/// <summary>
/// Attempts to check specified Certification Authority's management interfaces availability.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="computerName">CA's computer host name. Can be either short (NetBIOS) or fully qualified (FQDN) name.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If the <strong>computerName</strong> parameter is null or empty.</exception>
/// <returns><strong>True</strong> if management interfaces are available and accessible, otherwise <strong>False</strong>.</returns>
public static Boolean Ping(String computerName)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(computerName))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException(nameof(computerName));
}
CertAdm.CertSrvIsServerOnline(computerName, out Boolean online);
return(online);
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to check Certification Authority's management interfaces availability.
/// </summary>
/// <exception cref="UninitializedObjectException">The <see cref="CertificateAuthority"/> object is not
/// initialized through a class constructor.</exception>
/// <returns><strong>True</strong> if management interfaces are available and accessible, otherwise <strong>False</strong>.</returns>
/// <remarks>
/// The caller must have at least <strong>Read</strong> permissions on the CA server to ping management interfaces.
/// Otherwise the method always returns <strong>False</strong>, regardles of actual interface state.
/// </remarks>
public Boolean Ping()
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(ComputerName))
{
throw new UninitializedObjectException();
}
Boolean online = false;
CertAdm.CertSrvIsServerOnline(ComputerName, ref online);
return(online);
}
/// <summary>
/// Attempts to check specified Certification Authority's management interfaces availability.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="computerName">CA's computer host name. Can be either short (NetBIOS) or fully qualified (FQDN) name.</param>
/// <exception cref="ArgumentNullException">If the <strong>computerName</strong> parameter is null or empty.</exception>
/// <returns><strong>True</strong> if management interfaces are available and accessible, otherwise <strong>False</strong>.</returns>
public static Boolean Ping(String computerName)
{
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(computerName))
{
throw new ArgumentNullException("computerName");
}
Boolean online = false;
CertAdm.CertSrvIsServerOnline(computerName, ref online);
return(online);
}