Configuring using FTL

You can configure process monitoring using TIBCO FTL ®.

Procedure

  1. Download the latest FTL driver and install TIBCO FTL®. Refer to the TIBCO FTL® Installation guide for installation instructions. Set the property in bwcommon.tra - tibco.env.FTL_HOME=<FTL_HOME> and install the FTL driver using the bwinstall utility.
    The FTL_HOME path provided should be till the version folder. For example, tibco.env.FTL_HOME=/opt/tibco/ftl/5.4
  2. Start the FTL realm server using ./tibrealmserver -ht <IP address>:8080.
  3. Execute the FTL command, -./tibrealmadmin -rs http://<IP address>:8080 -ur <PATH of bwadmin_ftlrealmserver.json>.
    Two applications are created on the FTL server.
  4. Update the following properties in the bwagent_db.json, bwagent_as.json or bwagent_ftl.json file, based on your bwagent configuration.
    • Set statstransport to FTL
    • Set statsdataformat to bytestream
    • Set statsprovider to true
    • Set dbprovidertype to <db type>
    • Set dbproviderdriver to <db provider>
    • Set dbproviderconnectionurl to <db connection url>
    • Set dbprovideruser to <db user>
    • Set dbproviderpassword to <db password>
    • Set statsftlrealmserverurl to http://<IP Address>[:port]

      If any of the configuration settings are different from the default settings, update the following additional properties as applicable.

    • statsftlapplicationname
    • statsftlsecondaryurl
    • statsftlusername
    • statsftluserpassword
    • statsftlendpoint
    • statsftldataformat
    • statsftlinbox
    Run the bwadmin config command with the -cf option to push the changes from the bwagent configuration JSON file to the bwagent.ini file.
    • To start the bwagent in the dbems mode

      BW_HOME\bin>bwadmin config -cf ../config/bwagent_db.json agent

    • To start the bwagent in the dbftl mode

      BW_HOME\bin>bwadmin config -cf ../config/bwagent_ftl.json agent

  5. Start the bwagent and create the AppNode(s).
    Ensure the monitor data format property (bw.monitor.data.format=bytestream) and the monitor provider property (bw.monitor.provider=FTL) are present in the the AppNode config.ini file and in the bwagent.ini file.
  6. Upload and deploy the Application. Start the Application.
  7. You can enable pocess monitoring for any particular application by navigating to the Application Level 2 page, turning the Process Monitor button ON and restarting the Application.
    To enable process monitoring form CLI, run the following commands: 
    bwadmin[admin]> enablestats -d D -a AS processinstance b1.application 1.0
TIBCO-BW-ADMIN-300413: Enabled statistics collection for Application [b1.application:1.0].

bwadmin[admin]> enablestats -d D -a AS activityinstance b1.application 1.0
TIBCO-BW-ADMIN-300413: Enabled statistics collection for Application [b1.application:1.0].

    Alternatively, you can run the single command as follows: 

    bwadmin[admin]> enablestats -d D -a AS processmonitor b1.application 1.0
TIBCO-BW-ADMIN-300413: Enabled statistics collection for Application [b1.application:1.0].
  8. Navigate to Application Level 2 > Processes > Graph View > Process Instance.
    Alternatively, you can also use the shortcut key Shift + P from the Application Level 2 Page to directly open the Process Monitoring landing Page.