Tenable Vulnerability Management - Create User

Tenable Vulnerability Management - Create User creates a new user in Tenable Vulnerability Management for:

• Users (only) returned by the selected query or assets selected on the relevant asset page.

Required Fields

These fields must be configured to run the Enforcement Action.

• Use stored credentials from the Tenable Vulnerability Management adapter - Enable this option to use credentials from the adapter connection (mandatory). By default, the first connection is selected.

  • When you select this option, the Select Adapter Connection drop-down becomes available. Select the adapter connection to use for this Enforcement Action.

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Note

To use this option, you must successfully configure a Tenable Vulnerability Management adapter connection.

• Compute Node - The Axonius node to use when connecting to the specified host. For more details, see Working with Axonius Compute Nodes.

Additional Fields

These fields are optional.

• Draft - When selected, the user is only created in Axonius.
• Role Permissions - Select a role permission from the list to assign to the user.
• First Name, Last Name, Email, Username - Additional personal details of the user.
• First-login password generation method - Select whether this user should set its first-long password manually, or if this password should be generated automatically.
  • If you select Manual Password, enter a value in the Password field. The password must meet the following requirements: Minimum length of 12 characters; at least one uppercase letter; at least one lowercase letter; at least one number; and at least one special character (!, @, #, $, %, etc.).

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Connection and Credentials

When Use stored credentials from the adapter is toggled off, some of the connection fields below are required to create the connection, while other fields are optional.

• Tenable Vulnerability Management domain - The IP address or hostname of your Tenable Vulnerability Management management server.

• Access API key and Secret API key - These values must be created in the Tenable Vulnerability Management console. To generate an API key in theTenable Vulnerability Management console, see Generate an API Key.

• Verify SSL (optional) - Select whether to verify the SSL certificate of the server against the CA database inside of Axonius. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.

• HTTPS Proxy (optional) - Connect the adapter to a proxy instead of directly connecting it to the domain.

• Justification reason - Enter the reason for creating this user.

• Gateway Name - Select the Gateway through which to connect to perform the action.

APIs

Axonius uses the Tenable Create User API. Use the POST /users API endpoint.

Required Permissions

• Administrator [64] user role