Securing access
Before you start your
notification adapter, check that the appropriate authentication is set in the
security configuration files. Depending on your adapter, you will need to
modify default values or add authentication records to one or both of these
files:
- The clientConnect.conf file since the notification adapter acts as a client when it connects to anVMware Smart AssuranceManager.
- The serverConnect.conf file if the notification adapter acts as a server and is registered with theVMware Smart AssuranceBroker. Tablesm_notify parameters and descriptionslists the name parameters used to register the notification adapter with the Broker. A notification adapter acting as a server will need to authenticate incoming connections from users or other applications.These security configuration files are located in the BASEDIR/smarts/conf directory of the .The contains information about security and configuring the clientConnect.conf and serverConnect.conf files.