Summary

Each probe works in a different way to acquire event data from its source, and therefore has specific features, default values, and changeable properties. Use this summary information to learn about this probe.

Probe for Message Bus

Table 1. Summary

Probe target

XML or JSON event sources

Probe executable name

nco_p_message_bus

Installation package

omnibus_arch_probe_nco_p_message_bus_version

Package version

25

Probe supported on

For details of supported operating systems, see the following Release Notice on the IBM Software Support website:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/270963

Properties files

The probe is supplied with the following properties files installed in the $OMNIHOME/probes/arch directory:

message_bus.props

message_bus_aws.props

message_bus_azure.props

message_bus_ciena_mcp.props

message_bus_cisco_epnm.props

message_bus_contrail.props

message_bus_iDirect_pulse.props

message_bus_kafka.props

message_bus_logstash.props

message_bus_nokia_altiplano.props

message_bus_nokia_nfmp.props

message_bus_prometheus.props

message_bus_pulsar.props

Rules file

The probe is supplied with the following rules files installed in the $OMNIHOME/probes/arch directory:

message_bus.rules

message_bus_aws.rules

message_bus_azure.rules

message_bus_cbe.rules

message_bus_ciena_mcp.rules

message_bus_cisco_epnm.rules

message_bus_ciena_notificationMap.rules

message_bus_ciena_resyncMap.rules

message_bus_contrail.rules

message_bus_iDirect_pulse.rules

message_bus_kafka.rules

message_bus_logstash.rules

message_bus_netcool.rules

message_bus_nokia_altiplano.rules

message_bus_nokia_nfmp.rules

message_bus_prometheus.rules

message_bus_pulsar.rules

message_bus_wbe.rules

message_bus_wef.rules

Transport properties files

The probe supports the following transport properties file installed in the $OMNIHOME/java/conf/ directory:

awsWebhookTransport.properties

cienaMcpTransport.properties

ciscoEpnmTransport.properties

eventSourceTransport.properties

fileTransport.properties

iDirectPulseTransport.properties

jmsTransport.properties

kafkaClient.properties

kafkaConnectionProperties.json

kafkaTransport.properties

logstashWebhookTransport.properties

message_bus_azure_WebhookTransport.properties

messageHubKafkaClient.properties

messageHubKafkaJavaSys.properties

messageHubKafkaTransport.properties

mqttTransport.properties

nokiaAltiplanoKafkaTransport.properties

nokiaAltiplanoKafkaClient.properties

nokiaAltiplanoKafkaConnectionProperties.json

nokiaAltiplanoRestMultiChannelHttpTransport.json

nokiaNspKafkadTransport.properties

oidcServerRestApiConnectionProps.json

prometheusWebhookTransport.properties

pulsarTransport.properties

pulsarConnectionProperties.json

pulsarClient.properties

pulsarConsumer.properties.json

restWebSocketTransport.properties

restWebhookTransport.properties

restWebhookTransportV2.properties

Requirements

A currently supported version of IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus or IBM Cloud Pak for AIOps.

The MQTT transport has dependency on wmqtt.jar. You can download the JAR file from the following site:

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/572465

Copy the JAR file to $OMNIHOME/java/jars

For details of any additional software that this probe requires, refer to the README file that is supplied in its download package.

Connection method

JMS, Webhook, MQTT, WebSocket with REST API, data file, EventSource, Kafka

Multicultural support

Available

For information about configuring multicultural support, including language options, see the IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus Installation and Deployment Guide.

Peer-to-peer failover functionality

Available

IP environment

IPv4 and IPv6

For communications between the probe and the XML event source, or between the probe and the JSON event source, the probe supports the IPv6 environment on all operating systems except Windows XP and Windows 2003.