Command central 9.6 - Features Overview

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Sergei PogrebnyakDirector, Research and Development

Command Central 9.6

New and Enhanced Functionality Overview

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Command Central 9.0

FixManagemen

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Product Installation

Landscape Management

Service APICommandLine

Web UI

CentralConfiguration

SolutionManagement

Template-based Provisioning

Mobile UI


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Command Central 9.5

FixManagemen

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Web UI


SolutionManagement

• Define templates• Product, Fixes, Config,

Assets• Manage substitution

variables• Apply templates to targets


Mobile UI


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Command Central 9.6

FixManagemen

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Web UI


SolutionManagement

• Web UI for:• More IS configuration• Product/Fix Repositories• Templates Create &

Apply• License Management• Log Access


Mobile UI


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What’s new in Command Central 9.6

• Centralized repository management, including Web UI• Save and apply templates from Web UI• More IS configurations support including Web UI• IS instance management CLI/API• Web UI for license reports management• Log access from Web UI and CLI/API• HTTPS support and other security related enhancements• Online HELP combining Web UI, CLI and REST API topics• Cloud Factory CLI/API (preview)• SPM footprint optimization


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Centralized Repository Management


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Centralized Repository Management

• Central repositories are used by template-based provisioning• Allows to configure access to SAG SDC and Empower in one

central place• Supports product and fix repository types• Product repos support multiple releases and locations• Adds ability to manage and transfer Installer and Update

Manager images to the target nodes• Provides Web UI and CLI/API


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Centralized Repository Management Web UI


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Centralized Repository Management CLI Basics• cc list repository products

• cc add repository products name=<repoName> location=<remote-repo-url-or-image-file>

• cc add repository products name=<name-for-this-repo> --input <local-image-file> description=<description>

• cc update repository products <repoName> [[location=<installer-image-file-or-remote-repository-uri>] [description=<description>]]]

• cc update repository products -i <config-with-credentials.xml>

• cc delete repository products <repoName>


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Centralized Repository Management Demo

Watch video recording on the TechCommunity web site under

Communities > webMethods > Products > Command Central > Demos

Command Central Demo: Command Central Repository Management

http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/communities/public/456dda18-af6d-11e3-ae7d-cd8d7ef22065/?title=Command+Central+Demo:+Command+Central+Repository+Management+


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• Cloning/copying of servers• Creation of new (project) environments from standard template• Composing more complex environment from a set of product-

specific templates• Creation of a repro-environment to troubleshoot production

issues• Fix and configuration promotion from staging to production• Elastic scaling (cloud-bursting)


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TEMPLATE

PRODUCTS

Information about which

products and

versions are

installed

FIXESInformation

about which fixes

are installed

CONFIGInformation

about all (supported)

product configuratio

n

Template may contain a subset: 1, 2 or all 3 categories

INSTANCES

ASSETS

Future:


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<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="yes"?>

<templateMetadata>

<alias>templateAlias</alias>

<nodeAlias>nodeAlias</nodeAlias>

<overwriteTemplate>true</overwriteTemplate>

<productOption>

<repositoryId>productRepositoryId</repositoryId>

<type>PRODUCTS</type>

<useLatestVersion>false</useLatestVersion>

</productOption>

<fixesOption>

<repositoryId>fixRepositoryId</repositoryId>

<useLatestVersion>true</useLatestVersion>

<type>FIXES</type>

</fixesOption>

<configurationOption>

<type>CONFIGURATION</type>

</configurationOption>

</templateMetadata>

• Save template• Products• Fixes• Configuration

• Apply template• Products• Fixes• Configuration

• No UI, only CLI

Template-based Provisioning – 9.5


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Template-based Provisioning – new in 9.6

• Web UI to create and apply templates• Relies on centrally configured repositories• Supports automatic image transfer from the central repository

to the target node• New simplified CLI/API


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Template-based Provisioning Demo



