Launch the Web Access Console

The privileged web access console enables you to securely add, access, edit, and remove your endpoints by connecting to them remotely through the B Series Appliance. To begin accessing endpoints using the privileged web access console, launch the console as outlined below.

Launch the Web Access Console Using /console

This is the quickest way to access the web console.

Privileged Web Access Console Interface

  1. In the address bar of your browser, enter your BeyondTrust site hostname followed by /console, for example, access.example.com/console.
  2. Enter the username and password associated with your BeyondTrust user account.
  3. Click Login to start your web-based access console session.

 

FIDO2-certified authenticators can be used to securely log in to the desktop access console, privileged web access console, and the /login administrative interface without entering your password. You can register up to 10 authenticators.

If passwordless login has been enabled, Authenticate Using may default to Passwordless FIDO2, or it can be selected. The exact process for passwordless login depends on the type of device and manufacturer.

You can enable passwordless login and set the default authentication after logging into the /login administrative interface, by navigating to Management > Security, and then registering passwordless authenticators at My Account > Security. Administrators can view and manage passwordless login registration and usage at Users & Security > Users > Passwordless Authenticators

Passwordless login for the desktop access console on macOS or Linux systems is supported only for roaming authenticators (such as the YubiKey hardware security keys). Platform or integrated authenticators (such as Face ID and fingerprint scanners) are not supported for the desktop access console login when using macOS or Linux systems.

Launch the Web Access Console Using /login

By default, this option is not available. To launch the web console from the /login administrative interface, you must navigate to Management > Security and check Allow Mobile Access Console and Privileged Web Access Console to Connect.

  1. In the address bar of your browser, enter your BeyondTrust site hostname followed by /login, for example, access.example.com/login.
  2. Enter the username and password associated with your BeyondTrust user account, and click Login, or log in using passwordless authentication.
  3. Click Consoles & Downloads in the left menu, or click the user icon in the upper-right corner of the screen. The image below shows both options selected.

Both options for logging into the web console.

  1. Click Launch Privileged Web Access Console on the Consoles & Downloads screen or on the user options window.

Privileged web access console interface with Logout button highlighted

  1. The privileged web access console opens in a new tab, and you can begin working with endpoints.

To log out of the access console, click the user icon in the upper-right corner of the screen and click Log Out. This does not log you out of the /login administrative interface. To log out of the /login administrative interface, click the user icon in the upper-right corner of that screen and click Log Out.

Privileged Web Access Console Preferences

Web rep Preferences menu

The language and color scheme options visible when the user icon is clicked in the /login administrative interface affect only that interface. To set preferences in the web access console, click the user icon in the upper-right corner of the web access console, and then click Preferences. Select your preferences in the pop-up window.

 

Preference Menu Options

Select your preferred color scheme. You can switch between Light and Dark modes, or System, which uses whatever mode is selected for your system.

Select any of the automatic options you would like to use:

  • Automatically collapse the Session Queues panel when a session is selected.
  • Automatically collapse the Jump Groups panel when a Jump Item is selected.
  • Automatically open the chat sidebar in new sessions.
  • Automatically collapse the Volumes panel when a file is selected in the File Transfer view.