Cisco Ise 13 User Guide
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Procedure Step 1LogintotheAdminportal. Step 2ChooseAdministration>System>Logging>RemoteLoggingTargets. Step 3ClickAdd. Step 4Enteranameforthesecuresyslogserver. Step 5ChooseSecureSyslogfromtheTargetTypedrop-downlist. Step 6ChooseEnabledfromtheStatusdrop-downlist. Step 7EntertheIPaddressoftheCiscoISEMonitoringnodeinyourdeployment. Step 8Enter6514astheportnumber.ThesecuresyslogreceiverlistensonTCPport6514. Step 9Choosethesyslogfacilitycode.ThedefaultisLOCAL6. Step 10ChecktheBufferMessagesWhenServerisDowncheckbox.Ifthisoptionischecked,CiscoISEstoresthe logsifthesecuresyslogreceiverisunreachable,periodicallychecksthesecuresyslogreceiver,andforwards themwhenthesecuresyslogreceivercomesup. a)Enterthebuffersize. b)EntertheReconnectTimeoutinsecondsforCiscoISEtoperiodicallycheckthesecuresyslogreceiver. Step 11SelectaCAcertificatethatyouwantCiscoISEtopresenttothesecuresyslogserver. Step 12UnchecktheIgnoreServerCertificatevalidationcheckbox.Youmustnotcheckthisoption. Step 13ClickSubmit. Enable Logging Categories to Send Auditable Events to the Secure Syslog Target YoumustenableloggingcategoriesforCiscoISEtosendauditableeventstothesecuresyslogtarget. Procedure Step 1LogintotheAdminportal. Step 2ChooseAdministration>System>Logging>LoggingCategories. Step 3ClicktheradiobuttonnexttotheAAAAuditloggingcategory,thenclickEdit. Step 4ChooseWARNfromtheLogSeverityLeveldrop-downlist. Step 5MovethesecuresyslogremoteloggingtargetthatyoucreatedearliertotheSelectedbox. Step 6ClickSave. Step 7Repeatthisproceduretoenablethefollowingloggingcategories: •AdministrativeandOperationalAudit •PostureandClientProvisioningAudit Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 95 Configure Cisco ISE to Send Secure Syslog
Disable the TCP Syslog and UDP Syslog Collectors ForCiscoISEtosendonlysecuresyslogbetweentheISEnodes,youmustdisabletheTCPandUDPsyslog collectors,andenableonlythesecuresyslogcollector. Procedure Step 1LogintotheAdminportal. Step 2ChooseAdministration>System>Logging>RemoteLoggingTargets. Step 3ClicktheradiobuttonnexttotheTCPorUDPsyslogcollector. Step 4ClickEdit. Step 5ChooseDisabledfromtheStatusdrop-downlist. Step 6ClickSave. Step 7RepeatthisprocessuntilyoudisablealltheTCPorUDPsyslogcollectors. Offline Maintenance Ifthemaintenancetimeperiodislessthananhour,taketheISEnodeofflineandperformthemaintenance task.Whenyoubringthenodebackonline,PANwillautomaticallysynchronizeallthechangesthathappened duringmaintenancetimeperiod.Ifthechangesarenotsynchronizedautomatically,youcanmanually synchronizeitwiththePAN. Ifthemaintenancetimeperiodismorethananhour,de-registerthenodeatthetimeofmaintenanceand re-registerthenodewhenyouaddthenodebacktodeployment. Werecommendthatyouschedulethemaintenanceatatimeperiodduringwhichtheactivityislow. Note1Datareplicationissuemayoccurifthequeuecontainsmorethan1,000,000messagesoriftheISE nodeisofflineformorethan6hours. 2IfyouareplanningtoperformmaintenanceonprimaryMnTnode,werecommendthatyoutake operationalbackupoftheMnTnodebeforeperformingmaintenanceactivities. Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 96 Offline Maintenance
CHAPTER 6 Manage Administrators and Admin Access Policies •Role-BasedAccessControl,page97 •CiscoISEAdministrators,page97 •CiscoISEAdministratorGroups,page99 •AdministrativeAccesstoCiscoISE,page106 Role-Based Access Control CiscoISEallowsyoutodefinerole-basedaccesscontrol(RBAC)policiesthatallowordenycertain system-operationpermissionstoanadministrator.TheseRBACpoliciesaredefinedbasedontheidentityof individualadministratorsortheadmingrouptowhichtheybelong. TofurtherenhancesecurityandcontrolwhohasaccesstotheAdminportal,youcan: •ConfigureadministrativeaccesssettingsbasedontheIPaddressofremoteclients. •Definestrongpasswordpoliciesforadministrativeaccounts. •ConfiguresessiontimeoutsforadministrativeGUIsessions. Cisco ISE Administrators CiscoISEadministratorsusetheAdminportalto: •Managedeployments,helpdeskoperations,networkdevicesandnodemonitoringandtroubleshooting. •ManageCiscoISEservices,policies,administratoraccounts,andsystemconfigurationandoperations. •Changeadministratoranduserpasswords. AdministratorscanaccessCiscoISEthroughthecommand-lineinterface(CLI)orweb-basedinterface.The usernameandpasswordthatyouconfigureduringCiscoISEsetupisintendedonlyforadministrativeaccess totheCLI.ThisroleisconsideredtobetheCLI-adminuser,alsoknownasCLIadministrator.Bydefault, theusernamefortheCLI-adminuserisadminandthepasswordisdefinedduringsetup.Thereisnodefault Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 97
