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Secret templates

Secret templates

Secret Templates in Secrets displays a list of customizable and default templates.

The secrets used in FortiPAM are based on templates. The secret templates are customizable so as to meet your requirements.

Secret templates allow configuring the fields a secret requires, as well as the types of launchers that are allowed for the secrets. A password changer can also be configured to automatically change a secret's passwords. See Password changers.

FortiPAM provides the following default templates:

AWS Web Account

Basic template for an AWS account.

Cisco Enable Secret

Basic template for Cisco enabled secret account.

Cisco User (SSH Secret)

Basic template for Cisco SSH account.

FortiProduct (SSH Password)

Basic template for a FortiProduct SSH Password account.

FortiProduct (SSH Key)

Basic template for a FortiProduct SSH Key account.

Machine

Basic template for a general machine, with all default launchers.

Unix Account (SSH Key)

Basic template for a Unix SSH Key account.

Unix Account (SSH Password)

Basic template for a Unix SSH Password account.

Unix Account (Web CIFS)

Basic template for a Unix Web Samba account.

Unix OpenLDAP Account

Basic template for an Open LDAP account.

Web Account

Basic template for a Web account.

Windows Domain Account

Basic template for a Windows Domain account.

Windows Domain Account (Samba)

Basic template for a Samba Windows Domain account.

Windows Machine

Basics template for a Windows machine.

Default templates cannot be modified.

For each template; name, fields, launcher, password changer, server info, description, and references are displayed.

The secret templates list contains the following options:

Create

Select to create a new template. See Creating secret templates.

Edit

Select to edit the selected template.

Delete

Select to delete the selected templates.

Clone

Select to clone the selected templates.

Search

Enter a search term in the search field, then hit Enter to search the secret templates list. To narrow down your search, see Column filter.

Secret templates

Secret Templates in Secrets displays a list of customizable and default templates.

The secrets used in FortiPAM are based on templates. The secret templates are customizable so as to meet your requirements.

Secret templates allow configuring the fields a secret requires, as well as the types of launchers that are allowed for the secrets. A password changer can also be configured to automatically change a secret's passwords. See Password changers.

FortiPAM provides the following default templates:

AWS Web Account

Basic template for an AWS account.

Cisco Enable Secret

Basic template for Cisco enabled secret account.

Cisco User (SSH Secret)

Basic template for Cisco SSH account.

FortiProduct (SSH Password)

Basic template for a FortiProduct SSH Password account.

FortiProduct (SSH Key)

Basic template for a FortiProduct SSH Key account.

Machine

Basic template for a general machine, with all default launchers.

Unix Account (SSH Key)

Basic template for a Unix SSH Key account.

Unix Account (SSH Password)

Basic template for a Unix SSH Password account.

Unix Account (Web CIFS)

Basic template for a Unix Web Samba account.

Unix OpenLDAP Account

Basic template for an Open LDAP account.

Web Account

Basic template for a Web account.

Windows Domain Account

Basic template for a Windows Domain account.

Windows Domain Account (Samba)

Basic template for a Samba Windows Domain account.

Windows Machine

Basics template for a Windows machine.

Default templates cannot be modified.

For each template; name, fields, launcher, password changer, server info, description, and references are displayed.

The secret templates list contains the following options:

Create

Select to create a new template. See Creating secret templates.

Edit

Select to edit the selected template.

Delete

Select to delete the selected templates.

Clone

Select to clone the selected templates.

Search

Enter a search term in the search field, then hit Enter to search the secret templates list. To narrow down your search, see Column filter.