Patent ID: 9489499
Filing Date: 2016-11-08
CPC Classification: G06F,H04L

Claim Text:
1. A method comprising; implementing, by executing instructions on a central processing unit (CPU) coupled to a memory, a centralized configuration management system for managing a plurality of diverse computer systems, each having different respective native security principals; displaying an object graph to a user, each node of the object graph corresponding to a respective one of the diverse computer systems; receiving a request at the centralized configuration management system, from the user, for action on a particular managed computer system, the requested action being the user's ability to browse a node in the object graph corresponding to the particular managed computer system; authorizing the user's access to the node in the object graph based on the user's security context; obtaining an automation principal for the particular managed computer system corresponding to the node, the automation principal being associated with the user and the particular managed computer system, wherein the automation principal is a native security principal of the particular managed computer system; obtaining an authorization credential for the automation principal based on the user's security context; connecting to the node using the obtained authorization credential; browsing the node; and displaying a result to the user.