Can the fglcmd utility be installed on a host that is not a Foglight Management Server? (4311136)

Yes it is possible to run fglcmd utility remotely.
 

Steps to setup fglcmd remotely

1. Locate fglcmd.zip on the [FMS_HOME]/tools directory from the FMS (Foglight Management Server)
2. Transfer the zip file to the desired host
3. Unzip the contents of the file into a known directory (e.g. ~/client/*)
4. Confirm that Java 8 is installed (e.g. java -version)
5. Create a new fglcmd.sh (if running on Linux) or fglcmd.bat (if running on Windows)

Example fglcmd.sh for Linux

# Set or replace ${JAVA_HOME} with the path to the JRE directory
# Set or replace ${CLIENT_DIR} with the path to the where the Foglight client files were extracted
"${JAVA_HOME}/bin/java" -server -jar "${CLIENT_DIR}/foglight-cmdline-client.jar" "$@"
# Remember to grant execution privileges to this script (chmod +x fglcmd.sh)

Example fglcmd.bat for Windows

rem Set or replace %JAVA_HOME% with the path to the JRE directory
rem Set or replace %CLIENT_DIR% with the path to the where the Foglight client files were extracted
"%JAVA_HOME%\bin\java.exe" -server -jar "%CLIENT_DIR%\foglight-cmdline-client.jar" %*

Considerations when running fglcmd remotely

• When running the fglcmd to a remote FMS, specify the -srv (which is the foglight server hostname) and the -port (which is the port number of the Foglight web console)
  • Example: fglcmd.bat -usr foglight -pwd foglight -srv hostname.example.com -port 8080 -cmd schedule:list
• If the remote FMS only accepts connections over SSL, the command will need to include -ssl parameter
  • Example: fglcmd.bat -usr foglight -pwd foglight -srv hostname.example.com -ssl -port 8443 -cmd schedule:list
• When using SSL, fglcmd will require to validate the hostname passed in the -srv parameter matches the SSL certificate
• When using SSL, fglcmd will need to validate the chain of trust of that SSL certificate, review KB 4284088 for the local JRE installation if it returns error: "PKIX path building failed: sun.security.provider.certpath.SunCertPathBuilderException: unable to find valid certification path to requested target."