Basic startup options for the cimconfig command

You can change basic startup options for the CIMOM with the cimconfig command.

The following list describes the startup options and default values for the cimconfig command. None of the basic startup options are dynamic.

enableHttpConnection

Allows user access through the httpPort, using HTTP TCP/IP communication. The default is false, which means that the CIM server will not listen at the httpPort. Set this property to true if you are certain your environment is secure.

If this property is set to false, then enableHttpsConnection should be set to true to allow HTTPS connections.

Default value

false

enableHttpsConnection

Allows user access through the httpsPort, using HTTPS TCP/IP communication. The default is true because an HTTPS connection has better security than an HTTP connection.

Default value

true

httpPort

Port to listen for HTTP requests. If set, then this must be set to a valid port number, and it overrides the port number of the wbem-http service in the TCP/IP services table. If not set, then the port from the wbem-http service is used. If neither this property nor the wbem-http service port is set, then a hard-coded default of 5988 is used.

This property only takes affect if enableHttpConnection is set to true.

Default value

5988

httpsPort

Port to listen for HTTPS requests. If set, then this must be set to a valid port number, and it overrides the port number of the wbem-https service in the TCP/IP services table. If not set, then the port from the wbem-https service is used. If neither this property nor the wbem-https service port is set, then a hardcoded default of 5989 is used.

This property only takes affect if enableHttpsConnection is set to true.

Default value

5989

httpAuthType

Type of HTTP authentication (Basic, Kerberos).

Note: You should not use Basic authentication unless the one or both of the following conditions are true:

• You are using HTTPS.
• You have a highly secure environment, where passing clear-text passwords is not an issue.

This property determines the authentication to be performed over the HTTP and HTTPS ports (but see also the sslClientVerificationMode property). This property does not determine the authentication over the wbem-exp-https port (see the enableSSLExportClientVerification property).

Default value

Basic

Note: If the value of the httpAuthType is set to Basic, the user's password is sent in the clear. If this option is set to an unrecognized value the httpAuthType will automatically default to Kerberos.

kerberosServiceName

If the httpAuthType is set to Kerberos, this sets the Kerberos service name for the CIMOM service, which should match the CIMOM service name configured in the key distribution center (KDC).

Default value

cimom