS
After you have registered CiscoWorks, Security Manager and other installed applications to Cisco Secure ACS, you can assign roles to each of the user groups that you previously configured in Cisco Secure ACS. These roles determine the actions that the users in each group are permitted to perform in Security Manager.
The procedure for assigning roles to user groups depends on whether NDGs are being used:
•Assigning Roles to User Groups Without NDGs
•Associating NDGs and Roles with User Groups
Assigning Roles to User Groups Without NDGs
This procedure describes how to assign the default roles to user groups when NDGs have not been defined. For more information, see Cisco Secure ACS Default Roles.
Before You Begin
•Create a user group for each default role. See Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS.
•Complete the procedures described in these topics:
–Integration Procedures Performed in Cisco Secure ACS
–Integration Procedures Performed in CiscoWorks
Related Topics
•Understanding CiscoWorks Roles
•Understanding Cisco Secure ACS Roles
Step 1 Log in to Cisco Secure ACS.
Step 2 Click Group Setup on the navigation bar.
Step 3 Select the user group for system administrators from the list (see Defining Users and User Groups in Cisco Secure ACS), then click Edit Settings.
Tip You can rename the groups with a more meaningful name to make it easier to identify the correct groups. Select a group and click Rename Group to change the name.
Step 4 Assign the system administrator role to this group:
a. Scroll down to the CiscoWorks area under TACACS+ Settings.
b. Select the first Assign option, then select System Administrator from the list of CiscoWorks roles.
c. Scroll down to the Cisco Security Manager Shared Services area.
d. Select the first Assign option, then select System Administrator from the list of Cisco Secure ACS roles.
e. Click Submit to save the group settings.
Step 5 Repeat the process for the remaining roles, assigning each role to the appropriate user group.
When selecting the Security Approver or Security Administrator roles in Cisco Secure ACS, we recommend selecting Network Administrator as the closest equivalent CiscoWorks role.
For more information about customizing the default roles in ACS, see Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles.
Associating NDGs and Roles with User Groups
When you associate NDGs with roles for use in Security Manager, you must create definitions in two places on the Group Setup page:
•CiscoWorks area
•Cisco Security Manager area
The definitions in each area should match as closely as possible. When associating custom roles or ACS roles that do not exist in CiscoWorks Common Services, try to define as close an equivalent as possible based on the permissions assigned to that role.
You must create associations for each user group that will be used with Security Manager. For example, if you have a user group containing support personnel for the Western region, you can select that user group, then associate the NDG containing the devices in that region with the Help Desk role.
Before You Begin
Activate the NDG feature and create NDGs. See Configuring Network Device Groups for Use in Security Manager.
Related Topics
•ACS Integration Requirements
•Procedural Overview for Initial Cisco Secure ACS Setup
Step 1 Click Group Setup on the navigation bar.
Step 2 Select a user group from the Group list, then click Edit Settings.
Tip You can rename the groups with a more meaningful name to make it easier to identify the correct groups. Select a group and click Rename Group to change the name.
Step 3 Map NDGs and roles for use in CiscoWorks:
a. On the Group Setup page, scroll down to the CiscoWorks area under TACACS+ Settings.
b. Select Assign a Ciscoworks on a per Network Device Group Basis.
c. Select an NDG from the Device Group list.
d. Select the role to which this NDG should be associated from the second list.
e. Click Add Association. The association appears in the Device Group box.
f. Repeat the process to create additional associations.
To remove an association, select it from the Device Group, then click Remove Association.
Step 4 Scroll down to the Cisco Security Manager area and create associations that match as closely as possible the associations defined in the previous step.
Note When selecting the Security Approver or Security Administrator roles in Cisco Secure ACS, we recommend selecting Network Administrator as the closest equivalent CiscoWorks role.
Step 5 Click Submit to save your settings.
Step 6 Repeat the process to define NDGs for the remaining user groups.
Step 7 To save the associations that you have created, click Submit + Restart.
For more information about customizing the default roles in ACS, see Customizing Cisco Secure ACS Roles.
