Nodegrid system configuration checksum is a feature which creats a checksum for all the configuration files inside Nodegrid.
This provides administrators a quick tool to verify periodically if the configuration has changed, and can be used for Compliance Auditing.
Follow these steps to create system configuration checksum via WebUI:
1. Login as admin and navigate to System::Toolkit
2. Select System Configuration Checksum
3. Checksum can be MD5 or SHA256
For an example select MD5SUM and now select the checksum action:
4. Select Create a checksum baseline of the current system configuration
5. Click Apply and one can see the checksum for all configurations
6. Click Finish
System configuration checksum via CLI:
Use these commands to create baseline and then compare checksum.
You can select checksum either md5sum or sha256sum, here i am selecting md5sum
cd /system/toolkit
system_config_check
set checksum=md5sum
set action=baseline
apply
finish
Now to compare checksum,
cd /system/toolkit
system_config_check
set checksum=md5sum
set action=compare
set reference=<saved_config_checksum>
apply
show
finish