Considerations for configuring multiperson authorization
Prerequisites:
At least three security administrators are required to enable multiperson authorization.
Note that:
Security administrators can enable, disable, and edit access control policies.
Service accounts cannot approve pending requests.
Policy creator cannot exempt themselves during creation.
Notifications are sent to specified email recipients for approval requests.
The number of approvals required can range from 2 to 10.
Pending requests can be cancelled by the requester.
Security administrators can deny any pending requests.
Security observers can view all policies and pending requests.
Other users can view requests they created or can approve.
Quorum is evaluated independently for each approver role. If a single user holds multiple approver roles defined in the policy, that user's approval counts toward the quorum for each role they hold.
Review the following considerations related to custom policies:
A custom policy can be created only after the access control policy is enabled.
If a custom policy exists, the access control policy cannot be disabled.
When a custom policy is created, it must have at least one operation. It is possible to edit an existing custom policy and remove all the operations.
To enable multiperson authorization for an operation, it must be added to a new or existing custom policy.
Security administrators can create, edit, or delete custom policies. Users with custom roles can also perform these operations if they have the permission.
Creating a new custom policy does not require multiperson authorization approval; editing or deleting a custom policy requires quorum from other security administrators.
When an operation is removed from a custom policy, any pending requests for that operation are automatically rejected.
An Active Directory user can be exempted only if the user is imported with a domain-qualified user name (
DOMAIN\username) and the same name is added to the list.Use the short domain name, such as
FLEXAD\user. DNS domain names, such asflexad.local\user, are not supported. If the NetBIOS name of the domain differs from the configured short domain name, use the configured short domain name.Users who can access the appliance only through an imported user group cannot be exempted individually. To exempt such a user, import the user individually.
After a user is re-imported, generate a new personal API token. Tokens generated before the user is re-imported are not exempted.