Enable CyberArk in Active Console

Overview Copied

This page outlines the requirements for the Active Console to support Gateway CyberArk when accessing the database for historical data. To know more about historical data in Active Console, see the Import historical events from database and Create history charts documentation.

You can configure a Gateway to retrieve passwords from an external provider. Active Console supports the following external providers:

Note

CyberArk support is only available for Active Console on Windows. You can only use one external provider at a time.

Prerequisites Copied

The following requirements must be met:

CyberArk providers Copied

Gateway setup is CyberArk Local Credential Provider Copied

If the Gateway setup uses CyberArk Local Credential Provider, take note of the following:

Update the ActiveConsole.gci file Copied

In order for the Active Console to support CyberArk Local Credential Provider when accessing database for historical data, you must update the ActiveConsole.gci file:

  1. Close all running Active Console applications.
  2. Locate the ActiveConsole.gci in your installation directory.
  3. Edit the file in a text editor to add the following flags at the bottom of the file: -cyberarkAppID and -cyberarksdk.
  4. Save the file and open the Active Console.

To learn more about the local credential provider, see Secure passwords.

Flag Description
-cyberarkAppID

If the AppID is not set or has been removed, CyberArk will not work. The application will not display any error messages and the password returned for connection will always be blank.

Default value: ITRS-Geneos

-cyberarksdk

The value points to the clipasswordsdk executable that would retrieve the password from the CyberArk vault.

Default value on Windows: %ProgramFiles(x86)%\CyberArk\ApplicationPasswordSdk\clipasswordsdk

Gateway setup is CyberArk Central Credential Provider Copied

If the Gateway setup uses CyberArk Central Credential Provider, take note of the following:

To learn more about the central credential provider, see Secure passwords.

["Geneos"] ["Geneos > Active Console"] ["User Guide"]

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