Edit Connection Manager Group

Connection Manager groups within Cloudhouse Guardian (Guardian) are used to organize Connection Managers of the same type into groups with similar properties and roles. When editing an existing Connection Manager group, there are two settings that can be amended: the Group Name and the group API Key. Regenerating the Group API Key on a regular basis helps maintain the security of your environment and also has the added benefit of regenerating the associated private key(s). For more detailed instructions on how to do this, see Regenerate Group API Key.

Note: Connection Manager groups are unique to each organization. If you have two Connection Manager groups with the same name that are located in different organizations, you need to edit each one individually. For more information on organizations, see Organization Accounts.

To edit an existing Connection Manager group within your Guardian organization complete the following steps:

1. In the Guardian web application, navigate to the Connection Managers tab (Inventory > Connection Managers).

   

2. Select the required Connection Manager group from the Groups drop-down menu. The group is displayed, with each of the Connection Managers within it.

3. Click the Add Connection Manager drop-down, then select Edit Group. The Edit Connection Manager page is displayed.

   

4. Here, the following options are displayed:

   

   • Group Name field – The name of the Connection Manager group.

   • Update Name button – If you edit the above field, click this button to save your changes.

   • API Key field – A view-only field of the API key for the selected group. This key is required to add new Connection Managers to the group.

   • Regenerate Key button – Click to regenerate the API key for the selected group.

     Warning: If you choose to regenerate the API key for a Connection Manager group, you must update the API key value for each of the group's Connection Managers, within the corresponding configuration file(s). Then, restart the service. Otherwise, the Connection Managers will lose their connectivity to your Guardian instance and be unable to scan nodes. For all Connection Manager types, other than the Self-Contained Linux Connection Manager, this can be done manually. For more information, see Regenerate Group API Key.

5. View or edit the options as required, then click to exit the Edit Connection Manager page.

Any changes you make cannot undone. If you want to undo a Group Name change, for example, you are required to manually re-name and update it. Likewise, you cannot undo the action of regenerating the API key for a Connection Manager group. Once a key has been changed, the only way to ensure that the Connection Managers within the group maintain their connectivity to the Guardian appliance is to update each of their associated API keys to the new value.