Chapter 5. Middleware Management Providers
In Red Hat CloudForms, a middleware provider is a middleware management environment that you can add to a Red Hat CloudForms appliance to manage and interact with the resources in that environment. This chapter describes the different types of middleware providers that you can add to Red Hat CloudForms, and how to manage them.
5.1. Middleware Management
The middleware provider extends Red Hat CloudForms management capabilities to JBoss Middleware application containers running in managed virtual machines, hosts, and Linux containers. The provider delivers inventory, events, metrics, and power operations. Middleware management in Red Hat CloudForms is a provider based on the Hawkular open source project. When feature complete, the middleware management provider will replace the current Red Hat middleware management offering, JBoss Operations Network.
Middleware management providers are available as a technology preview in this release of Red Hat CloudForms. For more information on the support scope for features marked as technology previews, see Technology Preview Features Support Scope.
5.1.1. Adding Middleware Management Providers
To add a middleware management provider:
- Navigate to → .
-
Click
(Configuration), then click
(Add a New Middleware Provider).
In the Add a New Middleware Provider screen, enter the following:
- Name - Enter a name for the provider, for example, Middleware Manager.
- Type - Select Hawkular.
Zone - Accept the default.
Endpoints
- Hostname (or IPv4 or IPv6 address) Host name of the machine where you installed the middleware manager.
- API Port - Port of the middleware manager. The default is 8080.
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User Name - The user name used to start the middleware manager. This should match the
HAWKULAR_USERNAME. -
Password - This should match the
HAWKULAR_PASSWORD. - Confirm Password - Reenter the password.
- Before you add the provider, click the Validate button to confirm that the user has the proper credentials.
- Click Add.
-
Click
(Configuration), then click
(Refresh Items and Relationships).
Red Hat CloudForms displays the Summary screen.
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