To open the TCP/IP collection agent configuration, click Build → New Configuration. Select Workflow from the Configurations dialog. When prompted to Select workflow type, select Realtime. Click Add agent and select Tcp Ip from the Agent Selection dialog. Double-click the agent icon or right-click the icon and select Edit agent, to display the Agent Configuration dialog.
TCP/IP Tab
TCP/IP collection agent configuration dialog - TCP/IP tab
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Host | The IP address or hostname to which the TCP collector will bind. If the host is bound the port must also be bound. If left empty TCP collector binds to all IP addresses available on the system. Note! This can be dynamically updated. |
Port | The port number from which the data is received. Make sure the port is not used by other applications. Note! The port can also be dynamically updated while the agent is running. Double-click the agent in the Workflow Editor in monitor mode and modify it. To trigger the agent to use the new port the workflow must be saved. For further information about updating agent configurations while the workflow is running, see Dynamic Update in 1.2 Administration and Management . |
Allow Multiple Connections | If enabled, several TCP/IP connections are allowed simultaneously. If disabled, only one at a time is allowed. |
Number of Connections Allowed | If Allow Multiple Connections is enabled, the maximum number of simultaneous connections is specified as a number between 2 and 65000. |
Send Response | If enabled, the collector will be able to send a response back to the source. If Allow Multiple Connections is enabled, the collector expects a UDR extended with the default TCPIPUDR as reply. If disabled, it expects a bytearray. Note! Drag and release in the opposite direction in the workflow to create a response route between the agents. The TCP/IP agent must be connected to an agent utilizing APL. This since responses are created with APL commands. For a description of the differences between a single- and a multiple connection setup, see A TCP/IP Example . |
| Send TCPIPStateUDR | If enabled, you can track the connection state of the client. When this option is selected the collection agent sends a udr indicating the status of the client connection each time it changes state. See TCPIPStateUDR in TCP/IP Related UDR Types. Note! It is not detected if a client is powered down or if its network cable has been removed. |
Decoder Tab
TCP/IP collection agent configuration dialog - Decoder tab
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
Decoder | List holding available decoders introduced via the Ultra Format Editor. The decoders are named according to the following syntax:
The option MZ Format Tagged UDRs indicate that the expected UDRs are stored in one of the built-in |
Tagged UDR Type | List of available internal UDR formats stored in the Ultra and Code servers. The formats are named according to the following syntax:
If the decoder is to reprocess UDRs of an internal format, the Decoder MZ format tagged UDRs has to be selected to enable this list. Once enabled, the internal format may be selected. |
Full Decode | If enabled, the UDR will be fully decoded before inserted into the workflow. This may have a negative impact on performance since all fields may not be accessed in the workflow, making decoding of all fields unnecessary. If disabled (default), the amount of work needed for decoding is minimized, using a "lazy" method decoding sub fields. This means the actual decoding work may not be done until later in the workflow, when the field values are accessed for the first time. Corrupt data (that is, data for which decoding fails) may not be detected during the decoding stage and could cause the UDR to be discarded at a later processing stage. |
Extra System Properties
This section describes the extra system properties that you can use to configure the TCP IP Collection Agent.
| Setting | Description |
|---|---|
mz.tcpip.logginginterval_ms | This property allows you to limit the number of exceptions from the TCP Collection Agent to one exception per specified interval (in milliseconds). Only change the property if support has expressly recommended it. It is normally not recommend to set this property. |