{"id":7603,"date":"2017-09-28T16:30:16","date_gmt":"2017-09-28T22:30:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jumpcloud.com\/blog\/?p=7603"},"modified":"2024-11-14T17:33:09","modified_gmt":"2024-11-14T22:33:09","slug":"server-account-management","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jumpcloud.com\/blog\/server-account-management","title":{"rendered":"Server Account Management"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
The management of server accounts is changing dramatically. Historically, server account management was done manually. There were a number of reasons for this, but it didn\u2019t need to be automated or require a system. Today, servers are a core part of the IT infrastructure with many times more servers than endpoints in an organization. As a result, <\/span>automated server account management<\/span><\/a> has become more critical than ever.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n There are a number of reasons why IT organizations are paying more attention to their identity management platform \u2013 especially as it relates to their server infrastructure. A couple of decades ago, <\/span>servers were generally located on-prem<\/span><\/a> with the organization itself, or they were located in a data center. Either way, they were very close and had physical access to the machines, and if not physical it would have direct logical access via a VPN. This enabled IT organizations to treat servers as essentially an extension of their internal network. If they happened to use Microsoft Windows servers, the process was even easier because they could leverage <\/span>Microsoft Active Directory\u00ae<\/span><\/a> to control identities. If they were using Unix or Linux, then the task was largely manual. If they were reasonably forward thinking, they might have <\/span>OpenLDAP\u2122<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\nThe Importance of Server Account Management<\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n