Use the Certificate Management page to obtain the host key of the Central Management System appliance. This is the key that you will import into the global host-keys database of the managed Endpoint Security (HX) appliance.
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Note
This procedure applies to managed appliances running Release 7.6.0 or later. If the appliance is running an earlier release, see Obtaining a host key using the CLI .
Important
The host-key string may need to be modified in a Network Address Translation (NAT) deployment. For details, see Configuring global host-key authentication in a NAT deployment .
Log in to the Central Management System Web UI.
Click the Settings tab.
Click Certificates/Keys on the sidebar.
Locate the Appliance Public Key string in the Keys section.
Copy the string starting with the IP address.
Do one of the following:
Paste the key into the managed HX CLI, as described in Importing a host key into the global host-keys database using the CLI.
Paste the key into the Central Management System Web UI, as described in Importing a host key into the global host-keys database using the Web UI.
Paste the key into a text file and save it for later.