Enabling security for the IBM WebSphere SNMP Capability
You must enable security for the IBM® WebSphere® Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) Capability (also referred to as the IBM WebSphere Snmp Agent) to connect to a security-enabled WebSphere Application Server environment. You need not follow these steps if global security is not enabled on WebSphere Application Server.
Before you begin
SNMP based performance monitoring for WebSphere Application Servertopic.
Before
you enable security for the IBM WebSphere SNMP Capability,
you must first have installed and configured it. Read the Installing
and configuring the IBM WebSphere SNMP Capability
topic
for more information.
You should enable security on the IBM WebSphere Snmp Agent after first enabling global security. Verify that the connection is established successfully and you are able to obtain the metrics and traps.
About this task
To enable security for the SOAP Connector Type, perform the following steps:
Procedure
Results
For
more information about these attributes, read Installing and configuring
the IBM WebSphere SNMP Capability
, referenced
later in this topic.
What to do next
If the connector type is RMI, there is no need to extract any certificates. You must ensure that the values for all attributes under RMImbeanServer are correct
However, if your IBM WebSphere Snmp Agent is running on a machine different from the dmgr you want to connect to, you are prompted to accept a certificate from the WebSphere Application Server dmgr machine when you connect to it for the first time. Click yes and accept that certificate. In some instances, when you start the IBM WebSphere Snmp Agent, a window is displayed that prompts you for a username and password. Enter the username and password for the WebSphere Application Server dmgr in this window.