Policies
The Policies module allows you to modify current policies for connected edge devices and view the usage for which the policy is applied.
Default policies are part of the system and are added during installation or upgrade.
You can create multiple policies from a default policy tailored to your environment by copying a default policy and then modifying the copy. You can make copies of any previously saved policy. Policies created in the Manufacturing Connect Admin Console are available to your connected edge devices. You cannot delete a default policy.
The Policies pane includes two sections:
- Password Policies: Allows you to modify the default password policy or copy the default password policy, rename it, and modify it to specifications. Remove a copied password policy.
- Policy Usage: Allows you to view the policy that is applied to the company and projects listed. View the number of edge devices for which the policy is applied.
See Policy for more information on how to apply a policy for a specific edge device.
To access the edge password policies UI:
- Log in to Manufacturing Connect. From the Navigation panel, select Admin Console. The Dashboard pane by default appears.
- From the Navigation panel, select Policies. The Policies pane appears.
The names and descriptions of edge device password policies as shown on the Edge Password Policies screen can be edited.
To edit password policy names and descriptions:
On the Policies page, hover the mouse cursor over the panel depicting the policy you wish to modify. A pencil icon appears.
Password policy edit button- Click the pencil icon. The policy name and description dialog box appears.
From this dialog box, the name and description of a given policy can be changed as desired. Click Cancel to discard any changes and click Save to save the changes made to the policy name and description.
Several password policy parameters can be edited on the Edge Password Policies page.
To access the password policy parameters menu:
- Click the panel of the password policy whose parameters you wish to edit.
The following parameters for passwords can be set as policy in this menu:
- Minimum password length
- Maximum password length
- Auto generated password length
- Minimum uppercase characters: Minimum allowed number of uppercase characters in a password accepted by the password policy.
- Minimum lowercase characters: Minimum allowed number of lowercase characters in a password accepted by the password policy.
- Minimum number of digits: Minimum allowed number of digits in a password accepted by the password policy.
- Special characters: The special characters users can include in a password accepted by the password policy.
- Minimum special characters: Minimum allowed number of special characters in a password accepted by the password policy.
Password policies can be copied.
To copy a password policy:
- Click the panel of the password policy you wish to copy.
- Click Copy at the bottom right section of the panel.
To view details on how to enable a policy in an edge device, see Policy Management. Once copied, you can make changes to the values in the policy and then save again.