Command Central Demo: Command Central Template-based provisioning

http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/communities/public/1bf7d68f-af6d-11e3-ae7d-cd8d7ef22065/?title=Command+Central+Demo:+Command+Central+Template-based+provisioning+

http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/communities/public/1bf7d68f-af6d-11e3-ae7d-cd8d7ef22065/?title=Command+Central+Demo:+Command+Central+Template-based+provisioning+


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Save Installation as Template

Command Central

SPM

SPM

IS

T1

Template extracted from source…

…and stored on CC

cc create templates alias=t1 nodeAlias=n1 …


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Apply Template

Command Central

SPM

SPM

IS

T1

Template sent to target

cc exec templates apply alias=t1 nodeAlias=n2 …

IS


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Installing Products

Command Central

SPM

T1

IS

SoftwareDownload

Center

I1

1

2

1) Master Repo = Software AG SDC2) Image Repo = Installer images

cc exec templates apply alias=t1 nodeAlias=n2options=PRODUCTS productsRepo=pr1


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Installing Fixes

Command Central

SPM

T1

IS

Empower

FR1

1

2

1) Master Repo = Software AG Empower2) Image Repo = SUM images

cc exec templates apply alias=t1 nodeAlias=n2options=FIXES fixesRepo=fr1


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Applying Configuration

Command Central

SPM

T1

IS

F1

1) Merge or Replace mode2) With or without referenced files

cc exec templates apply alias=t1 nodeAlias=n2options=CONFIGURATION options=FILES


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Apply Template Sequence for Integration Server

1. Install products and start IS

Products Fixes Configuration Files




2. Install fixes and start IS

3. Apply config and files andrestart IS

0. Create template


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Template Management CLI

# list available templates

cc list templates

Alias Node Alias Description Principal Created

templateAlias local test Administrator Thu Feb 27 17:34:35 PST 2014

# export template (save as local .zip file)

cc get templates export templateAlias --output templateAlias.zip

# import template from a local .zip file

cc exec templates import --input templateAlias.zip

# delete template

cc delete templates templateAlias



Integration Server Configuration


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• Ports• License keys

• Resources• Loggers• webMethods Messaging• Global variables• ALL configurations Web UI

Integration Server Configuration

9.0

9.5

* Supported only for templates, comparison, CLI and API

• JDBC pools*• JDBC functional aliases*• Keystores*• Truststores*• JNDI aliases*• JMS aliases*• SMTP settings*• Extended server settings*

9.6


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IS Configuration UIs


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IS Configuration UIs


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Basic Configuration CLI Commands

$ cc list configuration types nodeAlias=devis1 runtimeComponentId=integrationServer-default

ID Display Name Category

COMMON-SYSPROPS System Properties Properties

COMMON-PORTS Port Settings Ports

COMMON-JNDI JNDI Settings JNDI

..

$ cc list configuration instances nodesAlias=devis1 runtimeComponentId= integrationServer-default

ID Config Type Id Display Name

COMMON-SYSPROPS COMMON-SYSPROPS Extended Settings

COMMON-PORTS-p7777 COMMON-PORTS HTTPListener@7777

..


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Example – editing IS Extended Settings

$ cc list configuration instances nodeAlias=devis1 runtimeComponentId=integrationServer-default configurationTypeId=COMMON-SYSPROPS


COMMON-SYSPROPS COMMON-SYSPROPS Extended Properties

$ cc get configuration data devis1 integrationServer-default COMMON-SYSPROPS -o ext-settings.properties

$ vi ext-settings.properties

...

watt.new.property=someValue

$ cc put configuration data devis1 integrationServer-default COMMON-SYSPROPS -i ext-settings.properties

CURRENT


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Example – create and delete JNDI aliases

$ cc list configuration instances nodeAlias=devis1 runtimeComponentId=integrationServer-default configurationTypeId=COMMON-JNDI


COMMON-JNDI-DEFAULT_IS_JNDI_PROVIDER COMMON-JNDI DEFAULT_IS_JNDI_PROVIDER

COMMON-JNDI-EventBusJndiProvider COMMON-JNDI EventBusJndiProvider

$ cc get configuration data devis1 integrationServer-default COMMON-JNDI-DEFAULT-IS_JNDI_PROVIDER --output jndi.xml

