.. _powershell-local-authenticator:

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Local Authentication
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With Local Authentication the requestor will authenticate
directly with the target host to establish a connection.

.. image:: ../../_static/authentication/images/powershell_cred_local.png

The fields available with Local Authentication are:

 * Account Type

 	* The type of account specified in the credential.
 	  Accounts can be of type Local or Active Directory.

 * Hostname/IP

     * The device hostname or IP address for the SSH connection.
       This field is required.

 * Username

    * The username for an SSH or user account on the device.
      This field is optional.

 * Password

    * The password for an SSH or user account on the device.
      This field is optional.

 * Timeout (ms)

    * The timeout value to use when authenticating with the credential.
      The value specified should be in milliseconds.

 * Encrypted

 	* If the communication with remote hosts will make use of HTTPS or not.

 * Port

    * The port number for the WinRM connection.
      Default: ``5986``. This field is required.

.. note::

    If you make use of self signed certificates when using `Encrypted`
    communication between hosts, you will have to anchor an intermediate
    or root certificate to the `SL1` collector's trust bundle. In SL1
    this is located at `/etc/pki/ca-trust/extracted/pem/tls-ca-bundle.pem`.


.. note::

    Powershell Proxy Hostname/IP field is not supported.