When Cisco Secure ACS is installed, the installation adds several Windows
services
. The services
provide the core of Cisco Secure ACS functionality. The Cisco Secure ACS
services on the computer running Cisco Secure ACS include the following
:
- CSAdmin – Provides the HTML interface for administration of Cisco Secure
ACS.
- CSAuth – Provides authentication services.
- CSDBSync – Provides synchronization of the CiscoSecure user database with
an external RDBMS application.
- CSLog – Provides logging services, both for accounting and system
activity.
- CSMon – Provides monitoring, recording, and notification of Cisco Secure
ACS performance, and includes automatic response to some scenarios.
- CSTacacs – Provides communication between TACACS+ AAA clients and the
CSAuth service.
- CSRadius – Provides communication between RADIUS AAA clients and the CSAuth
service.
Each module can be started and stopped individually from within the
Microsoft Service Control Panel or as a group from within the Cisco Secure ACS
HTML interface.