Configuring proxy for call home

You can configure proxy for call home events by providing the proxy related parameters during or after configuration of call home.

The following switches are required for setting up proxy for call home.

--proxy-ip PROXY-IP-HOSTNAME
                        Provide hostname or IP for proxy configuration
                        configuration.
--proxy-port PROXY-PORT
                        Provide port number for proxy
                        configuration.
--proxy-userid PROXY-USERNAME
                        Provide userid for proxy configuration.
--proxy-password PROXY-PASSWORD
                        Provide password for proxy

Proxy configuration by itself fails if it is used without a call home configuration.

This is an example of configuring proxy along with the configuration for call home events.

# /opt/ibm/ess/tools/bin/esscallhomeconf -N essems1 --proxy-ip host.example.com 
--proxy-port 5028 --proxy-userid johndoe --proxy-password secret -m IBM -n "Jane Doe" -e janedoe@example.com -t 5121234567 -g "United States" -u "United States" -r "11400 Burnet Rd" 
-y Austin -a TX -z 78758 --icn 123456789
[WARNING] Only one node should be used here. Use daemon hostname for EMS or IO node name here. Preferbly EMS daemon node name.
[INFO] Picking first nodename from the provided list to configure callhome.
Started configuring proxy
Setting proxy customer details
Successfully set the customer details for proxy.
Successfully set the DAILY schedule for proxy.
Successfully set the WEEKLY schedule for proxy.
Direct connection will be used for proxy.
Successfully set the direct connection for proxy.
Successfully set the group configuration for proxy.
Proxy configuration completed.

# mmcallhome info list
group    customerName   customerID   email                 countryCode   type   primary-contact   primary-contact-phone   machine-city   machine-zip   machine-address   machine-country   machine-state
-------- -------------- ------------ --------------------- ------------- ------ ----------------- ----------------------- -------------- ------------- ----------------- ----------------- ---------------
global   IBM            123456789    janedoe@example.com   US            production Jane Doe          5121234567              Austin         78758         11400 Burnet Rd   United States     TX