Connecting a USM Anywhere to a USM Central

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The My Subscription page displays if your deployment Entire process involved in installation, configuration, startup, and testing of hardware and software in a specific environment. has been connected to a USM Central A federation console that enables centralized security monitoring for multiple AlienVault USM Anywhere and AlienVault USM Appliance deployments. or if there are no connections.

Deployment Status

USM Central is a unified console that gives you a single place to monitor and manage multiple USM deployments. USM Anywhere displays if you have your deployment connected to a USM Central, the status of that connection, the domain, and when it was connected.

Deployment Status Types
Status Description
Connected The deployment is connected to the USM Central environment.
Not Connected The deployment is not currently connected to USM Central.
Connection Denied A connection request was initiated from the deployment and the request was denied from the USM Central console.
Connection Request Sent

A connection request was initiated from the deployment and is awaiting an acceptance or denial.

You can accept or decline the request in the USM Central console.

Connecting

The USM Central is waiting for a USM Anywhere connection.

To connect a USM Anywhere to USM Central

  1. Go to Settings > My Subscription.
  2. Go to the License Information section and click Configure MSSP Service.
  3. My Subscription Main Window, Connection to USM Central

    The Connection to USM Central dialog box opens.

    My Subscription Main Window, Connection to USM Central

  4. Click Connect.
  5. Enter the domain for the USM Central instance.
  6. Click Connect.
  7. The system sends a request to USM Central.

    My Subscription Main Window, Connection to USM Central

    The connection is not complete until the user accepts the connection request. See USM Central Connections for more information.

    Once the request has been accepted, the deployment has been connected.

    My Subscription Main Window, Connection to USM Central