Tutorial: Using the CEI server for event monitoring

This tutorial will guide you through an example demonstrating how to set up service component event monitors that are published to the Common Event Infrastructure (CEI) server, and how to view those stored events on the Common Base Event browser. The example you will use in this scenario does not involve static monitoring, whereby an application deployed with a .mon file will continually monitor specific service components event points. For information on how to perform static monitoring, consult the IBM® WebSphere® Integration Developer documentation.

The scenario you will follow for this example, instead, will show you how to select for monitoring event points on service components in applications already deployed and running on your process server. You will see how the monitoring function fires an event whenever the processing of an application reaches one of those event points. Each of those fired events are published to the CEI server, which will store the event information on its database. You will use the Common Base Event browser to view the events.

Objectives of this tutorial

After completing this tutorial you will be able to:
  • Select service component event points to monitor, with events published to the CEI server.
  • View the stored events with the Common Base Event browser.

Time required to complete this tutorial

This tutorial requires approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.

Prerequisites

In order to perform this tutorial, you must have:
  • Configured and started a process server.
  • Configured the CEI and its database.
  • Enabled the diagnostic trace service on the process server.
  • Installed and started the Samples Gallery application on the process server.
  • Installed and started the business rules sample application on the process server. Follow the instructions on the Samples Gallery page to set up and run the business rules sample application.
After all of these prerequisites have been completed, run the business rules sample application from the Samples Gallery at least once before proceeding with the tutorial.
Related concepts
Event catalog
Related tasks
Enabling the diagnostic trace service
Viewing events with the Common Base Event browser
Related information
Accessing the Samples (Samples Gallery)
Configuring the Common Event Infrastructure

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