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Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (SSH)

Connector name

agtcisco-asa

Connector type

PSLang script

Type (UI field value)

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) (SSH)

Connector status / support

Customer-Verified

Clients may contact Bravura Security support for assistance with this connector. Troubleshooting and testing must be completed in the client's test environment as Bravura Security does not maintain internal test environments for the associated target system.

Installation / setup

Bravura Security Fabric performs operations on a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) using the agtcisco-asa connector. This connector consists of a PSLang script, agtcisco-asa.psl and scripted platform definition file, agtcisco-asa-ssh.con, that associates the script with the SSH connector (agtssh) to access a Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) via SSH.

The following Bravura Security Fabric operations are supported by this connector (depending on your product license and version):

  • administrator reset password

  • unlock account

  • user verify password

  • verify+reset password

  • create account

  • delete account

  • check account lock

  • get server information

  • list account attributes

  • List:

    • accounts

    • attributes

For a full list and explanation of each connector operation, see connector operations.

See also

Targeting the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA)

For each Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA), add a target system in Bravura Security Fabric (Manage the System > Resources > Target systems).

  • Type is Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) (SSH).

  • Address uses options described in the table below.

The full list of target parameters is explained in Target System Options .

Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) (SSH) address configuration

Option

Description

Options marked with a redstar.png are required.

Script file redstar.png

Must be set to agtcisco-asa.psl

(key: script)

Server redstar.png

The IP address/domain name of the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).

(key: server)

Target system’s internal hostname or prompt redstar.png

This is the internally-defined host name that, along with the logged in user’s name, comprises the Cisco ASA prompt. The script generates the expected prompt using this value, then uses the generated prompt to know when commands have completed.

(key: name)

Save target system configuration

Select this to commit changes made to this target to permanent storage on the networking device, otherwise it will be stored in memory. This is selected by default.

(key: docommit)

Enter administrative mode with ’login’ (otherwise ’enable’)

Select this to enter the administrative configuration mode with the login password, otherwise the system (enable) password will be used.

(key: adminuser)

User and password prompt expected (otherwise password)

Select this if the Cisco ASA target system expects a user and password prompt when connecting, otherwise only the password will be entered. This is selected by default.

(key: connlogin)

Advanced

Port

TCP Port number. Default is 22.

(key: port)

Compression

Select to enable data compression for SSH connections. Default is false.

(key: compression)

Action for host keys

Select AllowAppend (default) or DenyUnmatch. For new targets, AllowAppend is recommended.

AllowAppend connects to SSH hosts whose public host keys have been previously recorded and have not been changed, and to SSH hosts whose keys have not been previously recorded. It will reject SSH hosts whose keys were previously recorded but have changed.

DenyUnmatch only connects to SSH hosts whose public host keys have been previously recorded and have not been changed. It will reject SSH hosts whose keys have not been previously recorded or were previously recorded but have changed.

(key: hostkeys)

Host keys file

Specify the name of the public host key file. It must be located in the \<instance>\script\ directory.

The file consists of a KVGroup with an entry that contains the host information as the key and the hostkey as the value. This information can be extracted from the PuTTY registry entries (HKEY_CURRENT_USER \Software\SimonTatham\PuTTY\SshHostKeys) where "Name" corresponds to the key and "Data" corresponds to the value.

(key: file)

Authentication key file

This is a generic SSH target field that is ignored for Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA) target systems. The administrative credentials must consist of a connect user and password, as well as an system password on the Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).

(key: authkey)

Timeout for connection

Amount of time the connector will wait for a response.

(key: timeout)

Enable SSH v1?

To enable SSH connection via SSH protocol version 1.

(key: enable_ssh_1)

Setting up a target system administrator

Bravura Security Fabric requires 2 administrative credentials on Cisco ASA to perform Bravura Security Fabric operations. This includes credentials to connect to the Cisco ASA device, as well as a system (enable) password for elevated privileges.

System passwords do not have an administrator ID, however when defining the credentials for the Cisco ASA target system, an administrator ID is required. You can specify an arbitrary value for the administrator ID as this will not be validated. You must also ensure that this credential is identified as a System password .

Creating a template account

Bravura Security Fabric uses template accounts as models or "blueprints" for creating new accounts on Cisco Adaptive Security Appliance (ASA).

Consult the documentation included with your specific application to learn how to create an account to use as a template in Bravura Security Fabric . You can then add account attributes to determine how new accounts should be created based on the template account’s parameters.

Note that Bravura Security Fabric still requires a template account, even though attributes may or may not be copied from the template account, for example, if the configured action for all account attributes is Set .

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