How is WBEM enabled on Linux based servers for Discovery?

WBEM is a key protocol used to discover and monitor Linux and UNIX operating systems. This article describes how to configure a Linux Centos system with WBEM. Other Linux distributions may have alternate methods but the overall process is similar.

In This example, WBEM will be enabled on the Cruz OVA which is installed on Centos 

1. login in to Linux. Use and app like putty and login for example 

      ssh synergy@10.110.0.137

      su root

      synergyP@$$

2. You can cut and paste the rest of these command or enter 1 x1  You may need to manulay set password  at the end.

 

      yum install -y openlmi

      systemctl start tog-pegasus

      systemctl enable tog-pegasus

      firewall-cmd --permanent --add-port 5989/tcp

      firewall-cmd --reload

      passwd pegasus

      pegasus


3. Now you can discover with WBEM using credentials pegasus/pegasus

Here a discovery profile used to discover the the linux servers.

  • Specify the IP, IPs or range 
  • Add  SSH CLI credentials
  • Add WBEM_HTTPS authentication