Administering the Management Account Using a Policy

Jamf Pro Documentation 11.16.0
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11.16.0
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11.16.0

You can use a policy to administer the management account, allowing you to rotate the account password. When enabled, the Rotate the account password option rotates the management account password with 29 characters using the LAPS configuration in the Jamf Pro API. For more information, see the Local Administrator Password Solution for Jamf Pro technical paper.

  1. In Jamf Pro, click Computers in the sidebar.
  2. Click Policies in the sidebar.
  3. Click New.
  4. Use the General payload to configure basic settings for the policy, including the trigger and execution frequency.
  5. Select the Management Account payload, and then select the Rotate the account password checkbox.
  6. Click the Scope tab and configure the scope of the policy.
  7. (Optional) Click the Self Service tab and make the policy available in Self Service.
  8. (Optional) Click the User Interaction tab and configure messaging and deferral options.
  9. Click Save .

The policy runs on computers in the scope the next time they check in with Jamf Pro and meet the criteria in the General payload.