How to compile and run openwsman from GIT ?

After checking out the project from git, create a build directory with

mkdir build

cd into it

cd build
cmake ..
make

See package/openwsman.spec.in for running cmake in 'release' mode

Most likely you will need to install some of the packages, depending on the distribution you are running.

Pre-build (RPM) packages for many distributions are available at the openSUSE build service

Packages and other software needed:

• libxml2
• sblim-sfcc (from the sblim project)
• swig and python for python binding support
• other development packages like cmake, gcc, etc.

After all packages are installed, compile everything and install. The server can run as a daemon, which would require root access; But it can be run in the foreground with debugging messages printed to stdout as well. This the help output when you run:

/usr/sbin/openwsmand --help
Usage:
  openwsmand [Option...] WS-Management Server

Help Options
  -?, --help

Application Options
  -S, --ssl                                       Use SSL port
  -q, --version                                   Display application version
  -d, --debug                                     Start daemon in foreground and turn on debugging
  -s, --syslog=0-6                                Set the verbosity of syslog output.
  -e, --enum-idle-timeout=default 100             Enumeration Idle timeout in secs
  -c, --config-file=<file>                        Alternate configuration file
  -p, --pid-file=<file>                           PID file
  -r, --subscription-repository-location=<uri>    Subscription Repository Location
  -a, --auth-dir=<directory>                      Authentication plugin dir (testing)
  -b, --basic-password-file=<file>                Basic password file (testing)
  -P, --plugin-dir=<directory>                    Dispatcher plugins directory (testing)

Running with SSL enabled

openwsmand requires a certificate when running in SSL mode (-S option). This can be created by running the owsmangencert.sh script available in ./etc (after build) resp. /etc/openwsman (after install).

Configuration file

Starting from version 0.1.1 a configuration file is needed. you can find an example in the ./etc directory. The configuration file has the following syntax:

[server]
port = 5985
#ssl_port = 5986
ssl_cert_file = /etc/openwsman/servercert.pem
ssl_key_file = /etc/openwsman/serverkey.pem
#digest_password_file = /etc/openwsman/digest_auth.passwd
basic_password_file = /etc/openwsman/simple_auth.passwd
enum_idle_timeout = 5000

max_threads = 1

#use_digest is OBSOLETED, see below.

#
# Authentication backend for BASIC authentication. Default is to read a configuration file defined with 'basic_password_file'
#

#basic_authenticator = libwsman_pam_auth.so
#basic_authenticator_arg = openwsman


[client]
port = 5988
agent = openwsman 2.2.4

[cim]
default_cim_namespace = root/cimv2

# The following are in part fake namespaces for some publicly available CIM implementations.
vendor_namespaces = OpenWBEM=http://schema.openwbem.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2,Linux=http://sblim.sf.net/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2,OMC=http://schema.omc-project.org/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2,Reef=http://reef.sblim.sf.net/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2,CWS=http://cws.sblim.sf.net/wbem/wscim/1/cim-schema/2

Running openwsman server

To start the server in the foreground, run:

/usr/sbin/openwsmand  -d

You can also specify the configuration file to be used on the command line using the -c option.

Running openwsman client

wsman is the client command line tool for executing WSMAN requests against the openwsman server:

/usr/bin/wsman --help-all

Usage:
  wsman [Option...] <action> <Resource Uri>

Help Options
 -?, --help
 --help-all                                      Show help options
 --help-enumeration                              Enumeration Options
 --help-tests                                    Test Cases
 --help-cim                                      CIM Options
 --help-flags                                    Request Flags
 --help-event                                    Subscription Options

Enumeration
 -m, --max-elements=<max number of elements>     Max Elements Per Pull/Optimized Enumeration
 -o, --optimize                                  Optimize enumeration results
 -E, --estimate-count                            Return estimation of total items
 -M, --enum-mode=epr|objepr                      Enumeration Mode
 -U, --enum-context=<enum context>               Enumeration Context (For use with Pull and Release)

Tests
 -f, --from-file=<file name>                     Send request from file
 -R, --print-request                             print request on stdout
 -Q, --request                                   Only output reqest. Not send it.
 -S, --step                                      Do not perform multiple operations (do not pull data when enumerating)

CIM
 -N, --namespace=<namespace>                     CIM Namespace (default is root/cimv2)
 -B, --binding-enum-mode=none|include|exclude    CIM binding Enumeration Mode
 -T, --cim-extensions                            Show CIM Extensions
 -W, --references                                CIM References
 -w, --associators                               CIM Associators

Flags
 -x, --filter=<filter>                           Filter
 -D, --dialect=<dialect>                         Filter Dialect
 -t, --operation-timeout=<time in sec>           Operation timeout in seconds
 -e, --max-envelope-size=<size>                  maximal envelope size
 -F, --fragment=<fragment>                       Fragment (Supported Dialects: XPATH)

Event subscription
 -G, --delivery-mode=<mode>                      Four delivery modes available: push/pushwithack/events/pull
 -Z, --notification-uri=<uri>                    Where notifications are sent
 -r, --subscription-expiry-time=<seconds>        subscription expiry time in seconds
 -H, --heartbeat=<seconds>                       Send hearbeat in an interval
 -l, --bookmark                                  Send bookmark
 -i, --subscription-identifier=<uuid:XXX>        Used to specify which subscription
 -L, --notify-reference-properties=<xs:anyURI>   Notify Reference Properties

Application Options
 -d, --debug=1-6                                 Set the verbosity of debugging output.
 -c, --cacert=<filename>                         Certificate file to verify the peer
 -A, --cert=<filename>                           Certificate file. The certificate must be in PEM format.
 -K, --sslkey=<key>                              SSL Key.
 -u, --username=<username>                       User name
 -g, --path=<path>                               Path
 -J, --input=<filename>                          File with resource for Create and Put operations in XML, can be a SOAP envelope
 -p, --password=<password>                       Password
 -h, --hostname=<hostname>                       Host name
 -b, --endpoint=<url>                            End point
 -P, --port=<port>                               Server Port
 -X, --proxy=<proxy>                             Proxy name
 -Y, --proxyauth=<proxyauth>                     Proxy user:pwd
 -y, --auth=<basic|digest|gss>                   Authentication Method
 -a, --method=<custom method>                    Method (Works only with 'invoke')
 -k, --prop=<key=val>                            Properties with key value pairs (For 'put', 'invoke' and 'create')
 -C, --config-file=<file>                        Alternate configuration file
 -O, --out-file=<file>                           Write output to file
 -V, --noverifypeer                              Not to verify peer certificate
 -v, --noverifyhost                              Not to verify hostname
 -I, --transport-timeout=<time in sec>           Transport timeout in seconds

To create a password file, use the htpasswd and htdigest utilities from the Apache distribution.

You can connect to the server with the following command, which is part of the DMTF WS-Management specification

wsman identify -h <hostname> --port 5988 -u wsman --password secret

The above command should give the following result:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<s:Envelope xmlns:s="http://www.w3.org/2003/05/soap-envelope" xmlns:wsmid="http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wsman/identity/1/wsmanidentity.xsd">
 <s:Header/>
 <s:Body>
  <wsmid:IdentifyResponse>
   <wsmid:ProtocolVersion>http://schemas.dmtf.org/wbem/wsman/1/wsman.xsd</wsmid:ProtocolVersion>
   <wsmid:ProductVendor>openwsman</wsmid:ProductVendor>
   <wsmid:ProductVersion>2.2.4</wsmid:ProductVersion>
  </wsmid:IdentifyResponse>
 </s:Body>
</s:Envelope>