Renewing the Transfer Key

As a system administrator in charge of the security at your company, you must make sure that the Agents are authenticated. If you are applying the NO Authentication Method and you need to authenticate the Agent again, for example after an upgrade, the Agent must connect to the Automation Engine system again. For this purpose, you have the option to Renew the Transfer Key.

The Transfer Key is the key that is shared by two communication partners within an Automation Engine system. It is generated either before or during the first connection between the Automation Engine and an Agent. It is valid for just one connection. It is used to authenticate the communication partners and to generate the session key.

To Renew the Transfer Key

1. Log on to Client 0 and open the Administration perspective.
2. Expand the Agents & Groups menu in the Administration pane and select Agents.

3. Right-click the Agent and select Renew Transfer Key.

See also:

• Agent Authentication
• Authenticating
• System Hardening
• Security Concept