iDirect Pulse

The Message Bus Probe can be configured to integrate with iDirect Pulse version 2.1/2.2.

The following configuration files are supplied with the probe for the integration with iDirect Pulse:
  • message_bus_iDirect_pulse.props
  • message_bus_iDirect_pulse.rules
  • iDirectPulseTransport.properties

To integrate the Message Bus Probe with iDirect Pulse, use the following steps:

  1. Install/update the Message Bus Probe using IBM Installation Manager, see Installing probes.
  2. Edit the probe configuration in the following probe properties file:

    $OMNIHOME/probes/java/<arch>/message_bus_iDirect_pulse.props

    Where <arch> is the architecture directory, for example linux2x86

  3. Update the following property values with the appropriate path:
    MessageLog     : '$OMNIHOME/log/message_bus_iDirect_pulse.log'
PropsFile      : '$OMNIHOME/probes/linux2x86/message_bus_iDirect_pulse.props'
RulesFile      : '$OMNIHOME/probes/linux2x86/message_bus_iDirect_pulse.rules'
DataBackupFile : '$OMNIHOME/var/message_bus_pulse.backup'
TransportFile  : '$OMNIHOME/java/conf/iDirectPulseTransport.properties'
  4. Uncomment and update the following properties with the appropriate host information and user credentials:
    # Host : ''
# Port : 80
# Username : ''
# Password : ''
  5. If you require secure connection, refer to Connecting to WebSocket using SSL.
  6. Start the probe with the propsfile option to specify the iDirect Pulse properties file using the following command:

    $OMNIHOME/probes/nco_p_message_bus -propsfile $OMNIHOME/probes/linux2x86/message_bus_iDirect_pulse.props

  7. Verify that the probe is running.
  8. Optional. Verify the probe version info with the version command line option using the following command:

    $OMNIHOME/probes/nco_p_message_bus -version