Configuring Element Types

define the element type properties shown below, so that kron pam can identify the os of the discovered instances navigate to devices > element type create a new element type and add a google cloud tag click the next button of the related element type fill in the gcp element type pattern , gcp access protocol , and gcp ssh username properties parameter name parameter value gcp access protocol mandatory this property is used to determine the default access method for the discovered instances gcp element type pattern mandatory the pattern can be defined as multiple in one element this pattern is checked against the “image” description of the instance to determine the os type gcp ssh username mandatory for logging in not required for device import this username is used as the default login credential gcp port number optional devices are imported with the defined port number value if this value is not set, a default port number is used, such as 22 for ssh defining a new element type for each os type is required, for kron pam to autodetect devices examples centos linux, ubuntu linux, etc