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.

Before you beginEnsure that the monitoring application is running on the Docker container.

Procedure

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
```
Run the Docker terminal and navigate to the directory where the EAR and Docker file are stored.
Run the following command to build the application image:
```
docker build -t <application name> . 
```
In docker run command, set an environment variable BW_APP_MONITORING_CONFIG to enable monitoring
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 additional 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.
  - To register with Monitoring UI applications running on HTTPS Server, the docker run command is:
    docker run -d -p 18050:8080 -e BW_APP_MONITORING_CONFIG='{"url":"https://<docker-host-IP>:<https_port>"}'<appname>:<tag>
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\"}'
```