Cisco Cisco Firepower Management Center 4000
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FireSIGHT System User Guide
Chapter 51 Configuring Appliance Settings
Managing Remote Storage
Step 7
Optionally, click
Test
.
The test ensures that the Defense Center can access the designated host and directory.
Step 8
Click
Save
.
Your remote storage configuration is saved.
Using SSH for Remote Storage
License:
Any
You can select
SSH
to use secure copy (SCP) to store your reports and backups. Optionally, select the
Use
Advanced Options
check box to use one of the mount binary options as documented in a SSH mount man
page.
Caution
If you enable STIG compliance on an appliance, you cannot use SSH for remote storage for that
appliance. For more information, see
appliance. For more information, see
.
To store backups and reports using SSH:
Access:
Admin
Step 1
Select
System > Local > Configuration
.
The Information page appears.
Step 2
Click
Remote Storage Device
.
The Remote Storage Device page appears.
Step 3
At
Storage Type
, select
SSH
.
The page refreshes to display the SCP via SSH storage configuration options.
Step 4
Add the connection information:
•
Enter the IP address or hostname of the storage system in the
Host
field.
•
Enter the path to your storage area in the
Directory
field.
•
Enter the storage system’s user name in the
Username
field and the password for that user in the
Password
field. To specify a domain, precede the user name with the domain followed by a forward
slash (/).
•
To use SSH keys, copy the content of the
SSH Public Key
field and place it in your authorized_keys
file.
Step 5
If there are any required command line options, select
Use Advanced Options
.
A
Command Line Options
field appears where you can enter mount binary options.
Step 6
Under System Usage, select either or both of the following:
•
Select
Use for Backups
to store backups on the designated host.
•
Select
Use for Reports
to store reports on the designated host.
Step 7
Optionally, click
Test
.
The test ensures that the Defense Center can access the designated host and directory.