MID Server properties used by Service Mapping

Service Mapping uses the MID Server parameters during discovery and mapping. Do not change default values for these parameters unless you are troubleshooting the discovery process.

General properties

Property	Description
mid.file_tracking.file_path_forbidden_strings	Comma-separated list of strings to search for in tracked file paths. Once any string in this list is found in a tracked file path, the file is removed from further processing. - Default value: job finished with status ERROR Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.

Property

Description

mid.file_tracking.file_path_forbidden_strings

Comma-separated list of strings to search for in tracked file paths. Once any string in this list is found in a tracked file path, the file is removed from further processing. - Default value: job finished with status ERROR

Type: string
Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.

## SSH-related properties

Property	Description
mid.sa.ssh.path	A location at the target system where the MID Server checks for commands to execute. Default value: /usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.truncate_last_line_regex	A regular expression of line that the MID Server removes from the end of the SSH command response. Default value: Command.performed by. Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.remove_first_line_regex	A regular expression of line that the MID Server removes from the start of every SSH command response. Default value: [empty string] Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.privileged_command_message	A prompt the MID Server sends with commands with sudo-level privileges. For example, a sudo-level command is sent with “Password:”. Default value: [empty string] Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.restricted_shell_regex	A regular expression text included on opening message of a restricted shell. Using a restricted shell, the SSH provider does not run some commands during the session initialization.- Default value: restricted shell Type: Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.terminal_cols	The number of columns in the terminal windows opened with the SSH session.- Default value: 300 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.terminal_rows	The number of rows in the terminal windows opened with the SSH session. - Default value: 800 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.time_between_change_shell_and_prompt	The time to wait between changing a shell during initialization and the time the shell prompt appears (in milliseconds).- Default value: 1000 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.connect_timeout	The SSH initial connection timeout (in milliseconds).- Default value: 2000 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.max_chars_single_response	The maximum number of characters allowed in a single SSH command response.- Default value: 10000000 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.break_session_chars	The ASCII value of character used to break a session.- Default value: 7 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.no_change_shell_regex	The regular expression of text within command response after sending ‘su’ in order to change to superuser. If the regular expression matches, the MID Server does not change the shell. Default value: pfsh Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.permission_denied_regex	The regular expression of command responses which the MID Server recognizes as an access problem and generates an appropriate message. Default value: permission denied Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.more_line_command_regex	When the SSH response exceeds the terminal size, the system sends ‘more’ line which matches the regular expression. When the MID Server recognizes the ‘more’ line, it sends the space character. This is relevant for proprietary systems sending a non-standard ‘more’ prompt.- Default value: [empty] Type: Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.become_superuser_command	An SSH command for turning into a superuser.- Default value: su Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.prompt_changing_command_regex	SSH commands that change the shell prompt. When the command the MID Server sends matches the regular expression, the MID Server knows to expect a change in the server prompt.- Default value: changeto\\s+[^\\s]+ Type: Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.ignore_errors_on_commands_regex	A regular expression for the command on which the MID Server ignores permission errors.- Default value: stat.\|istat.\|perl.* Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.prompt_last_char_regex	A regular expression of the last character in the default prompt of the server.- Default value: [$#>\\]\\:] Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.timeout	The SSH command timeout (in milliseconds).- Default value: 60000 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.port	The SSH port number.To add more than one port, separate port numbers with a comma. For example, 22,33,44. Default value: 22 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.connect.retry	The SSH connection retry count.- Default value: 1 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.additional_setup	The command the MID Server sends after it creates the SSH session. Default value: [empty] Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.expect_after_su	A regular expression of the last character in the prompt after sendind ‘su’.- Default value: [:$#>\\]] Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.privileged_command_last_char	A character indicating the last expected character in a command result String. Once this character is found in the result, the MID Server does not wait for additional output.- Default value: [empty] Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.prompt	A string representing the non-standard SSH prompt. The MID Server uses this string when parsing results of SSH CLI commands. Default value: SERVNOW> Type: Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.proprietary_system_trial_count	Number of additional waiting periods on proprietary non-UNIX/Linux systems. The MID Server waits for a response after the initial waiting period of 5 seconds. After the initial 5 seconds, the MID Server waits for the response the number of times as defined by this parameter. The additional waiting time starts from 1 second and increases by 1 sec for every iteration. Default value: 10 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.restart_after_unstopped_threads	The number of allowed unstopped threads before the MID Server is restarted, when it attempts to close the SSH session. Default value: 50 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.stty_command	The stty command for configuring appropriate settings. The MID Server runs this command when initializing the SSH terminal. Default value: [empty] Type: Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.inocrrect_password_regex	The expected string which the SSH terminal returns when the MID Server uses an incorrect password during the login process. Default value: Sorry, try again\|incorrect password attempt Type: Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.max_unstopped_threads	Same as the mid.sa.ssh.restart_after_unstopped_threads parameter.- Default value: 50 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.ssh.idle_after_sudo	The period of time (in milliseconds) that the MID Server waits after sending a sudo command and expects to have no activity on the line. Default value: 3000 Type:integer Location:This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.

