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IBM DataPower Operations Dashboard contains an extensive set of parameters that let administrators fine-tune the system's behavior to the installation requirements.
The following sections describe these parameters in detail. 

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ParameterCategoryDefault ValueDescription
Enable Queries Emails SMTPAlertstrueEnable / Disable publishing alerts via SMTP server
Enable Queries Emails SMTP WSAlertsfalseEnable / Disable publishing alerts via Web Service
Fields to Ignore in ElasticSearch Response in AlertsAlertsdoc_count_error_upper_bound,sum_other_doc_countField to omit from alert description
Enable Queries Output FileAlertsfalseEnable / Disable publishing alerts as file in local file system
Syslog Severity Field ValueAlertsinfoSyslog record message level.
Possible values: debug, info, notice, warning, err, crit, alert, emerg
Alerts Syslog Server HostnameAlerts172.77.77.7Syslog server hostname or IP address.
Alerts Syslog Server PortAlerts60031Syslog server listening port.

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Parameter

Category

Default Value

Description

From Address

Email

from@example.com

The from address used for the report email.

SMTP Host

Email SMTP

smtp.example.com

Destination SMTP host

SMTP Password

Email SMTP

********

Password for logging in to the SMTP host. If no authentication required leave this field empty.

SMTP Port

Email SMTP

465

Destination SMTP host port

SMTP User

Email SMTP

mailer@example.com

Username for logging in to the SMTP host. If no authentication required leave this field empty.

SMTP SSL EnabledEmail SMTPtrueEnable / Disable TLS/SSL


SMTP WS Endpoint URI

Email SMTP WS

/SMTPSender

Destination URI for sending reports via Web-Service

SMTP WS Host

Email SMTP WS

localhost

Destination hostname for sending reports via Web-Service

SMTP WS Port

Email SMTP WS

8080

Destination port for sending reports via Web-Service

SMTP WS Protocol

Email SMTP WS

HTTP

Protocol for accessing the Web-Service host

Valid values: HTTP / HTTPS

SMTP WS User

Email SMTP WS

user

User used for sending reports via Web-Service. This value is sent using HTTP Basic Authentication.

SMTP WS Password

Email SMTP WS

********

Password used for sending reports via Web-Service. This value is sent using HTTP Basic Authentication.

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Parameter

Category

Default Value

Description

Enable agents management

Agents

true

Set to true, unless using an External Self Service Console installation, in which case it should be false.

Certificate monitoring duration in days

Certificate Monitoring

60

DataPower Gateways are able to send an alert a configurable number of days before certificates are about to expire. DPOD leverages this ability in the certificate monitoring screens.

When a new monitored device is added to DPOD, the value in this parameter is copied to the corresponding parameter on the device.

This value does not affect already-monitored devices. If you wish to change this in previously added devices, you need to do so manually.

Time to Keep WS-M Payloads (1d, 1w, blank)WSM(blank)Automatically delete WS-M payloads from store, possible values are 1d = one day, 1w = one week, no value = don't delete automatically
Interval in Seconds to Sample Gateway MQ Objects StatsWDP Objects300How often to sample the gateway's MQ objects, the data is shown in the Gateway MQ Overview dashboard


System Parameters

ParameterCategoryDefault ValueDescription
Is Internal Self Service InstallationSystemtrueIs the current DPOD installation an Internal Self Service Console - change this value only for external self service console scenarion
Internal Self Service AddressSystemhttps://montier-managementThe address of the internal Self Service Console - change this value only for external self service console scenarion
Internal Self Service User NameSystem(no default)

The DPOD user name that will be used to access the internal Self Service Console - change this value only for external self service console scenarion

Info

We recommend that you create a new user for this purpose


Internal Self Service PasswordSystem(no default)The DPOD user's passwordthat will be used to access the internal Self Service Console - change this value only for external self service console scenarion
Internal Self Service Webserver PortSystem443The internal Self Service Console's webserver port - change this value only for external self service console scenarion
Interval in Seconds to Check and Cleanup DB TablesSystem28800Interval in seconds to cleanup DB tables that exceeded the threshold size (threshold for each table is defined in a different system parameter)
Threshold in MB to Clean Reports Execution TableSystem100Threshold in MB to cleanup the reports execution DB table
Threshold in MB to Clean Alerts Execution TableSystem200Threshold in MB to cleanup the alerts execution DB table
Threshold in MB to Clean Services Portal Execution TableSystem100Threshold in MB to cleanup the services portal execution DB table
Threshold in MB to Clean Maintenance Plan ExecutionSystem100Threshold in MB to cleanup the maintenance execution DB tables (backup, sync and firmware upgrade)
Experimental FeaturesExperimental(no default)For support use only, do not change unless advised by L2/L3 support 

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