Introduction to Connectors › Interacting with CA Catalyst r3.2 Connectors › Configure Connector Administration Settings

Configure Connector Administration Settings

By default, you can start or stop a CA Catalyst r3.2 connector from the CA SOI Administration UI using the Start and Stop buttons. You can configure whether these buttons actually start or stop the connector or simply stop the flow of connector data into CA SOI.

Follow these steps:

1. Access the ifw.properties file located at CATALYST_HOME\containerName\registry\topology\physical\connectorserver\ifw on the CA Catalyst connector system.

   Note: If your CA Catalyst deployment includes a CA Catalyst Server, log in to the Registry Administration UI to access and modify this file.

2. Set the connectorAdmin value to one of the following, and save and close the file:

   true (default value)

   Lets you actually start and stop the connectors in the CA SOI Administration UI. The Start and Stop buttons in the Administration UI start or stop the connector in CA Catalyst.

   false

   Lets you start or stop the data flow from connectors in the CA SOI Administration UI. The Start and Stop buttons do not actually control the connector status in CA Catalyst, only whether connector data makes it into CA SOI. If you set this value, you can start and stop connectors only from the CA Catalyst Registry files.

3. Restart the CA Catalyst Container ContainerName service on the connector system if you made a change to the file.