Binding BusinessWorks Application to Monitoring Application on Docker

TIBCO BusinessWorks™ Container Edition application can be bound to the monitoring application by using the environment variable BW_APP_MONITORING_CONFIG.

1. Create a Dockerfile to deploy TIBCO BusinessWorks Container Edition application on docker. For more information about creating Dockerfile, see Application Development for Docker in the Application Development guide.

   FROM tibco/bwce:latest MAINTAINER Tibco ADD <application name>.ear / EXPOSE 8080

2. Run the Docker terminal and navigate to the directory where the EAR and Docker file are stored.
3. Run the following command to build the application image:

   docker build -t <application name> . 

4. In docker run command, set an environment variable BW_APP_MONITORING_CONFIG to enable monitoring
5. Run the command in the docker terminal using docker machine IP or using link.
   1. Using Application Monitoring URL
      

      docker run -d -p 18050:8080 -e 
      BW_APP_MONITORING_CONFIG='{"url":"http://<docker-host-IP>:<port>"}'<appname>:<tag>

      Note: For Docker on Windows platform use the BW_APP_MONITORING_CONFIG environment variable changes to:

      '{\"url\":\"http://<docker-host-IP>:8080\"}'

      To configure batchsize and publishtimer you can pass additonal parameters:

      -Dbw.monitor.batchsize=10
      -Dbw.monitor.publishtimer=15000

      batchsize: This property specifies batchsize for the data. Process Monitoring data is published in batches

      publishtimer: This property specifies the time interval for publishing Process Monitoring data.

   2. Using Link on Same Docker Host
      

      docker run --link=<name or id>:alias -p 18080:8080 -e BW_APP_MONITORING_CONFIG='{"url":"http://<alias>:8080"}' <applicationName>

      Note: Use of links is deprecated by Docker.

      Note: For Docker on Windows platform, the BW_APP_MONITORING_CONFIG environment variable changes to:

      '{\"url\":\"http://<alias>:8080\"}'