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We are working to try and setup Insight Balance to monitor the in guest OS. (servers as it's listed in Balance)
I see how to add credentials and to specify a proxy server, but I cannot find in the documentation where it says what rights/roles are needed to monitor inside of the guest.
So for example, when setting up a credential for our Linux VM's, what right/role does that credential need in the guest OS?
While I'm sure you could give the credential root in Linux or local administrator in Windows, is there a specific role/rights that we can give it so that it doesn't need full root/admin rights?
If so, is this documented somewhere?
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Hi Drew,
This is documented in the Installation and Configuration Guide, under password authentication for Linux/UNIX servers. Have you configured the sudoers file on each of the Linux VMs? You need to add the Balance user to /etc/sudoers using the visudo command.
The following entries must be in your sudoers file, which can only be modified by running visudo as root. visudo can be found in /usr/local/sbin.
Defaults !env_reset
username hostname=NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk,/sbin/scsi_id,/lib/udev/scsi_id,/usr/local/bin/inq,/sbin/powermt,/usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxdmpinq,/usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxscsiinq,/usr/sbin/vxdisk,/sbin/dmsetup,/bin/mdadm,/sbin/lvm,/usr/local/bin/scsli,/opt/QLogic_Corporation/SANsurferCLI/scsli
where:
- username is the username for accessing the Linux/UNIX server.
- hostname is the FQDN/IP of the Linux/UNIX server. The hostname can be ALL to allow a connection from any host. (ALL) after the “=” is the UID with which you are allowed to sudo.
The default locations are assumed for these utilities. To enable a password prompt, change NOPASSWD to PASSWD.
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Hi Drew,
This is documented in the Installation and Configuration Guide, under password authentication for Linux/UNIX servers. Have you configured the sudoers file on each of the Linux VMs? You need to add the Balance user to /etc/sudoers using the visudo command.
The following entries must be in your sudoers file, which can only be modified by running visudo as root. visudo can be found in /usr/local/sbin.
Defaults !env_reset
username hostname=NOPASSWD: /sbin/fdisk,/sbin/scsi_id,/lib/udev/scsi_id,/usr/local/bin/inq,/sbin/powermt,/usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxdmpinq,/usr/lib/vxvm/diag.d/vxscsiinq,/usr/sbin/vxdisk,/sbin/dmsetup,/bin/mdadm,/sbin/lvm,/usr/local/bin/scsli,/opt/QLogic_Corporation/SANsurferCLI/scsli
where:
- username is the username for accessing the Linux/UNIX server.
- hostname is the FQDN/IP of the Linux/UNIX server. The hostname can be ALL to allow a connection from any host. (ALL) after the “=” is the UID with which you are allowed to sudo.
The default locations are assumed for these utilities. To enable a password prompt, change NOPASSWD to PASSWD.
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mhowes,
This is exactly what I was looking for. Thanks for your help!
Not sure how I missed it in the configuration guide...
Drew
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Glad to hear it!
Mike