Administering OpenPages

If you have the required permission, you can perform administrative tasks for OpenPages.

Some OpenPages features are not supported or are configured differently in OpenPages on IBM® Software Hub. See also Known issues and limitations for OpenPages.

Service configuration

Task Required permissions Details
Configuring OpenPages Instance administrator Configure OpenPages to meet your business requirements. For example, you can configure the following settings:
  • The time zone of the OpenPages application container
  • Session inactivity timeout values for application servers in OpenPages
  • The password of the Liberty keystore

See also Advanced configuration for OpenPages.
Home page, dashboard, and tabs OpenPages administrator Configure the OpenPages home page and dashboards.
Managing IBM Software Hub users Instance administrator Connect to your LDAP server and configure SAML single sign-on.
Managing users and groups in OpenPages OpenPages administrator Set up users and groups in OpenPages.
Configuring the user and group synchronization job OpenPages administrator Configure the parameters for the synchronization job.
Integrated reporting with Cognos Analytics Instance administrator Add IBM Cognos Analytics to OpenPages instances.

Database configuration

Task Required permissions Details
Administering an external database for OpenPages Cluster administrator Administer an external database that is outside of IBM Software Hub.
Logging in to the database in IBM Software Hub Instance administrator Log in to your database from any application server pod. After you log in, you can run SQL commands by using CLPPlus.

Security

Task Required permissions Details
Exporting IBM Software Hub audit records to a security information and event management solution Instance administrator Record user activities for OpenPages.
Enabling audit logging for OpenPages Instance administrator Enable audit logging for OpenPages. See also Audit events for OpenPages.
Network security and OpenPages Instance administrator Configure the OpenPages service to allow egress traffic to external services outside of IBM Software Hub.
Changing the data encryption key for OpenPages OpenPages administrator Change the encryption key that is used to encrypt data in OpenPages
Security for OpenPages OpenPages administrator Configure role-based security to control user and group access to objects that are under a defined security point within the object hierarchy. See also Planning your security model.
Updating RabbitMQ credentials for OpenPages Instance administrator Rotate the credentials for the message queue that is used by OpenPages.

Resource management

Task Required permissions Details
Manually scaling resources for services Instance administrator Adjust OpenPages by scaling resources to support high availability or to increase processing capacity. Resources can be scaled based on predefined resource configurations.
Automatically scaling resources for services Instance administrator Enable autoscaling with the OpenShift® Horizontal Pod Autoscaler (HPA). The HPA changes the resource allocation of services by increasing or decreasing the number of pods in response to CPU or memory consumption.
Shutting down and restarting services Instance administrator Manually shut down OpenPages to prevent it from using resources. You can restart the service when you need to use it again.
Scaling options for OpenPages instances Instance administrator Scale OpenPages by scaling the application server and the database server.
Starting and stopping application servers in OpenPages Instance administrator Restart all application server pods for OpenPages.

Backup and restore

Task Required permissions Details
Backing up and restoring IBM Software Hub Cluster administrator Choose the correct method to back up and restore IBM Software Hub.
Backing up, restoring, and migrating OpenPages Cluster administrator Perform the following tasks in OpenPages:
  • Back up custom files
  • Back up and restore an external OpenPages database
  • Migrate OpenPages from one IBM Software Hub instance to another

Data migration

Task Required permissions Details
Using FastMap OpenPages administrator As a business user, use the FastMap user interface to import and export data.
ObjectManager OpenPages administrator Use ObjectManager, a command-line tool for importing and exporting data. To install ObjectManager, see Installing tools and utilities.
Note: Only super administrators have full access to ObjectManager operations.
Migrating OpenPages environments OpenPages administrator If your organization has multiple OpenPages environments, you can migrate both the configuration information and the metadata from one environment to another. Migration means exporting from a source environment and importing into a target environment.