Creating a Configuration Manager on Windows

You create a Configuration Manager using the command line. Create the Configuration Manager on the system where the Configuration Manager component is installed.

Use the mqsicreateconfigmgr command. The parameters on this command provide the Configuration Manager with all the additional information it requires to be ready for action as soon as it is started.

To create a Configuration Manager:

  1. Open a WebSphere Event Broker command prompt for the desired runtime.
  2. Enter the following command to create the Configuration Manager:
    mqsicreateconfigmgr CMGR01 -i wbrkuid -a wbrkpw -q WBRK_QM  
    If you are using different names or values for any parameter on this command, you must replace the appropriate values with your own.
    In the command above:
    CMGR01
    Is the name of the Configuration Manager that you are creating. This is an optional parameter; if you do not specify it, the default is 'ConfigMgr'.
    wbrkuid
    is the service user ID used to run the Configuration Manager.

    This ID must be a member of the mqm, mqbrkrs and Administrators groups.

    wbrkpw
    Is the password for the service user ID.
    WBRK_QM
    Is the name of the WebSphere MQ queue manager that will host the Configuration Manager. This is created if it does not exist.
On completion of this task, you have:
  • Created a Configuration Manager and added its Windows service to the Services (viewable from the Control Panel).
  • Created and started a WebSphere MQ queue manager called WBRK_QM.
  • Created and set up the WebSphere MQ resources required by the Configuration Manager, and defined these on the queue manager. This includes the default dead-letter queue (DLQ), which is automatically enabled by running the mqsicreateconfigmgr command.
  • Set up the authorizations that the Configuration Manager requires to access WebSphere MQ resources.
  • Defined a service user ID wbrkuid, and database password wbrkpw.
Now that you have created the Configuration Manager, you are ready to:
  1. Create and start the WebSphere MQ queue manager channels that are required to connect WebSphere Event Broker components (brokers, User Name Servers, and Configuration Manager). This allows components in your broker domain that are supported by different queue managers to exchange messages and communicate effectively. Refer to Connecting components.
  2. Create a broker domain connection using the workbench. Refer to Creating a domain connection.
Related concepts
Configuration Manager
Related tasks
Enabling a User Name Server
Connecting components
Creating a domain connection
Related reference
Security requirements for administrative tasks
mqsicreateconfigmgr command