Configure the APM Connect Administration Center

Depending on whether you are using the EAM Adapters (SAP Adapters and Maximo Adapters) or the Data Loaders, configuring the APM Connect Administration Center requires defining parameters for some or all of the following components: Commandline, Job conductor, Monitoring, and Log4j. This topic describes how to configure these parameters in the APM Connect Administration Center.

Steps

If you are not already in the APM Connect Administration Center, access it via http://localhost:8080/apmconnect/.
If prompted, log in to the APM Connect Administration Center.
In the Menu pane, in the Settings section, select the Configuration tab.

The Configuration pane appears.
Select the Job conductor (7 Parameters) group to expand the workspace.

Using the following table as a guide, enter the recommended parameters.

Note: You can accept the default values of parameters not listed in the table.

Parameter	Description	Recommended or Default Value
Generated jobs folder	The path to the folder with the Job execution archives.	C:\APMConnect\Logs\generated_jobs
Tasks logs folder	The path to the folder with the Job execution logs.	C:\APMConnect\Logs\execution_logs

The default parameters are configured as shown in the following image.

Select the Servers group to expand the workspace.
In the workspace, select Add, and then select Add Server.
In the Execution server section, configure the server.
1. Enter the name of the administrator host in the Label:, Description:, and Host: boxes.
2. Select the Meridium Runtime check box.
3. Select Save.
  
  The server configuration is saved.
4. Select the server you just added to verify the configuration.
  
  All of the server indicators should be green.
Select the Monitoring (2 Parameters) group to expand the workspace.

Note: Configuring this parameter is optional.
Select the Log4j (4 Parameters) group to expand the workspace.

Using the following table as a guide, enter the necessary parameters.

Parameter	Description	Recommended or Default Value
Technical file appender	The path to the technical log file of the APM Connect Administration Center.	C:/APMConnect/Utilities/Tomcat/logs/technical.log
Technical log threshold	The level of logs you want to append.	WARN
Business log file path	The path to the business log file of the APM Connect Administration Center.	C:/APMConnect/Utilities/Tomcat/logs/business.log
Technical logstash appender	The host and port corresponding to the Logstash instance.	localhost:8050

The default parameters are configured as shown in the following image.

The APM Connect Administration Center parameters are configured.

What's Next?

Refer to the first-time deployment workflow.