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IBM Integration Bus monitoring with logstash and Middleware Admin - rsyslog

Author: Vasil Vasilev
June 13, 2024

You can receive alerts for BIP messages from the IBM Integration Bus to the Middleware Admin system, which will send email notifications or will open Incidents based on the Alert configuration.

Here, you can find a more detailed explanation about Rsyslog and other logging configurations: IBM Integration Bus Advanced Logging Configuration

You can find the configuration files as well as rsyslog for IIB in Github: Midleo Agents GitHub

The target="logstash" port="15044" has to be changed for your Enterprise environment.

When the services are installed and configurations updated, it is important to update the variables in logstash.conf file:

"srvid" => ""                             #the "uid" from /var/midleoagent/conf/agentConfig.json
"inttoken" => ""                         #internal API token taken from Middleware Admin Configuration -> Core
url => "http://web/pubapi/monalert"       #web -> the DNS name of the Middleware Admin frontend


Now let's configure one BIP error code (IBM Integration Bus Diagnostic messages)



We can stop a message flow from the Middleware Admin IIBScout module:




In a few moments, you will receive a notification (or incident if configured):




Note: The configuration and installation of the products are done in Your enterprise environment by middleware specialists and system administrators. All listed products are not part of Middleware Admin installation and are third-party.