D Completing certificate exchange

Introduction

NOTE: The information in this section applies only in the situation where Application Discovery Version 4.0 agents are running on managed nodes in the monitored network. Application Discovery 4.1, 6.x and 7.0 agents and servers do not require SSL certificate exchange for secure data transmission.

Application Discovery uses Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) certificates to authenticate and secure data transmission between Application Discovery agents and the Application Discovery server. Once Application Discovery components are installed, the accompanying certificate information for Application Discovery server and for Application Discovery agent must be exchanged to allow the server and agents to recognize legitimate transmissions.

Certificate exchange can be done within Systems Insight Manager or from the command line on the central management server.

Using System Insight Manager to complete certificate exchange

1.Initiate certificate exchange by selecting Configure Matrix OE AgentsExchange AD Agent Certificates from the top menu.

2.Select the HP-UX systems where you want the exchange to occur using the System Insight Manager system selection list. Click Apply.

3.Verify the system selection and click Next.

4.A description is displayed of the action about to take place. When you are sure that you want to exchange certificates so that the Application Discovery agent can begin reporting data to the server, click Run now to complete the certificate exchange.

NOTE:

If you find that you are unable to exchange certificates from within System Insight Manager, check the following:

That you have the correct permissions associated with your login ID.

That the targeted managed node is authorized to accept remote commands from System Insight Manager.

To set the correct SSH configuration that authorizes the acceptance of remote commands, type the following command on the CMS:

mxagentconfig -a-nmanaged_system -ulogin -ppassword

where managed_system is the name of the target system for which you want to enable remote communication, login is the user name on the managed system, and password is the password of that user on the managed system.

Completing certificate exchange from the command line

From the command line, you can exchange certificates with one managed host at a time.

1.Log in as a privileged user on the managed system.

2.Assuming installation to default directories, type from the command line:

/opt/amgr/bin/agent_config -start

-uoption supported on HP-UX only:

You might be prompted to provide a password for the specified user for the system login. You must supply the password in order to proceed.

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