Creating AIX Runtime Expert profiles

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Use existing samples in the /etc/security/artex/samples directory to create a new profile with the artexget command. The sample profiles are a template for you to create a profile that you can modify and save into a custom file.

To create a profile with all of the parameters supported by AIX® Runtime Expert, complete the following steps:
  1. Configure and tune your system to have the desired settings for a new profile.
  2. Go to the samples directory: /etc/security/artex/samples
  3. Run the following command to create a new profile named custom_all.xml: 
    artexget -p all.xml > /directory_for_new_profile/custom_all.xml
    Note: The custom_all.xml profile can be used to configure other systems that have a similar current system configuration.
To create a profile for a specific component, such as network options, complete the following steps:
  1. Configure and tune your system to have the desired settings for a new profile.
  2. Go to the samples directory: /etc/security/artex/samples.
  3. Create a new profile named custom_no.xml from the existing sample profile, noProfile.xml, by running the following command:
    artexget -p noProfile.xml > /directory_for_new_profile/custom_no.xml

The newly created profiles can be customized by changing or removing the values of the parameters using an XML editor or any text editor.

The custom profiles can be uploaded to LDAP server to use from multiple AIX systems. To upload the profiles to LDAP server, use the tools provided by LDAP.