Pre-Requisite Configurations

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To initiate the integration between IBM Turbonomic and IBM Apptio, the following prerequisites must be configured:

Setup of IBM Apptio Datadrop

The integration of IBM Turbonomic data into IBM Apptio utilizes IBM Apptio’s Datadrop, a cloud-based secure file transfer protocol (SFTP) server.

For detailed setup instructions, refer to Configure a Datadrop connection .

Setup in IBM Turbonomic

Once the IBM Apptio Datadrop is provisioned, proceed with the following steps to configure IBM Apptio as a target in IBM Turbonomic:
  1. Navigate to IBM Turbonomic and select Settings from the left-hand column.
  2. Select New Target at the top right corner.
  3. Choose IT Management as the Target Category .
  4. From the available Target Types , select IBM Apptio .
  5. In the configuration window, enter data in the required fields:
    • Address : Enter the target host name or IP address associated with the IBM Apptio account.Example: `datadrop.apptio.com`
    • Display Name : Provide a display name of your choice for this target.
    • Port : Set the port number to 22.
    • User Name : Enter the username associated with this IBM Apptio account.
    • Turbonomic Host Name : Specify the source instance address of IBM Turbonomic.
  6. Create keys to connect Turbo and Apptio Datadrop
    1. Create public/private key pair in .PEM format
      1. Download OpenSSL here: https://sourceforge.net/projects/openssl-for-windows/
      2. Run following commands separately in OpenSSL command line:
        • genrsa -out private-key.pem
        • rsa -in private-key.pem -pubout -out public-key.pem

    2. Configuring Turbonomic keys
      1. Paste private PEM key text into Turbonomic. Sample as per below:

        Note: The private key cannot have a passphrase. If a tool like Putty is being used to generate the private key than it’s likely in the wrong PPK format.

      2. Download PGP public key from settings section of datalink

      3. Paste PGP public key into the GPG key in Turbonomic
    3. Configuring Datadrop Keys
      1. Datadrop only accepts OpenSSH formatted keys, so we need to convert from private key in earlier step.
      2. Download putty RSA / DSA key generation utility: https://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/latest.html
      3. Launch key generator and load your private key in .PEM format. This will create a Public Key in OpenSSH format. Sample as per below:

      4. Copy the public key and paste into Public Key of your turbo user name within settings of Datadrop

      Sample of fully populated Apptio Target Type window in Turbonomic:

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