Veritas NetBackup™ Appliance Security Guide

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Product(s): Appliances (5.1.1)
Platform: NetBackup Appliance OS
  1. About the NetBackup appliance Security Guide
    1.  
      About the NetBackup appliance Security Guide
  2. User authentication
    1. About user authentication on the NetBackup appliance
      1.  
        User types that can authenticate on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About configuring user authentication
      1.  
        Generic user authentication guidelines
    3.  
      About authenticating LDAP users
    4.  
      About authenticating Active Directory users
    5. About authentication using smart cards and digital certificates
      1.  
        2FA
      2.  
        Smart card Authentication for NetBackup Web UI
      3.  
        Smart card authentication for NetBackup Appliance Web UI
      4.  
        Smart card authentication for NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      5.  
        Configure role-based access control
      6.  
        Configure authentication for a smart card or digital certificate for the NetBackup Web UI
    6. About single sign-on (SSO) authentication and authorization
      1.  
        Configure single sign-on (SSO) for a NetBackup Appliance
    7.  
      About the appliance login banner
    8. About user name and password specifications
      1.  
        About STIG-compliant password policy rules
  3. User authorization
    1.  
      About user authorization on the NetBackup appliance
    2. About authorizing NetBackup appliance users
      1.  
        NetBackup appliance user role privileges
    3.  
      About the Administrator user role
    4.  
      About the NetBackupCLI user role
    5.  
      About user authorization in NetBackup
  4. Intrusion prevention and intrusion detection systems
    1.  
      About Symantec Data Center Security on the NetBackup appliance
    2.  
      About the NetBackup appliance intrusion prevention system
    3.  
      About the NetBackup appliance intrusion detection system
    4.  
      Reviewing SDCS events on the NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Running SDCS in unmanaged mode on the NetBackup appliance
    6.  
      Running SDCS in managed mode on the NetBackup appliance
  5. Log files
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance log files
    2.  
      Viewing log files using the Support command
    3.  
      Where to find NetBackup appliance log files using the Browse command
    4.  
      Gathering device logs on a NetBackup appliance
    5.  
      Log Forwarding feature overview
  6. Operating system security
    1.  
      About NetBackup appliance operating system security
    2.  
      Major components of the NetBackup appliance OS
    3.  
      Disable user access to the NetBackup appliance operating system
    4.  
      Manage support access to the maintenance shell
  7. Data security
    1.  
      About data security
    2.  
      About data integrity
    3.  
      About data classification
    4. About data encryption
      1.  
        KMS support
  8. Web security
    1.  
      About SSL usage
    2.  
      About implementing external certificates
  9. Network security
    1.  
      About Network Access Control
    2.  
      About IPsec Channel Configuration
    3.  
      About NetBackup appliance ports
    4.  
      About the NetBackup Appliance firewall
  10. Call Home security
    1. About AutoSupport
      1.  
        Data security standards
    2. About Call Home
      1.  
        Configuring Call Home from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      2.  
        Enabling and disabling Call Home from the appliance shell menu
      3.  
        Configuring a Call Home proxy server from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu
      4.  
        Understanding the Call Home workflow
    3. About SNMP
      1.  
        About the Management Information Base (MIB)
  11. Remote Management Module (RMM) security
    1.  
      Introduction to IPMI configuration
    2.  
      Recommended IPMI settings
    3.  
      RMM ports
    4.  
      Enabling SSH on the Remote Management Module
    5.  
      Replacing the default IPMI SSL certificate
    6.  
      Implementing an external IPMI SSL certificate
  12. STIG and FIPS conformance
    1.  
      OS STIG hardening for NetBackup appliance
    2.  
      FIPS 140-2 conformance for NetBackup appliance
    3.  
      About FIPS compliant ciphers
  13.  
    Index

About single sign-on (SSO) authentication and authorization

You can configure SSO with a supported external identity provider (IDP) that uses the SAML 2.0 protocol for exchanging authentication and authorization information. Note that you can configure an IDP with more than one Veritas product. For example, the same IDP can be configured with NetBackup and with APTARE.

Note the following requirements and limitations:

  • You must have a SAML 2.0 compliant identity provider configured in your environment.

  • Only identity providers that use AD or LDAP directory services are supported. ADFS (Active Directory Federation Services) is currently the only supported IDP for the NetBackup Appliance.

  • IDP configuration is managed by using the Main > Settings > Security > Authentication > SingleSignOn command. You can configure only one IDP for SSO.

  • SAML users cannot use the APIs. API keys are used to authenticate a user and therefore cannot be used with SAML-authenticated users.

  • SSO login is currently supported only to the NetBackup Appliance Web Console (web console).

  • Global logout is not supported.

SSO configuration is supported from the NetBackup Appliance Shell Menu (shell menu). The following describes an overview on how to configure and enable SSO for an appliance.

Table: Process overview for SSO configuration

Step

Task

Description

1

Obtain the IDP metadata XML file.

The SAML metadata that is stored in XML files is used to share configuration information between the IDP and the appliance. The IDP metadata XML file is used to add the IDP configuration to the appliance.

The following options are available:

  • Download the IDP metadata XML file from the service provider and upload it to the general share on the appliance.

  • Provide the URL address of the IDP metadata XML file for the appliance to download.

2

Configure SSO on the appliance.

Configure the appliance for SSO from the following shell menu view:

Main > Settings > Security > Authentication > SingleSignOn

3

Authorize SSO users and user groups.

Configure appliance access for SSO users and user groups from the following shell menu view:

Main > Settings > Security > Authorization

You can grant administrator or AMS privileges to SSO users and user groups.

To perform the complete SSO configuration process, see the following topic:

See Configure single sign-on (SSO) for a NetBackup Appliance.