Administering the adapter

The Event Consoler Web Services Adapter is a relatively simple component and therefore has only a few administrative tasks that can be used by an IT Administrator.

Starting the adapter
You may need to start the adapter after a maintenance window or after making certain configuration changes.
Stopping the adapter
You may need to stop the adapter prior to maintenance windows or before making certain configuration changes.
Enterprise Console forwarding configuration
The Web Services adapter uses a configuration file to tailor the forwarding of events to an Enterprise Console server. The configuration settings are stored in the conf/cbe_adapter.conf file and can be modified to reflect aspects such as a new location for the Enterprise Console server or whether events should be stored locally when the Enterprise Console server cannot be reached.
Enterprise Console event class definitions
The Web Services Adapter uses event class definitions stored in the Enterprise Console BAROC file format to determine how events are converted from the Common Base Event format to the Enterprise Console event format. Proper care on using the same set of BAROC files on both adapter and server is required to ensure that the correct information is forwarded from the adapter to the server.
TCP ports configuration
The configuration for the TCP ports monitored by the Web Services Adapter can be modified to include, modify or remove ports as needed. Additional ports can be used to support different qualities of service between event sources and the adapter or ports can be removed to increase reduce security exposures.
Windows Service configuration
On Windows systems, the installation for the Enterprise Console Web Services Adapter also register a Windows Service, named tecws, so that you can start the adapter without having to logon with a user and password.


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