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Configuring the BMC Remedyforce actor adapter

You configure an adapter in the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Grid Manager. While each adapter must have a unique name, you can create multiple adapter instances of the same adapter type with different configuration properties.

The form view provides an easy-to-use interface for configuring adapters. The form view prevents human errors that might occur as a result of copying the configuration XML from the XML sample into the UI when configuring an adapter. You can switch to the XML view to configure those elements and attributes that are not available as fields or to configure all the elements and attributes by using XML only. However, after you switch to the XML view, and save the configuration in XML from that view, you cannot thereafter use the form view to modify the configuration.

To configure the actor adapter:

  1. Log on to the BMC Atrium Orchestrator Grid Manager.
  2. To access the adapters page, click the Manage tab, then click the Adapters tab.
  3. In the Adapters in Repository list, select the bmc-ao-adapter-remedyforce-actor check box.
  4. Click Add to Grid to include the adapter in the Adapters on Grid list.
  5. Click Configure corresponding to the newly added adapter.
  6. On the Add an Adapter Configuration page, perform the following substeps to configure the adapter by using the form view, or skip to step 7to configure the adapter by using the XML view:

    1. Enter a name for the adapter.

      Warning

      Note

      The default name for the BMC Remedyforce actor adapter is RemedyforceAdapter.

    2. Enter a description for the adapter.
    3. Under Properties, enter or select values for the configuration elements.
      Include all the required elements, indicated with an asterisk (*).
  7. (Optional) Configure the adapter in the XML view using the following substeps:
    1. Enter a name and a description for the adapter.
    2. Click Switch to XML View to specify elements and attributes that are not in the form view.
    3. On the Warning message that appears, click Switch View.

    4. Copy the configuration elements and attributes into the Properties text box, and then click OK.

      Warning

      Note

      If the default value for an optional element is acceptable, omit the element. Do not include empty elements.

    5. On the Warning message that appears, click Save.

      This action saves the adapter configuration with settings in the XML view permanently. The newly configured adapter is now listed in the Adapters on Grid list.

      The following table describes the elements of an actor adapter configuration that you can specify using the form view, XML view, or both. You cannot use the form view to configure elements and attributes that do not have an entry in the "UI label" column. To configure such elements and attributes, you have to switch to the XML view.

Configuration node elements for the actor adapter

UI label

Element

Description

Required

None

<config>

Contains the configuration elements to connect to a specific server

Yes

Endpoint Address

<endpoint-address>

Specifies the Salesforce endpoint partner URL to be used to log on to the BMC Remedyforce application (https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/24.0)

When you log on to www.salesforce.com, the web site returns the session ID and the endpoint of the actual BMC Remedyforce web service. The <endpoint-address> is used in all the subsequent requests to the BMC Remedyforce application.

Yes

Time To Live

<time-to-live>

Specifies the interval, in minutes, after which the session must refresh

A new session ID is acquired after the specified interval expires. 

Default value: 120 minutes

Warning

Note

If you specify the value as more than 120 minutes, you must increase the value for the Session Timeout value field on the BMC Remedyforce server. The value of the <time-to-live>  element should be similar to or less than the Session Timeout Value field.

No

User Name

<user-name>

Specifies the user name required to log on to the Salesforce web service

Yes

Password

<password>

Specifies the password that corresponds to the user name

Yes

Install Certificate

<install-certificate >

Specifies whether the certificates should be installed automatically

Valid values: true (default), false

No

Passphrase

<passphrase>

Specifies the password of the truststore file

Default value: changeit

No

Truststore File

<truststore-file>

Specifies the path of the truststore file that contains the certificates

Default value: Java standard truststore

No

None

<proxy-settings>

Contains the elements that define the proxy settings:

  • <host>
  • <port>
  • <user-name>
  • <password>

No

None

<host>

Specifies the host name or the IP address of the host for the request

Conditional; required if you use <proxy-settings>

None

<port>

Specifies the destination port on the proxy server for the request

Conditional; required if you use <proxy-settings>

None

<user-name>

Specifies the name of the user to access the proxy server

Conditional; required if the proxy server requires authentication.

None

<password>

Specifies the password for the specified user name

Conditional; required if the proxy server requires authentication.

XML sample for configuring the actor adapter

<config>
  <endpoint-address>https://login.salesforce.com/services/Soap/u/29.0&lt;/endpoint-address>
  <user-name>userName</user-name>
  <password>password</password>
  <time-to-live>120</time-to-live>
  <install-certificate>true</install-certificate>
  <passphrase>changeit</passphrase>
  <proxy-settings>
     <host>proxyserver.bmc.com</host>
     <port>808</port>
     <user-name>myUser</user-name>
     <password>passw0rd</password>
  </proxy-settings>
</config>

 

Tip: For faster searching, add an asterisk to the end of your partial query. Example: cert*

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