Setting up the WAAPI client

To configure the usage of optional features and functions, and integrations with other products, set up the Web GUI Administration API client. The WAAPI client is required to configure integrations with IBM Operations Analytics - Log Analysis, IBM Tivoli Application Dependency Discovery Manager, and IBM Tivoli Monitoring.

Before you begin

Assign the ncw_admin role to the administrative user, or to the use that will run the WAAPI client.

Procedure

  1. In the WEBGUI_HOME/waapi/etc/waapi.init file, set the values of the following properties:
    waapi.user
    A user to which the ncw_admin role is assigned.
    waapi.password
    The password for the user.
    waapi.port
    Optional: If, during installation, you changed the port for the Web GUI server from the default of 16310, type the port number.
  2. Optional: Set the values of the remaining properties in the file.
    You do not have to specify the rest of the properties at this time; the waapi.user property and the waapi.password property are sufficient for the integrations with other products.

Results

The user and password for the WAAPI client are now set, and you can now run the runwaapi command.