Connecting to a DMA with the SLNetClientTest tool
Before you can use any of the SLNetClientTest tool functions, you must first connect to a DMA:
In the Connection menu, click Connect.
In the Connect window, select the host DMA.
Indicate how the connection has to be established, in the Connection Type section:
Option Description Autodetect Connects to the local machine or a remote machine using a method that will be detected automatically. gRPC Supported from DataMiner 10.3.0/10.3.2 onwards. Connects to the local machine or a remote machine via the APIGateway service using the GRPCWeb protocol. When you choose this option, you can specify a custom port (default: 443) and a custom endpoint (default:/APIGateway)..NET Remoting (legacy) Connects to the local machine or a remote machine using .NET Remoting. When you choose this option, you can specify a custom port (default: 8004).IPC (only local) Connects to the local machine using IPC. In the Authentication section, specify the necessary options, and then click Connect:
Single sign-on
Note
- You will be logged on with your current Windows user account.
- External authentication is not yet supported.
Explicit credentials (with Force Authenticate Local User option)
Ticket
Debug SAML (not yet fully supported)
Note
The Debug SAML option is currently still being developed, so we recommend using the procedure mentioned under Collecting the SAML response for this instead. You should only use the Debug SAML option in the SLNetClientTest tool if this is recommended by a contact from e.g. Skyline tech support, and this contact has provided you with the necessary means to ensure that the tool functions as expected. After that, when you select this option before connecting to a DMA that uses external authentication via SAML, two pop-up windows will appear, displaying the SAML requests and SAML responses respectively.
Warning
Always be extremely careful when using this tool, as it can have far-reaching consequences on the functionality of your DataMiner System.