Managing Resource Account Groups

Constraints

• As a system user who has permissions for the Account module, when you view account group, you can view accounts of your department and the superior department. However, for the accounts of the superior department, you can view only the account list but not the account details.
• If you have permissions for the Account Group module, you can remove an account of superior department out of the account group. However, as a user in a low-level department, you have no permissions to add those removed accounts back to your current account group.

Prerequisites

You have the operation permissions for the Account module.

Viewing the Resource Account Group List

1. Log in to your bastion host.
2. Choose Resource > Account Group. On the displayed account group list page, you can quickly search for the target resource account group.

   Quick search: Select a search field and enter a keyword in the search box.

Creating a Resource Account Group

1. On the Account Group page, click New on the right. In the displayed New Account Group dialog box, configure basic information about the account group.

   Table 1 Parameters for creating an account group

   Parameter	Description
   Account Group	The name you specify for the group. This name must be unique in a bastion host.
   Remarks	(Optional) Provides supplementary information about the account group.

2. Click OK. You can then view the newly created account group in the account group list and add account to it. For more details, see Adding Accounts to an Account Group.

Editing Basic Information About a Resource Account Group

1. On the Account Group page, click an account group name or click Manage in the Operation column to go to the account group details page.
2. Click Edit on the right of the basic information area. In the dialog box displayed, edit the account group name and description.
3. Confirm the information and click OK.

Editing Resource Accounts in an Account Group

Method 1

1. On the Account Group page, click an account group name or click Manage in the Operation column to go to the account group details page.
2. Click Add on the right of the account group member area. In the displayed dialog box, select the account you want to add to the group.

   You can search for the target resource account by resource account, associated resource, host address, or application address.

3. Confirm the information and click OK.
4. Click the name of the target resource account or View in the Operation column to view the detailed information about the resource account.
5. Click the name of an associated resource to view the resource details.
6. To remove a resource account from the current account group, locate the target account and click Remove in the Operation column.

Method 2: Adding resource accounts to an account group

1. In the account group list, locate the target account group and click Add Account in the Operation column.
2. In the displayed dialog box, select the resource account to be added to the group.

   You can search for the target resource account by resource account, associated resource, host address, or application address.

3. Confirm the information and click OK.

Removing a Resource Account from an Account Group

Method 1: Removing resource accounts from an account group by referring to method 1 in Editing Resource Accounts in an Account Group

Method 2

1. In the account group list, click Remove Account in the Operation column of the target account group.
2. In the displayed dialog box, select the resource account you want to remove from the group.

   You can search for the target resource account by resource account, associated resource, host address, or application address.

3. Confirm the information and Click OK.

Batch Verifying Resource Accounts in an Account Group

You can verify managed resource accounts by account group in just a few clicks.

1. On the Account Group page, select the target account group and click Test and verify below the account group list.
2. Configure Connect Timeout and Done notification.
   • The default Connect Timeout interval is 10 seconds. If the network condition is poor, increase the Connection Timeout interval.
   • By default, no task completion notifications will be sent.
   • To receive notifications, select Email. Additionally, you can view the verification results on the Tasks page.

3. Click OK. Go to the Account page and view the verification results in the Status column.

Deleting a Resource Account Group

1. On the Account Group page, locate the row containing the target account and click Delete in the Operation column.
2. In the dialog box displayed, confirm the information and click OK.
   

   After an account group is deleted, the resource accounts associated with the account group are removed from the group. Deleting an account group does not affect the original configurations of the resource accounts in the group.