Configure your Open Text application to Authenticate Using the Key Agent

If your your Open Text application application supports Secure Shell connections, you can use this procedure to configure it to authenticate using the Key Agent.

To configure your Open Text application to authenticate using a key in the agent

1. Add a private key to the Key Agent, or import a certificate.

2. Configure the host:

   If you are authenticating	Do this
   Using keys	Upload the public key.
   Using certificates	Install the CA certificate on the host and configure the host for user authentication with certificates. (Refer to your Secure Shell server documentation for more information.)

3. Launch your your Open Text application application that supports Secure Shell connections and open the Reflection Secure Shell Settings dialog box.

4. From side menu, select the User Authentication section, make sure that Public Key is selected. If you want to ensure that only public key authentication is used, clear the other options.

5. From the side menu, select User Keys. In the Key Agent section of the dialog select Allow Agent Forwarding. The keys and certificates in the Reflection Key Agent are included in the list of available keys.

6. In the User Keys list view, select the key(s) or certificate(s) you want to use to authenticate to the currently specified host, and select OK.