Managing Agents

Adding Agents

Perform the following steps to add the agents to the Control Tower Data Plane.

    Procedure
  1. To register the agent, click Add Agent and enter the details about the agent in the dialog.

    Fields Description
    Agent Name

    The name of the agent.

    URL

    URL should be in the http://<ip:port>/bwta format. The default port is 9091.

    Agent Description Description of the BWAgent.
  2. To test the agent connection, click Test Connection.

    When the connection is successful the following message displays Connection Successful. If the connection fails, the user can see the following message Failed to establish connection.

  3. Once the connection is successful, the back-end call is made to BWAdapter to fetch the network name tagged to that agent.

  4. Click Register.

ResultThe agent details such as the agent name, product, product version, description, and status are displayed.

 

View Agents

Once the agent is registered, the agent list is populated with the following details under the Agents tab.

Fields Description
Agent Name

The agent name along with the network name.

Product

BusinessWorks 6

Product Version The same version as of TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks™ 6.
Description The description added by the user.
Status The status of the agent, it can be either Running or Disconnected.

If you register an agent corresponding to the same network

If you register another agent for the existing network that is already registered, a validation check should be performed. If the network is already registered, the back end displays the error message that the network is already registered with the URL.

Edit Agents

Click the edit icon, a dialog appears with the previously entered agent details. You can edit these details and click Reconnect.

Delete Agents

Click the delete icon to unregister the agent.