NAME

       cmciConnect() - Create a CMCIClient object and connection

SYNOPSIS

       #include <cmci.h>

       CMCIClient*
       cmciConnect(constchar*hostName,constchar*scheme,
       constchar*hostPort,constchar*CimUsername,
       constchar*CimPassword,CMPIStatus*rc);

       CMCIClient*
       cmciConnect2(constchar*hostName,constchar*scheme,
       constchar*hostPort,constchar*CimUsername,
       intverifyMode,constchar*trustStore,
       constchar*certFile,constchar*keyFile,
       constchar*CimPassword,CMPIStatus*rc);

DESCRIPTION

       Create  a CMCIClient object and initialize it with the CIMOM connection hostname and port,
       the security credentials to log into the CIMOM, and the internals for sending requests and
       receiving responses from the CIMOM.

       Arguments  are  the  hostName  and  hostPort  to  connect, the CimUsername and CimPassword
       credentials for authentication with the CIMOM, and a pointer to an object to  receive  the
       CMPIStatus operation status.

       The  function cmciConnect2 has the same purpose but offers extra parameters to control SSL
       operations.

       verifyMode specifies whether the server  certificate  for  an  SSL  connection  is  to  be
       verified.  If  set to CMCI_VERIFY_NONE the server ceritificat will not be verified, if set
       to CMCI_VERIFY_PEER it will be verified agains the certificates in trustStore.

       trustStore contains the name of a file containing CA or client certificates against  which
       the server certificate will be verified if verifyMode is set to CMCI_VERIFY_PEER.

       certFile  specifies  the  name  of  a  file  containing a client certificate which will be
       presented to the CIM  server,  if  the  CIM  server  implements  certificate-based  client
       authentication. Must be set to NULL, if no client certificates are available.

       keyFile  specifies  the  name  of  a  file  containing the private key for the certificate
       specified via certFile.  Must be set to NULL, if no client certificates are available.

RETURN VALUE

       When successful the cmciConnect function returns a pointer to a dynamically allocated  and
       initialized  CMCIClient  object  with  a  successful  operation  status  code  set.   When
       unsuccessful it returns NULL and sets rc object with  the  error  code  and  corresponding
       error string.

ERRORS

EXAMPLES

          CMCIClient *cc;

          /* Setup a local conncetion to the CIMOM */
          cc = cmciConnect("localhost", NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL, NULL);

CONFORMING TO

SEE ALSO

       Common Manageability Programming Interface (CMPI) - OpenGroup,
       CMCIClient(3), CMPIStatus(3)