Configuring the Hybrid Gateway using the Cloud APM console

Use the Hybrid Gateway Manager page in the Cloud APM console to configure the IBM® Cloud Application Performance Management Hybrid Gateway to connect to the Tivoli® Enterprise Portal Server and to specify the managed system group. You can create a Hybrid Gateway profile for each hub Tivoli Enterprise Monitoring Server in your environment.

Procedure

Complete the following steps to configure the Hybrid Gateway in the Cloud APM console.

  1. If you are not already logged in to the Cloud APM console, log in now.
    (See Starting the Cloud APM console.)
  2. Click System Configuration > Hybrid Gateway Manager.
    The page displays with a table of any the Hybrid Gateways that were configured for your Tivoli Monitoring domains. If a profile with a blank name is displayed, it is for the Hybrid Gateway that was installed before the August 2017 release. For more information, see Profile Name.
  3. Click Add to open the Add Hybrid Gateway window, enter a new name in the Profile Name field, and click Add.
    If you already installed the Hybrid Gateway on the Tivoli Monitoring domain, be sure to use the same name that you provided or accepted during Hybrid Gateway installation. The profile name entered during installation and the name you enter here must be an exact match.
    The Edit Hybrid Gateway window opens.
  4. In the Managed System Group Name field, enter the name of the manage system group for the Hybrid Gateway.
    This is the name that you used in Creating the managed system group.
  5. Specify the address, port, and web communications protocol of the Tivoli Enterprise Portal Server:
    Option Description
    Portal Server Host Name Enter the portal server host IP address or fully qualified host or domain name.
    Portal Server Port Enter the port number that is used by the portal server for web communications. The default port is 15200 for HTTP or 15201 for HTTPS. A value of 0 sets the port to the default 15200 for HTTP or 15201 for HTTPS.
    Portal Server Protocol Select the HTTP Internet Protocol or the secure HTTPS Internet Protocol to connect to the portal server.
  6. Complete the Portal Server User Name and Portal Server Password fields with the logon user name and corresponding password for starting the Tivoli Enterprise Portal client.
    The user ID must have access to all monitoring agent types (Allowed Applications is set to All Applications), such as the sysadmin ID. For more information, see Administer Users in the Tivoli Monitoring IBM Knowledge Center.
  7. If access to the portal server goes through a proxy server, specify the address, port, and web protocol:
    Option Description
    Pass-Through Proxy Host Name Enter the IP address or fully qualified name of the proxy host system.
    Pass-Through Proxy Port Enter the port number of the proxy host system.
    Pass-Through Proxy Protocol Select the protocol that is used for communications through the proxy: HTTP or HTTPS

Results

After you click Save, a connection is established with the Hybrid Gateway service and the managed systems from your Tivoli Monitoring domain are discovered. The managed system group is polled every 5 minutes for resource monitoring data.

What to do next

  • You must configure Tivoli Monitoring to interact with Cloud APM. For instructions, see Configuring Tivoli Monitoring to integrate with Cloud APM.
  • You can repeat these steps to add a profile for each Tivoli Monitoring domain that you want to monitor managed systems from Cloud APM.
  • You can manage existing profiles with the Hybrid Gateway Manager tools:
    • Select a Hybrid Gateway and click Edit to open the Edit Hybrid Gateway window.
    • Select a Hybrid Gateway that you no longer want and click Delete. After you confirm that you want to delete the Hybrid Gateway, the profile is permanently removed.
    • Click a column heading to sort the table by that column; Ctrl + Click another column to add a secondary sort.
    • Click inside the filter text box and type the beginning of the value to filter by. As you type, the rows that do not fit the criteria are filtered out. To clear the filter, click the x icon in the filter box or press the Backspace key.