Configure air gap solution for Microsoft SCCM in a high-secure server

Configure the air gap solution for the Service Graph Connector for Microsoft SCCM in your high-secure server.

Before you begin

Role required: admin

Procedure

1. Navigate to Workspaces > CMDB Workspace > SGC Central > Create connection.

2. Select the air gap template.

   1. In the Setup stage of the playbook, select the Select alias template activity.

   2. Select SCCM Air Gap.

   3. Select Continue.

3. Download and run the PowerShell scripts to set up an air gap connection.

   1. In the Setup stage of the playbook, select the PowerShell Script Download activity.

   2. Select Download Airgap Scripts.

   3. Download the SgSCCMHighSecureSetup.ps1 and GetSCCMData.ps1 PowerShell scripts from the link provided in the Download Airgap Scripts section.

4. Log on to your high-secure server.

5. Create a Microsoft SCCM directory.

   All the configurations required for the air gap solution are created in the Microsoft SCCM directory.

6. Copy the GetSCCMData.ps1 and SgSCCMHighSecureSetup.ps1 PowerShell scripts that you downloaded in step 3.c to the Microsoft SCCM directory.

7. Start a PowerShell session, and run the SgSCCMHighSecureSetup.ps1 script to generate the JSON configuration file that is used by the GetSCCMData.ps1 script.

   1. At the prompt, enter the path for the Microsoft SCCM data directory that you created in step 5.

   2. Enter a name for the configuration file, or press the Return key to accept the default value.

   3. Enter the values for the global properties, or press the Return key to accept the default values.

      • logDirectory: Specify the location to store the log file from the GetSCCMData.ps1 script.
      • host: Specify the host name for your Microsoft SCCM instance.
      • dbname: Specify the SCCM database name.
      • port: Specify the port on which the Microsoft SCCM instance allows API calls.
      • pageSize: Specify the number of records to be fetched in a Microsoft SCCM API call.
      • credentialsPath: Specify the location to store the Microsoft SCCM credentials XML file.
        1. Specify names for the data source data directories, or press the Return key to accept the default values.

      The directories are created if they don’t already exist.

   4. Enter the Microsoft SCCM credentials in the Windows PowerShell credential request pop-up window.

   5. Exit the PowerShell session.

8. Provide write and delete permissions for the Microsoft SCCM data directory and the child directories (created in step 5) to the account that will run the GetSCCMData.ps1 script.

   Delete permissions are required for old records to be cleaned up.

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