December 30th , 2019
Overview of Command Central
Command Central is a tool/GUI that can be used to manage all the Software AG products from one location. It can be used to connect the already installed Software AG products and organize them into different environments such as DEV, Test, and Prod. Command Central can also be used to view and compare the installed products and fixes in different environments. It works with Software AG Platform Manager (SPM), which acts as an agent to connect with other Software AG products. SPM should be installed on all the machines where Software AG products are installed to connect with the Command Central and both Command Central and SPM should have the same version.
Functionalities provided by Command Central
Below are some of the most interesting features of Command Central:
- Create a logical group of instances such as DEV, Test, and PROD
- Create new installations by connecting or installing SPM on remote machines
- Compare products and fixes across installations and environments
- Compare configurations of two or more instances across installations and environments
- Create products and fix repositories for installation on remote machines
- Create license repositories that can be used to generate compliance reports
- Change status—Start, Stop, Restart, Pause, Resume—for instances across installations and environments
- Monitor the Instances status, logs, CPU load, JVM memory, JVM threads, and more
- Change the configuration of instances such as memory allocated, ports, system properties, database connection, certificates, authentication, LDAP, and more
Command Central Installation
Installing the command central involves the following steps:
- Run the Software AG installer and click on Advanced Option
- Click on the Images tab, check “Use installation image,” select “Install from the image,” and browse the Command Central image file path
- Click on next and provide installation directory and hostname
- Select Command Central from the list and click on next
- Check the terms and agreement and click on next
- Change the port as per the requirement or keep it as default
- Click on next and wait for the installation to complete and check for any error
Starting and stopping Command Central
- Open a session in puTTY and login the host server where Command Central is installed
- Navigate to the below path
/<SoftwareAG directory>/ profiles/CCE/bin
Ex: /webt/p02/SoftwareAG/wm912/profiles/CCE/bin - To start Command Central, run the below scripts
/startup.sh - To stop Command Central, run the below scripts
./shutdown.sh
Accessing the Command Central GUI page
- Enter the below link in the browser
HTTP link: http://localhost:8090/cce/web
HTTPs link: https://localhost:8091/cce/web/
- Enter the default credentials
User ID: Administrator
Password: manage
Adding a new Installation in CC
- Open a new browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web/”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Navigate to Home>Installations and click on “+” icon
- Enter the hostname and click on next
- Select the first one if Platform Manager is already installed and running. After selection, click on next
- Enter the port on which the Platform Manager is running and the credentials. After entering the information, click on next
- Fill details in Display Name and select Installation Type and click on next
- Once the installation is finished, check the status in the Instances tab; it should be in Green color, as shown below
- Click on the Instances tab to check the details of all the components as well as their status
Comparing the products and Fixes Level in CC
- Open a new browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Navigate to Home->Installation
- Select the environments where products and fixes are to be compared
- Click on the top right and select “Compare Products” or “Compare Fixes”
- The results will be shown as below. All the differences between the products and fixes level will be marked in Red as in the screenshot.
Starting and Stopping the components from CC
- Open a new browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Select the environment from the left navigation area and click on the Instances tab
- Click on instances which needs to be started, stopped, or paused in the tab
- Click on the status in the Instances tab to stop, pause, and restart installations
Changing the Password for Command Central
- Open a new browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Navigate to Home and click on the environment where Command Central is installed
- Click on Instances->Command Central
- Click on CCE and then click on the Configuration tab
- Click on Administrator User-> Edit tab and enter the new Administrator password
- To test the new credentials, close the browser and open a new browser and login using the new credentials
Setting the Heap Memory for Command Central
- Open a new browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Navigate to Home->Instances->CCE->Configuration
- Select memory using the dropdown
- Click edit to change the default memory
- Enter the new value and click on the Apply button to set
- Restart the Command Central server to implement this change
Adding a New Port or Changing the Existing Port on CC
- Open a new browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Navigate to Home->Instances->CCE->Configuration
- Select Ports using the dropdown
- To add a new port click on the “+” icon on the top right side and select a port type using the dropdown
- Enter the required details and click on the Save button
- To change the existing port, click on the existing port, select the Edit button to make the changes, and then save it
- To test the new port enter the below path in a new browser
For HTTP port
http://<hostname>:<new http port>/cce/web
For HTTPs ports
https://<hostname>:<new https port>/cce/web
LDAP Configuration in Command Central
- Open a new browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Navigate to Home and click on the environment where Command Central is installed
- Click on Instances->Command Central
- Click on CCE->Configuration and select LDAP using the dropdown
- Click on “+” to add a new active directory
- Once the configuration is done, test the configuration and save it
- To check LDAP access, logout from the Command Central
- Login using the LDAP ID and password
Syntax for User ID: <LDAP Domain>\<LDAP ID>
Example: rbc\900008097
Adding License Key in Command Central
- Open a browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Navigate to Home->View->Licensing and click on the Keys tab
- Click on the “+” icon to add a new license
- To generate the snapshot license report, select the Reports tab and click on the “+” icon. After clicking on the “+” icon, select “By License Key”
- A snapshot report by license key contains information about all installed product, instances, and groups
- The report also counts the server core and compares the total with the number of license keys
Adding the Product and the Fixes Image on CC Repository
- Open a new browser and enter the URL “http://webmethodt912.regalbeloit.com:8090/cce/web”
- Login using the Admin credentials
- Navigate to Home->Repositories and Click on the “+” icon
- Select Image Repository and enter the details below
- The image file will be placed at the below path on the server, if selected from a local machine
/webt/p02/SoftwareAG/wm912/profiles/CCE/data/images
- The path can be changed later on to point to an existing repository by editing
Thank you for reading the blog. I hope you found this to be useful.
