Common Event Infrastructure Server

Use this page to configure the Common Event Infrastructure components, including the database, messaging engines, and deploy the server application.

To view this administrative console page, click Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Common Event Infrastructure Server or Servers > Clusters > WebSphere application server clusters > cluster_name > Common Event Infrastructure Server.

You would use this panel to configure the three main components of the Common Event Infrastructure (CEI):

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Enable the event infrastructure server

Specifies whether to enable the CEI service on your server.

This field accepts the following values:
  • Selected. The application server attempts to start the CEI service automatically during server startup.
  • Cleared. The application server does not try to start the extended messaging service.

    If you intend to monitor event points within applications on this server and you clear this box, the system administrator must manually start the CEI or select Enable the event infrastructure server and restart the server.

Common Event Infrastructure Database

Specifies the database you will use to store events emitted by the CEI service on your server. You can expand or collapse this section using the arrow icon.

Table 1. CEI database fields
Property Value
Database Provider pull-down menu Database provider.
Database name Name of the database you are using for storing CEI-emitted events.
User name User ID required by the database.
Password Password for the user ID required by the database.
Confirm Password Re-enter the password for the user ID required by the database.
Override data source
  • Checked – overrides the default CEI database.
  • Not checked – will not override the CEI database; you must manually specify the database if you are using database other than Derby.
Create Database
  • Checked – automatically creates tables in the CEI database.
  • Not checked – will not create the database tables; you must manually create the tables if they have not already been created on the database.
Table 2. Additional properties table
Property Value
Rows The number of rows to include in the CEI database.
dbHostName Fully qualified IP address or name used by the database host.
dbPort The port on the database host which connects with the database.
dbNodeName Node name of the local or remote database.

Common Event Infrastructure Server Bus

Specifies the database you will use to store events emitted by the CEI service on your server. You can expand or collapse this section using the arrow icon.

Table 3. CEI database fields
Property Value
Use a remote destination location Radio button you would select if you are using a remote messaging database for CEI. Use the pulldown menu to select the remote destination.
Configure a destination location locally Radio button you would select if you are using a local messaging database for CEI.
Use Default Data Store
  • Checked – automatically configures the CEI messaging database using Derby.
  • Not checked – create the CEI messaging database on a database system of your choice.
Data Source Pulldown menu you will use to specify the data source.
Edit... Opens a new panel where you can examine and change the values of the data source you selected.
New... Opens a new panel where you can create a new database and specify its values.
Schema Name of the schema you will use with the CEI messaging database.
User name User ID required by the database.
Password Password for the user ID required by the database.
Confirm Password Re-enter the password for the user ID required by the database.
Create tables
  • Checked – automatically creates tables in the CEI messaging database.
  • Not checked – will not create the database tables; you must manually create the tables if they have not already been created on the CEI messaging database.