## WMI-related properties

Important: WMI Collector is deprecated in New York patch 10 and later. See the KB0791835 WMI Collector deprecation detailsfor more information.

Properties	Description
mid.servicewatch.wmi.host	The Host/IP of the server running the ServiceNow WMI collector. Default value: localhost Type: string Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.servicewatch.wmi.port	The port on which the ServiceNow WMI collector service listens to requests from the MID server.- Default value: 8585 Type: integer Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.sa.wmi.timeout	The timeout on command execution in milliseconds. This property controls also the Powershell commands.- Default value: 60000 Type: integer Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.sa.wmi.max_bytes_in_response	The maximum number of characters allowed in a response.- Default value: 20971520 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.servicewatch.wmi.get_file_on_shared_drive_from_collector	The MID Server attempts to access the requested file on a shared drive directly from the MID Server. Default value: true Type: true/false Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.sa.wmi.access_denied_regex	The regular expression of error messages returned by server that the MID Server considers as an access problem and triggers trying other credentials.- Default value: Access is denied\|Access denied\|service installation failed\|User credentials cannot be used for local connections\|System error 1312\|generic failure\|Insufficient privilege\|user rights\|HRESULT: 0x800706BA Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.wmi.send_retry_count	The number of attempts to commiunicate with the ServiceNow WMI Collector service on each requests.- Default value: 1 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.servicewatch.wmi.mui	The MID Server supports MUI (Multilingual UI) configuration. Default value: false Type: true/false Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.powershell_api.winrm.remote_port	Set the port used by WinRM to connect to remote hosts.- Default value: 5985 Type: integer Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.windows.management_protocol	The management protocol the MID Server uses to connect to Windows servers. Allowed values are WMI and WinRM.- Default value: WMI Type: string Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.servicewatch.wmi.protocol	Communication protocol between the MID Server and the WMI collector. Allowed values: http/https. Default value: http Type: string Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.use_powershell	Allows using PowerShell for executing commands on Windows servers.- Default value: false Type: true/false Location: This property is available under specific MID Server parameters as described in Add a MID Server parameter.
mid.sa.prefer_powershell	Makes PowerShell the preferred method of executing commands on Windows servers. Note: If you set this parameter to true, you must also set the mid.sa.use_powershell parameter to true. Default value: false Type: true/false Location: MID Server > Properties
mid.win.baseboard.or.bios.insertion	Makes the Windows OS - Servers pattern discover the BIOS Serial Number instead of the Baseboard Serial Number. Possible values: false - to populate the BaseBoard number; true - to populate the BIOS serial number. Type: true/false Default value: false Location: MID Server > Properties

## SNMP-related properties

Property	Description
mid.snmp.request.timeout	The time (in milliseconds) the MID Server waits for a response for each OID request.- Default value: 1500 Type: Integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.port	The SNMP port.- Default value: 161 Type: Integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.retry	The SNMP retry count.- Default value: 1 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.table_size_limit	Maximum table size to bring in the SNMP table requests.- Default value: 20000 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.table_walk_limit	Maximum requests in the SNMP walk session.- Default value: 10000 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.get_table_timeout_sec	Maximum time (in seconds) allowed for load of a whole SNMP table.- Default value: 600 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.walk_timeout_sec	Maximum time (in seconds) allowed for the SNMP walk session.- Default value: 600 Type: integer Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.discover_engine	Discovery authoritative engine ID on SNMP V3 sessions.- Default value: true Type: true/false Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.snmp_v2_disabled	Disable usage of SNMP version 2- Default value: false Type: true/false Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.
mid.sa.snmp.failed_status_oid	OID indicating the Failed status. If an SNMP result starts with this OID, the MID Server considers it a failure. Default value: 1.3.6.1.6.3.15.1.1.3 Type: string Location: This property is not available in the base system. You can add the property as described in Create a MID Server property.

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