Resources can be grouped together for easier management. The grouping can be done either by specifying a set of criteria or by specifying individual resources. When you provide a criteria, whenever a new resource is added that matches the criteria, it also becomes part of that group.
Resource groups created by the administrator users can be shared with
other users or user groups. Whenever resources get added or deleted from
a group, it affects the password access shared through the group. That
is, users who are shared with the group can see passwords of only the
resources that are part of the group at that point in time.
Password policy can be specified for the resource groups, which will be
used for password generation for resources of that group. Note that a
password policy specified for a resource will override the group-level
setting.
The resource grouping helps in carrying out operations in bulk on all the resources of the group.
Go to "Resources" tab in the web interface
Click "Resource Groups" tab (alternatively, you can launch this page directly through the "Add Resource Group" link under the "Links" tab)
In the Add Resource Group UI that opens,
Choose your option for creating a resource group. Either you can create a group based on certain matching criteria or you can pick resources from the list of resources and assign them to the group.
Select the option "Based on Criteria"
Enter the name for the group against the text field "Group Name"
Provide a "Description" for the group. It will be helpful for future reference
Select a "Password Policy" for the group
Specify the exact criteria based on which you want to create the group. Here, you have many options to choose from - you can search for resources based on resource name, resource type, resource description and user accounts and filter the search in fine-grained manner based on the criteria such as "contains", "does not contain", "equals" "not equal", "starts with" and "ends with".
Once you specify the criteria, click "Search" if you want to view the list of resources that will become part of this group
Click "Add" to add your resource group
Select the option "Based on Resources"
Enter the name for the group against the text field "Group Name"
Provide a "Description" for the group. It will be helpful for future reference
Select a "Password Policy" for the group. If you select "Strong" (say), it would be applicable to all the members of this resource group
Select the required resources to be added to this group
Click "Save" to add your resource group
To view the resources belonging to a particular Resource Group,
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