$ vi jndi.xml

<JNDISettings><JNDI alias=“newJndiAlias”> .. </JNDISettings>

$ cc create configuration data devis1 integrationServer-default COMMON-JNDI --input jndi.xml

$ cc delete configuration data devis1 integrationServer-default COMMON-JNDI-newJndiAlias



Integration Server Instance Management


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Integration Sever Instance Management

• Integration Server 9.6 supports multiple instances• Default instance can be created by the installer• Additional instances can be created using IS CLI locally or CC

CLI remotely• No CC Web UI yet• No CC Templates support yet• Integration Server license cannot be supplied during instance

creation. The license file has to be added afterwards using Web UI or CLI


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Instance Management CLI

Create new IS instance$ cc create instances devis1 integrationServer instance.name=i1 primary.port=7777 …

ID Status Started

5 RUNNING Tue Sep 17 15:02:26 BST 2013

Wait for completion$ cc get jobmanager landscapejobs devis1 5 --expected-values DONE --wait 30

ID Status Started Ended

5 DONE Tue Sep 17 15:02:26 BST 2013 Tue Sep 17 15:02:40 BST 2013

Update IS instance$ cc update instances devis1 integrationServer-i1 i1 packages.list=pkg1,pkg2

ID Status Started


Delete IS instance$ cc delete instances devis1 integrationSever-i1

ID Status Started




Log Access


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Log Access

• Allows online access to product log files• Tail or head log file viewing, limited number of lines• Simple and regexp search• Full log download in plain text and zip formats• Download of multiple logs for a given component or entire

managed node• Supported for Integration Server, SPM, CCE, CTP• Web UI and CLI


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Log Sources Web UI


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Log Viewer Web UI


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Log Access CLI

Getting list of log file alises$ cc list diagnostics logs devis1 integrationServer-default

Alias Size Last Updated

server.log 12345 Tue Sep 17 15:02:26 BST 2013

Getting log tail and head$ cc get diagnostics logs devis1 integrationServer-default server.log tail

$ cc get diagnostics logs devis1 integrationServer-default server.log head lines=100

Search logs$ cc get diagnostics logs devis1 integrationServer-default server.log full search=ISS.0014.0002C

$ cc get diagnostics logs devis1 integrationServer-default server.log tail regexp=“^20.*”

Download logs: one, some, all$ cc get diagnostics logs devis1 integrationSever-default server.log full –o server.log

$ cc get diagnostics logs devis1 integrationSever-default server.log+stats.log export –o logs.zip

$ cc get diagnostics logs devis1 integrationSever-default export –o is-logs.zip

$ cc get diagnostics logs devis1 export –o node-logs.zip



HTTPS and other Security Enhancements


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HTTPS Support

• Out of the box enablement of HTTPS communication between• Client browser and Command Central server• CLI tool and Command Central server• CCE and 9.6 SPM’s• SPM and managed Integration Server (needs HTTPS port on IS)

• Pre-generated certificates provide better protection against wire-sniffing comparing to plain HTTP communication• For better protection custom certificates should be generated and

configured for each managed host/SPM• HTTPS ports and client configuration is supported via CLI and Web

UI• Custom certificates have to be distributed manually

• CC CLI client configuration can be stored in ~/.sag/cc.properties file protected by the OS using restricted file permissions

• cc.properties file can also store CC CLI password


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Use of Out-Of-The-Box HTTPS Demo



Command Central Demo: Command Central out of the box HTTPS support

http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/communities/public/e35f172e-b367-11e3-9a74-cd8d7ef22065/?title=Command+Central+Demo:+Command+Central+out+of+the+box+HTTPS+support+

http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/communities/public/e35f172e-b367-11e3-9a74-cd8d7ef22065/?title=Command+Central+Demo:+Command+Central+out+of+the+box+HTTPS+support+


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Generating certificates

• Follow the process described in the article on TechCommunity web site under Communities >>> Command Central Articles

How do I generate keystores and certificates for command central

• Import certificates into client trust stores• cceroot.cer and cce*.cer into cli-truststore.jks• cceroot.cer and spm*.cer into cce-truststore.jks

