Disabling the IBM App Connect Enterprise Agent in an App Connect Dashboard instance

If the IBM® App Connect Enterprise Agent is enabled in an App Connect Dashboard instance (by setting spec.agents.enabled to true), you can disable the Agent if you no longer want to interact with it from a chat window. When the spec.agents.enabled setting is unspecified in a Dashboard custom resource (CR), you can also disable the Agent if you want to remove the chat button that is shown in the Dashboard UI.

Before you begin

Ensure that you have cluster administrator authority with cluster-admin permissions, or have been granted the appropriate role-based access control (RBAC) to administer the cluster.

Procedure

To disable the Agent in your Dashboard instance, complete the following steps:

  1. Edit the Dashboard CR as follows:
    1. Open the CR in YAML view. For more information, see App Connect Dashboard reference: Updating the custom resource settings for an instance.
    2. Set the spec.agents.enabled parameter to false.
  2. Save the YAML definition to apply your changes.

Results

  • If the Agent was enabled in the Dashboard instance, the system-generated resources for the Agent are deleted from the cluster. The secret that you manually created in the cluster to store your watsonx.ai credentials is retained and you can delete it if no longer needed.

    When you next open or refresh the Dashboard UI, you will notice that the chat button is no longer shown in the UI.

  • If the spec.agents.enabled setting was previously unspecified in the Dashboard CR, when you next open or refresh the Dashboard UI, you will notice that the chat button is no longer shown in the UI.