The Action User Profiles area shows any users that were created for use with Actions. These are most commonly used when running Host CLI Actions. Each user has a username and password, should include a valid domain, and can have description information. These must match accounts created on the host system (Windows, Mac OS, Ubuntu, Linux). You also must have logged into the system with that account so its profile is created.
Action User Profiles screen
- If a Job doesn't complete when running an Action using your Windows Actor and Action User Profile, verify that your host Windows environment is configured correctly. This includes verifying that the DLL was installed and the Windows Registry keys were updated. For more information, see Issues with Action User Profiles for details about configuring the user account and installing the Actor.
- If a Windows user linked to an Action User Profile has had access to the command prompt disabled by a Group Policy or Registry change, Host CLI Actions run by a Windows Actor and Action User Profile are blocked.
Creating Action User Profiles
- For Action User Profiles to work with Actors installed on CentOS using the installable software, the Actor must be installed using root.
- For Mac Actors that are running macOS 11 or later, user accounts must be set to default to the bash shell. See Configuring MacOS Users for Bash for more information.
- Go to Environment > Action User Profile.
- Click Add Action User Profile.
- In the Add Action User Profile form, enter the necessary information, and then click Submit.
Username: Specify the account you created on your gold image for the Director to use to run Actions.
Password: Specify the password for the username entered above.
Domain (Optional): Enter the domain the user is represented.
NOTE: You should always enter a valid domain in the Domain field, otherwise it can cause errors. For example, adding a
.in this field causes the User Profile to try to logon to the local system account for the user, which prevents it from logging in automatically when you are running Host CLI Actions. See Issues with Action User Profiles for more information.User Type: Select Admin, Root, or User, matching the type of user on the OS.
Friendly Name (Optional): Enter an alternate name for the Action User profile. When populated, this name will be displayed for the user in an Action's runtime parameters and on the Job Results page.
Description (Optional): Enter additional information about the User Profile.
Add Action User Profile form