Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC)

Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) is a feature of the Windows Server platform for improving the high availability (HA) of applications and services. WSFC is the successor to Microsoft Cluster Service (MSCS).

Types of Assets Fetched

This adapter fetches the following types of assets:

• Devices
  
  

Parameters

1. Failover Cluster Domain (required) - The hostname or IP address of the Windows Server Failover Clustering (WSFC) server.
2. User Name and Password (required) - The credentials for a user account that has the Required Permissions to fetch assets.
3. Verify SSL (required, default: False) - Verify the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Failover Cluster Domain. For more details, see SSL Trust & CA Settings.
   • If enabled, the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Failover Cluster Domain will be verified against the CA database inside of Axonius. If the SSL certificate can not be validated against the CA database inside of Axonius, the connection will fail with an error.
   • If disabled, the SSL certificate offered by the value supplied in Failover Cluster Domain will not be verified against the CA database inside of Axonius.
4. HTTPS Proxy (optional, default: empty) - A proxy to use when connecting to the value supplied in Failover Cluster Domain.
   • If supplied, Axonius will utilize the proxy when connecting to the value supplied in Failover Cluster Domain.
   • If not supplied, Axonius will connect directly to the value supplied in Failover Cluster Domain.
5. For details on the common adapter connection parameters and buttons, see Adding a New Adapter Connection.
   
   

Required Ports

• Port TCP 5986 (PowerShell Remoting)

Required Permissions

The value supplied in User Name and Password must be able to execute PowerShell code which queries the WSFC server for information on the systems managed by that server.
The supplied User Name must have the following permissions:

• Access RPC on the WSFC server.
• Execute PowerShell on the WSFC server and access the IPC$ share on the WSFC server.
• Access ADMIN$ share on the WSFC server (preferred permissions).
• RSAT-Clustering-PowerShell must be installed on each system to be queried.

Version Matrix

This adapter has only been tested with the versions marked as supported, but may work with other versions. Please contact Axonius Support if you have a version that is not listed and it is not functioning as expected.