Enabling authentication for posting events to the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor event repository

You can enable authentication for posting events to the IBM® Sterling Control Center Monitor event repository (ER) by using the RESTful APIs or the event publisher SDK to enforce a user name and password. Enabling the authentication creates a more secure way for posting new events.

1. Stop your IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor event processor that connects to the ER.
2. In IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor, run the configCC utility.
3. In the configCC utility, after the question Do you want to enable authentication for the Event Repository?, enter Y.
4. Set your user name and password for posting new events to the IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor ER by choosing one of the following steps:
   • If you are using the event repository RESTful APIs for Process events, then set the following HTTP or HTTPS header: Authorization: Basic [Base64-encoded version of username:password].
   • If you are using the event publisher SDK for Java, then add the following information in the configuration file of the event publisher SDK on the server:
     • event.repository.username=admin
     • event.repository.password=admin
     For IBM Global High Availability Mailbox servers, update the global.properties file of the Global Mailboxserver under shared directory/config.
5. Start your IBM Sterling Control Center Monitor event processor.