password.ThisCLI-adminuserisknownasthedefaultadminuser.Thisdefaultadminuseraccountcannot bedeleted,butcanbeeditedbyotheradministrators(whichincludesoptionstoenable,disable,orchange passwordforthisaccount). Youcancreateanadministratororyoucanpromoteanexistingusertoanadministratorrole.Administrators canalsobedemotedtosimplenetworkuserstatusbydisablingthecorrespondingadministrativeprivileges. AdministratorscanbeconsideredasuserswhohavelocalprivilegestoconfigureandoperatetheCiscoISE system. Administratorsareassignedtooneormoreadmingroups.Theseadmingroupsarepre-definedinthesystem foryourconvenience,asdescribedinthefollowingsection. Related Topics CiscoISEAdministratorGroups,onpage99 Privileges of a CLI Administrator Versus a Web-Based Administrator ACLIadministratorcanstartandstoptheCiscoISEapplication,applysoftwarepatchesandupgrades,reload orshutdowntheCiscoISEappliance,andviewallsystemandapplicationlogs.Becauseofthespecial privilegesgrantedtoaCLIadministrator,werecommendthatyouprotecttheCLIadministratorcredentials andcreateweb-basedadministratorsforconfiguringandmanagingCiscoISEdeployments. Create a New Cisco ISE Administrator CiscoISEadministratorsneedaccountswithspecificrolesassignedtoittoperformspecificadministrative tasks.Youcancreateadministratoraccountsandassignoneormorerolestoitbasedontheadministrative tasksthatanadministratorhastoperform. YoucanusetheAdminUserspagetoview,create,modify,delete,changethestatus,duplicate,orsearchfor attributesofCiscoISEadministrators. Procedure Step 1ChooseAdministration>System>AdminAccess>Administrators>AdminUsers>Add. Step 2Chooseoneofthefollowing: •CreateNewUser IfyouchooseCreateNewUser,ablankAdminUserpageappearsthatyoumustconfigure. •SelectfromNetworkAccessUsers IfyouchooseSelectfromNetworkAccessUsers,alistofcurrentusersappearsfromwhichyoucan clicktochooseauser,andthecorrespondingAdminUserpageappears. Step 3EntervaluesfortheAdministratorfields.Supportedcharactersforthenamefieldare#$’()*+-./@_. Step 4ClickSubmittocreatethenewadministratorintheCiscoISEinternaldatabase. Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 98 Cisco ISE Administrators
Related Topics TheRead-OnlyAdminPolicy CreateanInternalRead-OnlyAdmin CustomizeMenuAccessfortheRead-OnlyAdministrator MapExternalGroupstotheRead-OnlyAdminGroup Cisco ISE Administrator Groups Administratorgroups,alsocalledasrole-basedaccesscontrol(RBAC)groupsinCiscoISE,containanumber ofadministratorswhobelongtothesameadministrativegroup.Alladministratorswhobelongtothesame groupshareacommonidentityandhavethesameprivileges.Anadministrator’sidentityasamemberofa specificadministrativegroupcanbeusedasaconditioninauthorizationpolicies.Anadministratorcanbelong tomorethanoneadministratorgroup. Read-onlyfunctionalityisunavailableforanyadministrativeaccessinCiscoISE.Regardlessofthelevelof access,anyadministratoraccountcanmodifyordeleteobjectsforwhichithaspermission,onanypagethat theadministratorcanaccess. TheCiscoISEsecuritymodellimitsadministratorstocreatingadministrativegroupsthatcontainthesame setofprivilegesthattheadministratorhas,whichisbasedontheadministrativeroleoftheuserasdefinedin theCiscoISEdatabase.Inthisway,administrativegroupsformthebasisfordefiningprivilegesforaccessing theCiscoISEsystems. ThefollowingtableliststheadmingroupsthatarepredefinedinCiscoISEandthetasksthatmembersfrom thesegroupscanperform. Table 4: Cisco ISE Admin Groups, Access Levels, Permissions, and Restrictions RestrictionsPermissionsAccess LevelAdmin Group Role •Cannotperformany policymanagementor identitymanagement orsystem-level configurationtasksin CiscoISE •Cannotviewany reports •Configureguestand sponsoraccess. •Manageguestaccess settings. •Customizeend-user webportals. Managesponsor,guest,and personaldevicesportals Customization Admin Cannotcreate,update,or deletereports, troubleshootingflows,live authentications,oralarms •Runallreports •Runall troubleshootingflows •ViewtheCiscoISE dashboardand livelogs •Viewalarms Querymonitoringand troubleshootingoperations Helpdesk Admin Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 99 Cisco ISE Administrator Groups
