Management HTTP Server First-Time Initialization

Introduction

The System Management Homepage is the One-Stop-Centralized simple view for all the management information and configuration data generated by HP Web-enabled System Management software and utilities. The status of the Management software and utilities installed on the system is aggregated on the System Management Homepage. Integrated Help on the Homepage provides all the pertinent help information for the Management software and utilities on the system.

The System Management Homepage group configuration feature enables Insight Manager 7 to retrieve a set of configuration data from HP Web-enabled System Management software on a reference system and distribute that configuration data to one or more target systems. In addition, some System Management Homepage parameters are group configurable via Insight Manager 7. For more information regarding group configuration, refer to the Technical Reference Guide located on the Management CD or via the web at www.hp.com/servers/proliant/manage.

What is Management HTTP Server?

The Management HTTP Server is a web server embedded in much of HP’s Web-enabled System Management software.

Management HTTP Server First-Time Initialization

Overview

After a product that uses the Management HTTP Server has been installed and configured, there are a few things that occur the first time the Management HTTP Server is initiated. Upon initialization, the Management HTTP Server creates a private key and a corresponding self-signed base64 encoded certificate. This process only occurs the first time that the Management HTTP Server is started, not every time it is started. This certificate is a base64 encoded PEM file. The certificate is stored on the file system as \compaq\wbem\cert.pem. The \compaq\wbem subdirectory also contains the private key. In order to protect the key, this subdirectory is only accessible to administrators if the file system allows it. For private key security reasons, it is highly recommended that the Management HTTP Server be installed on NTFS systems.

Note: For Microsoft Windows operating systems, the \compaq\wbem subdirectory must exist on an NTFS file system in order for the private key to have administrator-only access through the file.

If you feel that the private key has been compromised, the administrator can delete the \compaq\wbem\cert.pem file and restart the server. This action prompts the Management HTTP Server to generate a new certificate and private key.

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