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How to Import PUPM Endpoints and Privileged Accounts

You use the PUPM feeder to automate PUPM endpoint and privileged account management. The PUPM feeder lets you import many PUPM endpoints and privileged accounts into CA Access Control Enterprise Management in a single step. You can also use the PUPM feeder to create or modify PUPM endpoints and privileged accounts.

Note: You cannot use the PUPM feeder to delete PUPM endpoints and privileged accounts.

Important! To avoid errors during the process, import the endpoint CSV file into PUPM before you import the privileged accounts CSV file.

To import PUPM endpoints and privileged accounts into CA Access Control Enterprise Management, do the following:

  1. Configure the feeder properties file.

    The feeder properties file specifies the polling interval and the name and location of the polling folder, processed file folder, and error file folder.

  2. (Optional) Write CA Access Control rules that limit access to the polling folder, processed file folder, and error file folder.

    Limiting access to these folders helps prevent unauthorized users accessing clear-text passwords in the endpoint and privileged account CSV files.

  3. Do one or both of the following:

    Each line in the CSV file represents a task to create or modify a PUPM endpoint or privileged account. You must create separate endpoint and privileged account CSV files.

    Note: You can configure an automated process in another application to create the CSV file.

  4. (Optional) Start the polling task.

    When the polling task starts, the PUPM feeder uploads the CSV files in the polling folder to CA Access Control Enterprise Management, which then processes the CSV files.

    Note: If you do not manually start the polling task, the PUPM feeder checks for files in the polling folder at the time specified in the feeder properties file.

  5. When CA Access Control Enterprise Management completes processing the CSV file, review the CSV file in the error files folder for failed tasks.

    This file lists tasks that failed and tasks that CA Access Control Enterprise Management could not process.

  6. Correct the errors in the file and save the file to the polling folder.
  7. Start the polling task.
  8. Repeat Steps 5-7 until all PUPM endpoints and privileged accounts are imported.