Security Compliance

Activate your SEM appliance using the CMC activate command

The activate command can be found under the appliance menu in the CMC console. It is used for securing your SEM appliance.

First published date

10/19/2018 9:31 PM

Last published date

12/3/2020 7:44 PM

Overview

. This command allows specification of certain SEM and network configuration settings such as the following:

  • Disabling the unsecured console port.
  • Changing your CMC account password.
  • Exporting the security certificate of your SEM appliance. 
  • Recovering forgotten CMC passwords.

Product section

Security Event Manager

Resolution

  1. Open the Command Prompt.
    • For Virtual Console: Enter Advanced Configuration.
    • For SSH Client: Log in using your CMC credentials.
  2. In the CMC prompt, enter appliance. 
    cmc::acm# indicates you are in the appliance configuration menu. 
  3. Enter activate.    

  4. You will be prompted to provide and confirm a new password for your cmc account.

    The characters will not display as you type them. 

  5. Select Yes to specify a Static IP (Recommended).
  6. Set the following properties:
    • IP Address
    • Subnet Mask
    • Gateway
    • Qualified domain name of the DNS domain
    • DNS server IP address

      Contact your network administrator if you are unsure of the values for the above properties.

  7. Select Yes to specify a hostname, or No to accept the default hostname.

    The hostname must NOT contain any upper case letters or special characters, except hyphens. Enter only the hostname, and not FQDN. 

    Optional step: You can select Yes to specify a white list of IP addresses that can access SolarWinds SEM Reports.

  8. Follow the prompts to export the SSL certificate of the virtual appliance to a network share. This certificate is needed to ensure secure communication between your SEM Console and your SEM virtual appliance.
  9. Install the SSL certificate on all computers where the SEM Console is installed. For more information, see Export and install the SolarWinds SEM Console certificate.

Your SEM appliance should now be activated through the CMC activate command. 

You can view the entered network configurations at any time by running the viewnetconfig command.