User guide

NetXtreme II User Guide

September 2013

Broadcom Corporation

Page 128 Detailed Procedures Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-R

WS-MAN AND CIM-XML—LINUX CLIENT

No special software components are required on the Linux client system to use the HTTP except installing the BACS

management application. However, for WS-MAN installations, you can optionally configure the HTTPS protocol for use with

BACS.

Configure HTTPS on Linux Client

Follow these steps if you want to use HTTPS rather than HTTP (WS-MAN only):

1. Follow the instructions in Generate a Self-Signed Certificate for Windows/Linux Server.

2. Import Self-Signed Certificate on Linux Client:

On Linux distributions, note the following certificate directory:

• For all SuSE versions, the certificate directory is /etc/ssl/certs.

• For RedHat, the certificate directory can be different for each version. For some versions, it is /etc/ssl/certs or

/etc/pki/tls/certs. For other versions, find out the certificate directory.

Copy

hostname.pem

, which you created in Generate a Self-Signed Certificate for Windows/Linux Server, into the

certificate directory of the Linux client. For example, if the certificate directory is /etc/ssl/certs, copy

hostname.pem

to /etc/ssl/certs.

a. Change directory to /etc/ssl/certs.

b. Create a hash value by running the following command.

openssl x509 -noout -hash -in hostname.pem

A value such as the following will be returned.

100940db

c. Create a symbolic link to the hash value by running the following command:

ln -s hostname.pem 100940db.0

3. Test HTTPS/SSL Connection from Linux Client

Use the following command to test whether the certificate is installed correctly on Linux:

# curl -v --capath /etc/ssl/certs https://Hostname or IPAddress:5986/wsman

If this fails, then the certificate is not installed correctly and an error message displays, indicating to take corrective action.

Install BACS Management Application

1. Download the latest BACS management application RPM package.

2. Install the RPM package as:

rpm -i BACS-{version}.{arch}.rpm