User manual PROGRESS FUSE HQ 4.3 GETTING STARTED

[. . . ] Fuse HQ Getting Started With Fuse HQ Version 4. 3 November 2010 The experts in open source integration and messaging Getting Started With Fuse HQ Version 4. 3 November 2010 Getting Started With Fuse HQ Version 4. 3 Publication date 18 Nov 2010 Copyright © 2001-2010 Progress Software Corporation and/or its subsidiaries or affiliates. Legal Notices These materials and all Progress software products are copyrighted and all rights are reserved by Progress Software Corporation. The information in these materials is subject to change without notice, and Progress Software Corporation assumes no responsibility for any errors that may appear therein. The references in these materials to specific platforms supported are subject to change. 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S. [. . . ] Specifically, make sure that: · The Fuse HQ Server is installed on the appropriate host. In an actual working environment, there are likely to be agents running on multiple machines. However, an agent running on the same host as the server (or on a separate machine) is sufficient for the purpose of following the discussions here. For installation procedures, see Installing Fuse HQ . Note With Fuse HQ versions 4. 0 and earlier, the server host and all agent hosts must have static IP addresses to ensure stability. Startup Start Fuse Message Broker first, followed by the Fuse HQ Server and then the Fuse HQ Agents. Starting Fuse Message Broker first is not a requirement, but by doing so, you ensure that the HQ Agent will discover it and report it to the HQ Server immediately. To start the Fuse Message Broker: If Fuse Message Broker is not already running, start it as follows: 1. In a command prompt or terminal window, change directory to the Fuse Message Broker installation directory. Type the following: · Windows: activemq. bat Fuse HQ Getting Started With Fuse HQ Version 4. 3 21 Chapter 1. Introduction to Fuse HQ · UNIX or Linux: . /activemq To start the Fuse HQ Server: It is recommended that you install the Fuse HQ Server as a Windows service or, on non-Windows platforms, include it in a startup script so that it runs automatically each time the host is booted. See " Starting and Stopping the Fuse HQ Server" in Installing Fuse HQ for details. To start the Fuse HQ Agent: You can install the Fuse HQ Agent as a Windows service or include it in a startup script. However, the first time you run the Agent, you must start it from a command shell and provide certain required information. Fuse HQ stores this information so that subsequent sessions can start without user intervention. See "Starting and Stopping the Fuse HQ Agent" in Installing Fuse HQ for details. 22 Fuse HQ Getting Started With Fuse HQ Version 4. 3 Opening the Fuse HQ Portal Opening the Fuse HQ Portal Accessing the login screen You can log in to Fuse HQ from any machine, provided firewall settings allow HTTP communication between that machine and the Fuse HQ Server host. In the address field of your Web browser, enter the following URL: http://fuse-server-IP-address:7080 Note This URL assumes that the Fuse HQ Server was installed with the default HTTP port, 7080. You can find this and other installation settings in the file hq-server-install. conf in the install_dir/data directory. Fuse HQ login prompt Logging in to Fuse HQ To log in for the first time, enter the administrator ID and password (both hqadmin by default) that were specified on installation of the Fuse HQ Server, and click LOGIN. Among the user administration tasks you perform, you should change the as-installed administrator password before implementing Fuse HQ in a production environment. Fuse HQ Getting Started With Fuse HQ Version 4. 3 23 24 Fuse HQ Getting Started With Fuse HQ Version 4. 3 Chapter 2. Discovering Fuse Resources After you have the Fuse HQ Server installed and running, the next step is to start monitoring some Fuse applications. This section explains how to initiate monitoring of Fuse applications by adding resources to the Fuse HQ Server's resource inventory. Adding a Platform Resource . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Adding Fuse Resources . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] Hover the cursor over the balloon to display a popup window with additional information (and, in some cases, active links) pertaining to the resource. The other options available on the Resources tab vary according to which tab is selected in the right column. With the Indicators tab open, you can use the available controls to add charts for metrics of these related resources to the display in the right column. With the Metric Data tab open, you can filter the metrics that appear in the table. [. . . ]