Using key IDs

It can take up to an hour for a password change to be fully propagated in Web Security Cloud. To avoid downtime when updating the password, there are multiple passwords that are automatically generated in Web Security Cloud, and each password has a key ID assigned.

See the following example of use:

1. In the SMC Management Client, three NGFW Engines are configured to use key ID 1. The password for key ID 1 is 123xxxxxx.
2. In Web Security Cloud, an additional password (321yyyyyy) is assigned to key ID 2.
3. One by one, the SMC administrator configures the three NGFW Engines to use key ID 2.

   Because both key ID 1 and key ID 2 can be used to access Web Security Cloud, there is no downtime.

4. When all the NGFW Engines have been configured to use key ID 2, the Web Security Cloud administrator can regenerate the password for key ID 1 in Web Security Cloud.