Catalyst Connector Guide › Implementation and Configuration › Configure the CA Business Service Insight Connector

Configure the CA Business Service Insight Connector

After installing the CA Business Service Insight connector, you can change the connector properties you defined during installation and edit other properties to refine connector behavior or adjust to changes in the integrated product.

To configure the CA Business Service Insight connector

1. Enter the following URL in a web browser:

   https://registryserver:port/registry/carbon/admin/login.jsp
   

   registryserver

   Specifies the name of the server where the CA Catalyst Registry is installed.

   port

   Specifies the CA Catalyst Registry port.

   Default: 8443

   The CA Catalyst Registry login page opens.

2. Enter catalyst in the Username field, enter the password for the catalyst user in the Password field, and click Sign-in.

   The Registry Browse page opens.

3. Navigate to topology\physical\<NODENAME>\modules\configuration, and click BSIconnector.xml.

   The Browse page opens for the connector configuration file.

4. Click Edit as Text.

   The CA Business Service Insight connector configuration file opens.

5. Edit the values for any of the following properties and click Save Content:

   module_instance

   The module instance name for the connector.

   Default: <hostname> you input during installation.

   bsi_hostname

   The BSI server hostname.

   Default: The CA Business Service Insight <hostname> you input during installation.

   bsi_smi_api_port

   BAI SMI REST API port.

   Default:8080

   bsi_smi_api_rootnamme

   The BSI SMI REST API root name. Do not change the default value.

   Default: Insight_API

   bsi_smi_api_type

   The BSI SMI REST API response type. Do not change the default value.

   Default: xml

   bsi_smi_api_version

   The BSI SMI REST API version. Do not change the default value.

   Default: 0.5

   bsi_smi_api_key

   The key for BSI SMI REST API. Every API needs one key and a secret pair to run. The value is received and configured by the connector installer during the installing. Do not change the value.

   bsi_smi_api_secret

   The secret for BSI SMI REST API. The value is received and configured by the connector installer during the installing. It is encrypted. Do not change the value.

   bsi_admin_username

   BSI administrator user name which is entered during installation.

   bsi_admin_password

   BSI administrator password which is entered during installation. It is encrypted.

   bsi_admin_organization

   BSI administrator organization which is entered during installation.

   bsi_report_username

   A report user is created before the installation for read report only. This is the report user name which is entered during installation.

   bsi_report_user_password

   The report user password which is entered during installation. It is encrypted.

   bsi_report_user_organization

   The report user organization which is entered during installation.

   bsi_monitor_change_period_minutes

   The connector checks the SLA aggregate status for a service periodically. This is the period time by minute.

   Default: 15

   Important! Do not change any other properties in the Connection Details table.

6. Restart the CA Catalyst Container service.

   The changes are applied.

   Important! Do not perform rapid start and stop operations on the connector. Each stop and start sends the corresponding command to the connector. Rapid start and stop operations from the interface can cause these commands to queue on the connector and cause the connector to start and stop repeatedly until all commands in the queue are processed.