Configure SSH Integration

To integrate with SSH:

1. Log in to Tenable Vulnerability Management.

2. In the upper-left corner, click the button.

   The left navigation plane appears.

3. In the left navigation plane, click Settings.

   The Settings page appears.

4. Click the Credentials widget.

   The Credentials page appears. The credentials table lists the managed credentials you have permission to view.

5. Click the button next to the Credentials title.

   The credential form plane appears.

6. In the Host section, click Windows.

   The selected credential options appear.

7. In the Authentication Method drop-down, select Lieberman.

   The Lieberman options appear.

8. Configure the Lieberman credentials.

   Option	Description	Required
   Username	The target system’s username.	yes
   Lieberman host	The Lieberman IP/DNS address. Note: If your Lieberman installation is in a subdirectory, you must include the subdirectory path. For example, type IP address or hostname / subdirectory path.	yes
   Lieberman port	The port on which Lieberman listens.	yes
   Lieberman API URL	The URL Tenable Vulnerability Management uses to access Lieberman.	no
   Lieberman user	The Lieberman explicit user for authenticating to the Lieberman RED API.	yes
   Lieberman password	The password for the Lieberman explicit user.	yes
   Lieberman Authenticator	The alias used for the authenticator in Lieberman. The name should match the name used in Lieberman. Note: If you use this option, append a domain to the Lieberman user option, i.e., domain\user.	no
   Lieberman Client Certificate	The file that contains the PEM certificate used to communicate with the Lieberman host. Note: If you use this option, you do not have to enter information in the Lieberman user, Lieberman password, and Lieberman Authenticator fields.	no
   Lieberman Client Certificate Private Key	The file that contains the PEM private key for the client certificate.	no
   Lieberman Client Certificate Private Key Passphrase	The passphrase for the private key, if required.	no
   Use SSL	If Lieberman is configured to support SSL through IIS, check for secure communication.	no
   Verify SSL Certificate	If Lieberman is configured to support SSL through IIS and you want to validate the certificate, check this option. Refer to Custom CA documentation for how to use self-signed certificates.	no
   Targets to Prioritize Credentials	(missing or bad snippet)	no
   System Name	In the rare case your organization uses one default Lieberman entry for all managed systems, enter the default entry name.	no
   Custom password prompt	The password prompt used by the target host. Only use this setting when an interactive SSH session fails due to Tenable Vulnerability Management receiving an unrecognized password prompt on the target host's interactive SSH shell.	no

9. Click Save.

10. To verify the integration is working, click the Launch button to initiate an on-demand scan.

    

11. Once the scan has completed, select the completed scan and look for Plugin ID 97993 and the corresponding message - It was possible to log into the remote host via SSH using 'password' authentication. This validates that authentication was successful.