• Copy *.jks files to server, client and target spm nodes

http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/pwiki/-/wiki/Main/How+do+I+generate+keystores+and+certificates+for+command+central


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Updating client configuration to use certificates• Update HTTPS port on CCE• Update client Browser• Update CCE CLI SSL configuration• Update HTTPS port on SPM’s• Update CCE client SSL configuration


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Other usage notes

• It is recommended to perform HTTPS/SSL channel re-configuration while you’re connecting to SPM over HTTP!• Switch CCE ‘local’ SPM connection to HTTP port if HTTPS is currently

used• Connect to all remote SPM nodes using HTTP• Configure HTTPS port for CCE – verify in Browser• Configure HTTPS port for a remote SPM – verify in Browser• Configure CCE SSL settings and try to connect to remote SPM using

SSL• If OK, repeat for others SPM nodes

• Use can use custom certificates for HTTPS communication with 9.0 and 9.5 nodes as well!• 9.0 SPM’s have to be restarted from OS level (shell scripts or

Windows Svc)• 9.5 SPM’s have to be restarted from Web UI or CLI• 9.6 SPM’s restart HTTPS listener automatically!


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HTTPS Setup using Custom Certificates Demo



Command Central Demo: Command Central support for HTTPS configuration using custom certificates

http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/communities/public/753a4a6f-b4c8-11e3-9a74-cd8d7ef22065/?title=Command+Central+Demo:+Command+Central+support+for+HTTPS+configuration+using+custom+certificates+

http://techcommunity.softwareag.com/ecosystem/communities/public/753a4a6f-b4c8-11e3-9a74-cd8d7ef22065/?title=Command+Central+Demo:+Command+Central+support+for+HTTPS+configuration+using+custom+certificates+


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Security Enhancements

• Out of the box configuration for private user, group and roles internal user store for CCE and SPM profiles• Easy to change default passwords• No impact on other products using shared internal stores, e.g.

CentraSite• Additional default users and groups

• Support for per-SPM connection credentials• No longer all SPM’s must have the same set of credentials• Can be configured from CLI and Web UI


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License Reports Management Web UI


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License Reports Web UI

• License Reports UI can be accessed via Licenses View menu• Allows to create new license reports on demand• The generated report can be downloaded as PDF, XML or JSON• The reports are archived and the list can be filtered and sorted• Previously generated reports can be downloaded at any time• Older reports can be deleted


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License Reports Web UI



Cloud Factory (preview)


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Cloud Factory CLI (feature preview)

• Ability to manage virtual machine instances and images using Cloud Factory Services API

• Support for VMware and EC2• Account configuration using CLI and Web UI• CLI commands for launching new VMs, start/stop and

destroying a VM instances• No Web UI yet for image and instance management


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Cloud Factory Account Configuration


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Cloud Factory Account Configuration


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Cloud Factory CLI

Set CFS endpoint URL (NOTE: no /cce at the end)$ export CC_SERVER=https://localhost:8091

List of available accounts$ cc list cfs accounts

List of available images$ cc list cfs images <accountName>

List of available instances$ cc list cfs instances <accountName>

Launch new instances$ cc create cfs instances <accountName> <imageId> type=<type>

Start or stop instance$ cc exec cfs instances <accountName> <instanceId> start

$ cc exec cfs instances <accountName> <instanceId> stop

Delete instance$ cc delete cfs instances <accountName> <instanceId>



Online Help


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Online Help

• New combined online help for Web UI, CLI references an REST API

• New mobile friendly responsive layout• Restful topic links and better search• Hosted by Command Central server• Accessible from the Help menu


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Online Help



Miscellaneous


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Miscellaneous

• Optimized SPM footprint• Default max memory set to 128 MB• Optimized resource settings (e.g. lower thread counts)• New optional plugin-in for NERV

• Out of the box registration of ‘local’ node

• Tested scalability with 1000 managed nodes• CLI is fully functional• Web UI is functional but a bit sluggish (expected)

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