How to Configure a BeyondTrust Data Source
Set up a BeyondTrust data source to discover user accounts and groups from your BeyondTrust Password Safe environment.
Prerequisites
- A BeyondTrust instance with an active Password Safe environment.
- A user account with API access for the Hydden data source. Hydden can work with BeyondTrust SMEs to follow a least privilege model.
Adding the BeyondTrust Module to a Client
The BeyondTrust module must be added to a configured client in Hydden before you can collect data.
- Navigate to Configuration | Discover, select the Clients tab.
- Locate your client for the BeyondTrust collection, click the Edit button.
- In the Modules field, add the Vault module.
- Click Update.
Configure Your Hydden BeyondTrust Data Source
- Log in to your Hydden tenant.
- Navigate to Configuration | Discover and select Data Sources, or go to
https://portal.hydden.com/configuration/data-sources. - Click + Add Data Source.
- From the configuration wizard, under Vault, select the BeyondTrust logo tile.
- For Name, enter an easy-to-identify name for the data source.
- You may skip the optional Preset field. Pre-configured data source presets can be selected from the drop-down or added via the +.
- If you already created your credential, select it from the Credential drop-down. If not, click + to create one now.
- The first field defaults to BeyondTrust.
- In the Name field, enter a name for your credential.
- In the Username field, enter the username of the account configured for BeyondTrust Password Safe access.
- In the API Key field, enter the API key for the access account.
- In the Instance URL field, provide the BeyondTrust Password Safe URL.
- Click Add.
- You may skip the optional Schedule field. Select a pre-configured collection schedule from the list or add a new one via +.
- Under Site, specify the site where your client is installed. Use "default" if there is only one client for your organization.
- Custom Properties is optional. If needed, enter
key=valuepairs (for example,environment=production). - Click Add to save the data source.
TIP
Click Run Now to start a collection immediately after saving.
NOTE
If custom mapping rules are required, refer to the Advanced Configuration section in the Data Source Overview topic.
After a collection completes, your BeyondTrust accounts appear on the Identity Posture dashboard, in Global Search, and in the Search Library.