RestrictionsPermissionsAccess LevelAdmin Group Role Cannotperformanypolicy managementor system-levelconfiguration tasksinCiscoISE •Add,edit,anddelete useraccountsand endpoints •Add,edit,anddelete identitysources •Add,edit,anddelete identitysource sequences •Configuregeneral settingsforuser accounts(attributes andpasswordpolicy) •ViewtheCiscoISE dashboard,livelogs, alarms,andreports. •Runall troubleshootingflows. •Manageuseraccounts andendpoints •Manageidentitysources IdentityAdmin Cannotperformanypolicy managementoridentity managementor system-levelconfiguration tasksinCiscoISE •Manageallreports (run,create,and delete) •Runall troubleshootingflows •ViewtheCiscoISE dashboardand livelogs •Managealarms (create,update,view, anddelete) Performallmonitoringand troubleshootingoperations. MnTAdmin Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 100 Cisco ISE Administrator Groups
RestrictionsPermissionsAccess LevelAdmin Group Role Cannotperformanypolicy managementoridentity managementor system-levelconfiguration tasksinCiscoISE •Readandwrite permissionson networkdevices •Readandwrite permissionsonNDGs andallnetwork resourcesobjecttypes •ViewtheCiscoISE dashboard,livelogs, alarms,andreports •Runall troubleshootingflows ManageCiscoISEnetwork devicesandnetworkdevice repository. NetworkDevice Admin Cannotperformany identitymanagementor system-levelconfiguration tasksinCiscoISE •Readandwrite permissionsonallthe elementsusedin policies,suchas authorizationprofiles, NDGs,andconditions •Readandwrite permissionson identities,endpoints, andidentitygroups (useridentitygroups andendpointidentity groups) •Readandwrite permissionson servicespoliciesand settings •ViewtheCiscoISE dashboard,livelogs, alarms,andreports •Runall troubleshootingflows Createandmanagepoliciesfor allCiscoISEservicesacross thenetworkthatarerelatedto authentication,authorization, posture,profiler,client provisioning. PolicyAdmin Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 101 Cisco ISE Administrator Groups
RestrictionsPermissionsAccess LevelAdmin Group Role Cannotperformany identitymanagementor system-levelconfiguration tasksinCiscoISE •Viewthe authenticationdetails •Enableordisable EndpointProtection Services •Create,edit,and deletealarms; generateandview reports;anduseCisco ISEtotroubleshoot problemsinyour network •Readpermissionson administratoraccount settingsandadmin groupsettings •Viewpermissionson adminaccessanddata accesspermissions alongwiththeRBAC policypage. •ViewtheCiscoISE dashboard,livelogs, alarms,andreports •Runall troubleshootingflows AlltasksundertheOperations menuexceptfortheEndpoint ProtectionServices,andpartial accesstosomemenuitems underAdministration RBACAdmin Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 102 Cisco ISE Administrator Groups
RestrictionsPermissionsAccess LevelAdmin Group Role Create,read,update,delete, andeXecute(CRUDX) permissionsonallCisco ISEresources. Thesuperadmin usercannotmodify thedefault system-generated RBACpoliciesand permissions.Todo this,youmust createnewRBAC policieswiththe necessary permissionsbased onyourneeds,and mapthesepolicies toanyadmingroup. Note AllCiscoISEadministrative functions.Thedefault administratoraccountbelongs tothisgroup. SuperAdmin Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 103 Cisco ISE Administrator Groups
RestrictionsPermissionsAccess LevelAdmin Group Role Cannotperformanypolicy managementor system-levelconfiguration tasksinCiscoISE Fullaccess(readandwrite permissions)toperformall activitiesunderthe Operationstabandpartial accesstosomemenuitems undertheAdministration tab. •Readpermissionson administratoraccount settingsand administratorgroup settings •Readpermissionson adminaccessanddata accesspermissions alongwiththeRBAC policypage •Readandwrite permissionsforall optionsunderthe Administration> Systemmenu •Viewthe authenticationdetails •Enableordisable EndpointProtection Services •Create,edit,and deletealarms; generateandview reports;anduseCisco ISEtotroubleshoot problemsinyour network • AllCiscoISEconfiguration andmaintenancetasks. SystemAdmin Theroleismeantonlyfor ERSauthorization supportingInternalUsers, IdentityGroups,Endpoints, EndpointGroups,andSGT •Create,Read,Update, andDeleteERSAPI requests FullaccesstoallERSAPI requestssuchasGET,POST, DELETE,PUT External RESTful Services(ERS) Admin Cisco Identity Services Engine Administrator Guide, Release 1.3 104 Cisco ISE Administrator Groups