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)