Configuring dashboards as part of the Deployment Environment Configuration wizard

Configuration of the Business Space component and of Representational State Transfer (REST) services for IBM® Business Monitor widgets are automatically included in the Deployment Environment Configuration wizard. You can decide which REST services to configure.

1. On the administrative console, click Servers > Deployment Environments > New. A series of pages in the wizard guides you through the process of creating your deployment environment.
2. Either define the new deployment environment or import a file that contains deployment environment definitions. You can create a deployment environment based on one of the IBM-supplied patterns or you can create a custom deployment environment.
3. On the Deployment Environment Patterns page, select one of the deployment environment patterns.
4. On the Select Nodes page, designate the nodes to participate in your deployment environment.
5. On the Clusters page, specify the number of cluster members from each node to assign to specific deployment environment functions.
6. On the Database page, configure the data source for Business Space, one of the components listed in the table. You can edit the description, test the connection, and set the database product you want to use for the Provider. If you want the Business Space database tables to be automatically created and configured, select the Create tables check box. If you do not select the check box, you must manually configure the Business Space database. The database product list contains all databases supported by each component.
   Tip: If you select the Create tables check box, make sure that the database has been created before creating the deployment environment.
7. On the Security page, configure the authentication aliases WebSphere uses when accessing secure components. The authentication alias user name and password can be changed on this page. These aliases are used to access secure components but do not provide access to data sources.
8. On the REST Services page, configure the services for the widgets you want available in yourIBM Business Monitor runtime environment.
   • Type the port number and the host or virtual host that a client needs to communicate with the server or cluster. In a clustered environment, this is typically the load-balancing server host name and port.
   • If you leave the host and port fields empty, the values default to values of an individual cluster member host and its HTTP port. For a load-balanced environment, you must later change the default values to the virtual host name and port of the load-balancing server. Make sure to designate a fully qualified host name.
   • Set the description for the widgets if needed.
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9. On the next page, click Finish or Finish and Generate Environment.
10. Optional: If you did not select the Create tables check box on the Database page, run the scripts to configure the database tables for Business Space before starting the deployment environment or the clusters. For more information, see Configuring the Business Space database.