In order to use BlueCat Server Update Services (BSUS) to configure your DNS/DHCP Servers, BSUS must establish an SSH connection to the DNS/DHCP servers. It does so to install a BSUS application on the DNS/DHCP Server so that the server can communicate with BlueCat Server Update Services and perform any upgrades when requested.
If all of your DNS/DHCP Servers use the same username and password, within the Global Settings, you can configure a global account in the Global SSH User Account section to use as a default. BSUS will use the global account to fill in the username and password when adding DNS/DHCP Servers to a batch.
For security reasons, the API returns a placeholder password named
"placeholderpassword" instead of the genuine password. When
adding a server for creating a new batch, if the placeholder password is sent,
the genuine password specified by BSUS will be used to establish an SSH
connection.
Click the Administration tab, then click SSH Credentials.
Enter the following information:
Username: Enter the common username that will be used when adding a new DNS/DHCP Server.
Password: Enter the common password that will be used when adding a new DNS/DHCP Server.
Click Update to save the credentials.