Editing configuration preferences

You can use the monitorcli.conf file to specify settings to use every time you run a command.

The CLI configuration files have this format:

{
"defaultSettings": {
"checkSSLCert": "[false|true]",(optional)
"server": "<hci-hostname>",(optional)
"realm": "[local|<security-realm-name>]",(optional)
"username": "<your-username>",(optional)
"password": "<your-password>" (optional)
}
}

For example, with the following configuration, all commands:

• Are run against the hci.example.com system.
• Check the SSL certificate for the system before connecting.
• Uses the exampleUsersEast security realm to authenticate the specified username and password:

  {
  "defaultSettings": {
  "checkSSLCert": "true",
  "server": "hci.example.com",
  "realm": "exampleUsersEast"
  }
  }

These criteria determine what values are used when you run a CLI command:

• Options specified explicitly in a CLI command
• Options specified in the user's home directory .conf file
• Options specified in the CLI installation directory .conf file