Pico Management

The Pico Management interface provides a comprehensive view of the various pico instances that are currently deployed as well as allow you to create and manage the pico instances.

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Pico Management dashboard view



The dashboard displays a list of all pico instances in the system. You can search and filter them for easy viewing.

Columns and Buttons

Description

Columns and Buttons

Description

Name

Name of the pico instances.

Type

The pico instance type of the JVM will be displayed here. These types will be labeled as platform, ec, sc, and ui

Status

The status of the JVM will be shown here. If the pico instance is up and can be pinged, it will be shown as running. If it cannot be pinged, it will be shown as unreachable. If the pico instance is shut down it will show as not-started.

Memory Use

The amount of memory being used by the pico instance will be shown here.

Response Time

The response time of the pico instance will be shown here.

Up Time

The amount of time that the pico instance has been running will be shown here.

EC Groups

If the pico instance belongs to any EC Groups, these will be shown here.

Actions

These are buttons that allow you to make changes to the selected pico.

Edit - Allows you to make changes to the properties related to that particular pico instance. See Editing a Pico Instance for more details.

Details - Allows to check more details about the pico instance from the Pico Management dashboard.

Restart - Restarts the pico instance from the Pico Management dashboard.

Stop - Stops the pico instance from the Pico Management dashboard.

Start - Starts the pico instance from the Pico Management dashboard.

Delete - Removes the pico instance from the Pico Management dashboard.

Managing the Pico Instances

You can start, stop or restart pico instances in the Pico Management dashboard. Selecting one or more of the pico instances will allow you to perform any of the highlighted actions shown at the top of the pico list. The available actions depend on the type of pico instance.

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Selecting multiple pico instances to start.

Adding a Pico Instance

You can add an EC or SC pico instance using the New Pico button on the Pico Management dashboard. The following are properties found in the Create New Pico dialog:

Property

Description

Property

Description

Pico Container

Choose between all available containers in your installation to list the pico instance under. This is a mandatory field. 

Name

Provide a unique identifier for your pico instance. The name cannot be shared across other pico instances and has to be unique. This is a mandatory field. 

Template

Choose between the mz.standard-ec template or the mz.standard-sc template for your pico instance. You can then make changes to the JSON template in the text field below, such as add on properties in Execution Context for EC's and Service Context Properties for SC's.

Editing a Pico Instance

You can add or modify properties pertaining to the particular pico instance as well as their values. The Edit Pico dialog consists of a JSON template text field where you can add new properties, edit the values and View Resolved Config. The View Resolved Config lets you view the current valid configuration for that particular pico instance. You cannot make changes to the text field while viewing the resolved config.

For more details to the properties you can add, refer to:

Platform Properties for the Platform pico.

Execution Context for Execution Context pico.

Service Context Properties for Service Context pico.

Details of a Pico Instance

The user can learn more about each pico instance by clicking Details in the Actions buttons, where it’s possible to see information separated by the following tabs:

Please note that the information presented in the tabs comes directly from JMX MBeans and is primarily intended for troubleshooting activities.