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Managing BMC AMI Ops user interface


The following topic provide instructions that can help you manage the BMC AMI Ops User Interface (BMC AMI Ops User Interface) server.

Starting and stopping the BMC AMI Ops User Interface server

The BMC AMI Ops User Interface server is a web server that is installed on the mainframe as part of the BMC AMI Ops Infrastructure standard installation.

The default procedure name is MUXTCJCL. Replace the name with the procedure name you specified when you installed the component.

  • To start the BMC AMI Ops User Interface server, in the spool (SDSF), use the /S MUXTCJCL command.
  • To stop the BMC AMI Ops User Interface server, in the spool (SDSF), use the /P MUXTCJCL command.

Modifying the BMC AMI Ops UI properties

The application.properties file, located on the BMC AMI Ops User Interface server in the installationDirectory/amiops/config directory, contains properties that you can modify to better fit your organization's needs

Best practice
BMC recommends contacting BMC Support before modifying the properties.

After you change a property value, you must restart the BMC AMI Ops User Interface server.

Property

Default value

Description

request.timeout

60

Number of seconds before a request from the server to the service times out

The value must be less than the client.request.timeout value.

token.timeout

15

Number of minutes before the access token times out and the user must log in again

The value must be 5 minutes or higher.

timeout

60

For internal use only, request timeout in seconds

client.request.timeout

75

Number of seconds before a client request to the server times out

The value must be greater than the request.timeout value.

workDir

Not applicable

User-defined file path for the config directory

BMC AMI Ops User Interface configurations, such as dashboards and user preferences, are saved in this directory.

ami.ops.ui.log.level

INFO

Logging level for the server

Valid values are ALL, TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, FATAL, and OFF

secure.cookie

true

Whether the browser cookie is sent only over HTTPS

If set to false, the cookie can also be sent over HTTP. For more information, see To enable BMC AMI Ops UI use with HTTP in the "Configuring the BMC AMI Ops user interface" topic.

idle.timeout

and

idle.timeout.username

-1

and

Not applicable

The idle.timeout and idle.timeout.username properties must be used together. You might want to use these properties, for example, when dashboards and alarms are displayed on a large screen in a control room.

The idle.timeout property is the number of minutes before the session times out and the user must log in again

A value of -1 means the session never times out. Otherwise, the value must be 5 minutes or higher.

The idle.timeout.username property is the user name of one user for which the idle.timeout applies.

 

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