Service Connections

You can add and manage connections to third-party services on the Service Connections page in your Recast Management Server.

Service Connection Types

Service Connection Prerequisites

To configure service connections in your Recast Management Server, RMS must be installed with Recast Proxy.




View Service Connections

The Service Connections page displays the connections that allow your Recast Management Server to query information from third-party services. 

You can find the page in RMS by navigating to Administration > Service Connections.

Service connection information:

  • Confirmed: Shows whether a service connection is confirmed as available for use. You can confirm a service connection that is not currently available by clicking View/Edit and the Confirmed check box.
  • Connection: Service connection name
  • Type: Active Directory, Azure Active Directory (Entra ID), MEMCM, MBAM. See Service Connection Types.
  • Actions
    • View/Edit service connection details
    • Test the connection between your Recast Management Server and a third-party service.
    • Delete a service connection so that your Recast Management Server will no longer request data from the third-party environment.

Recast Management Server - Service Connections page



Add a Service Connection

To add a service connection:

1. On the Service Connections page in the Recast Management Server interface, click Add Service Connection.

2. Select a connection Type: ActiveDirectory, MEMCM, MBAM, AzureActiveDirectory (Entra ID).

3. Name the new connection and add details associated with the connection type, such as the Tenant ID, Client ID, and Client Secret key.

4. Select a Proxy Computer Name and Proxy User Name from the drop-down lists.

5. Click the Confirmed check box to ensure that the service connection is available for use.

6. Click Submit.




Edit a Service Connection

To edit a service connection:

1. In your Recast Management Server, navigate to Administration > Service Connections.

2. Click the Edit button to the right of a service connection.

3. Edit service connection details (these will differ according to the connection type).

4. You can also uncheck Confirmed if you don't want the service connection to be available for use.

5. Click Submit to save your edits.




Include a Service Connection in a Dashboard Scan

You can choose to include one or more existing service connections in a Right Click Tools web dashboard scan to query third-party environments.

To select a service connection:

1. On any web dashboard, click Select Service Connections.

2. In the side panel that opens, select from the list of available service connections.

3. Click Save & Run Scan.




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