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Create SSH Credentials on Hosts in a Host Group

A host group configuration specifies the SSH credentials as follows.

• Remote User Name
• Remote Password

Log on to each host that the host group references. Create a user account with these SSH credentials. This SSH user account must have sufficient permissions for the following tasks:

• To perform administrative tasks.
• To run CA Process Automation operators on each target computer.

The agent uses the user name of the SSH user account to connect to the SSH Daemon on the target remote host. The target host can be any host that matches the Remote Host Name Patterns or the Remote IP Address Patterns in the host group configuration.

The agent host of the host group initiates a connection to the remote host as follows:

1. Logs in to the remote host with the specified credentials.
2. Creates a temporary directory named c2otmp.

   This directory is created in the /home directory of the SSH user if the target host is a UNIX computer. For example:

   /home/<user_name>/c20tmp
   

More information:

Host Group Implementation Process