The SSH credentials are used for a remote inventory on Linux and unix-like platforms.
The credential store offers three different types of credentials for SSH authentication:
•user name / password
•user name / private key
•user name / private key file
A private key or a private key file can be secured by a passphrase. A passphrase can be set in the Authentication Key Passphrase field. The passphrase is stored in the credential store in an encrypted form. A private key without a passphrase is stored in the credential store in an encrypted form.
The SSH credentials include the information on how the elevation of privileges is done or if the user specified for credentials is assumed to be a super user on the target host. It is possible to specify a password for the elevation of privileges for targets where, for example, sudo would prompt for a password when using it to run a command with elevated privileges.
