Watch4net: How to setup the Watch4net admin account to use Solutions Enabler in read-only (Monitor) mode

Products

• VMware

Environment

VMware Smart Assurance - Watch4Net/M&R

Resolution

How to setup the Watch4net admin account to use Solutions Enabler in read-only (Monitor) mode
How to add a Watch4net user to use Solutions Enabler

How do I add a non-root Watch4net user to Solutions Enabler




To allow a non-root Watch4net user local access to the Solutions Enabler SymCLI API commands with appropriate read-only (Monitor) permissions, do the following:

1. Open an operating system console and log in to the host as root (Linux) or as a user with administrator-level privileges (Windows).
2. Change to the SYMAPI configuration directory. By default, the directory is:
    
3. • Linux: /var/symapi/config
   • Windows: %PROGRAMFILES%\EMC\SYMAPI\config
     
      
4. Edit the daemon_users file and add the following line:
   
   apg storapid <all>
   
   
5. Create a file named role.txt and add the following content:
   
   assign user apg to role Monitor;
   
   
6. Run the symauth command to commit (use the command symcfg list to get the SymmId):
   
   symauth f role.txt sid <SID> commit
   
   
7. Validate the user apg is getting the appropriate role by executing the command:
   
   symauth list users