Setting up a Security Center Federation™ in a hosted system - Security Center SaaS Edition | Security Center 5.9

Cloud-Hosted Security Center SaaS Edition Deployment Guide 5.9

Applies to
Security Center SaaS Edition | Security Center 5.9
Last updated
2020-11-30
Content type
Guides
Guides > Deployment guides
Language
English
Product
Security Center SaaS edition
Version
5.9

To set up a Security Center Federation™ in a hosted system, you must connect the Security Center Federation™ role to the remote Security Center system, and select events to federate.

Before you begin

What you should know

In a hosted system, all the Security Center Federation™ roles needed to federate your remote systems are created in advance for you. You must then configure these roles to connect to your remote systems with the required options.

Procedure

  1. Log on to the hosted system using Config Tool.
  2. Open the System task, and click the Roles view.
  3. In the entity tree, select the required Security Center Federation™ role and click the Properties tab.
  4. Configure the following options:
    Allow untrusted connections
    (Stratocast™ system only) Allow connections to Security Center servers using legacy authentication.
    Directory
    Name of the main server for the remote Security Center system.
    Username and password
    Credentials used by the Federation™ role to log on to the remote Security Center system. The rights and privileges of that user determine what your local users can see and do on the federated remote system.
    Resilient connection
    When this option is turned on (default=OFF), if the connection between the Federation™ role and the federated Security Center Directory server is temporarily interrupted, the Federation™ role attempts to reconnect to the Directory for a set amount of time before the connection is considered lost and the role goes into a warning state.
    NOTE: Activating Resilient connection is highly recommended for remote systems that might have an unstable connection to the cloud.
    Reconnection timeout
    Specify the number of seconds that the Federation™ role attempts to reconnect to the Directory before the connection is considered lost.
    Forward Directory reports
    When this option is turned on (default=OFF), user activities (viewing cameras, activating the PTZ, and so on) and configuration changes performed at the remote site can be viewed from the Federation™ host through the Activity trails and Audit trails reports, as long as the Federation™ user has the privileges and access rights to view them.
    IMPORTANT: Forward Directory reports is only supported with 5.8 systems and higher (including federations). This means that if your federated system is 5.7 and lower, the Forward Directory reports option is greyed out and not available.
    Default live stream
    Default video stream used for viewing live video from federated Security Center cameras.
    Enable playback requests
    When this option is turned on, users can view playback video from federated Security Center cameras.
    Federate alarms
    When this option is turned on, alarms are received from the federated Security Center system.
    Federated events
    Select the events you want to receive from the federated Security Center system. Events are necessary if you plan to monitor the federated entities in Security Desk, or to configure event-to-actions for the federated entities.
  5. Click Apply.
    The Security Center Federation™ role () is configured.

    The connection status should say Synchronizing entities, or Connected.

  6. After the role has successfully connected to the remote system, open the Area view task.
  7. Expand the Security Center Federation™ role () in the area view, and ensure all the federated entities were imported by the role.
    The entity hierarchy corresponds to the area view on the federated remote system.
    NOTE: It can take up to an hour after a new role is synchronized for video to work.