Configuring FusionReactor for FusionAnalytics

To begin, you will need to login to the FusionReactor Administration Manager (FRAM) and go to Instances → Instance Manager.

Find the instance that you want to use to send data to FusionAnalytics and click the FusionAnalytics Connector Settings button (Figure 1).

Figure 1: FusionAnalytics Connector Settings

This will display the FusionAnalytics Connector Manager pop-up (Figure 2). Click Next to begin.

Figure 2: FusionAnalytics Connector Manager

The first step is to configure the Log Settings (Figure 3). This sets how often log files will be transferred to FusionAnalytics.

You can change these settings later in the instance under Logging → Log Settings.

This tutorial will rotate the logs to FusionAnalytics once an hour, as shown in Figure 3.

You can also choose to lock these settings, so that other users cannot change them. See Locked in the FusionReactor User's Guide for more information.

When you have finished, click Save Log Settings.

Figure 3: Log Settings

The next page takes you to the FusionAnalytics Settings (Figure 4).

For this tutorial we will keep the Connector Mode and FRAM Service as the default options. We will only add a FusionAnalytics Target.

Under FusionAnalytics Targets, click the icon to add a new target. This specifies where the log files from FusionReactor will be sent.

Figure 4: FusionAnalytics Settings

In the screen that appears (Figure 5), fill in the following:

Field	Description
Host	The machine where FusionAnalytics is installed. This example uses the local machine, so the IP address is 127.0.0.1 or localhost.
Port	The machine port. If you changed the default port during the installation, use that instead; if not, use the default (8400).
Application Name	The name of the DataCollector Application that you want to collect the data. If you followed the example in the installation guide, this will be *coldfusion9*.
DataCollector	The name of the actual DataCollector that you want to receive the data. Each DataCollector application can have multiple DataCollectors that receive data. The default setting is one DataCollector named *faDataCollector-1*.
Username	The username for a user who has access to the DataCollector application. This is only used if the DataCollector requires authentication. If you are using the default setting, this is not needed.
Password	The password for the above username.
HTTPS	Check this box if your DataCollector uses HTTPS. For more information on this see Setting Up FusionAnalytics with HTTPS.
Status	Once you have entered in the details, click Test Target to check that you are connecting to a valid DataCollector.

If you are following the tutorial, you should fill in the form as shown in Figure 5.

If you want to learn more about DataCollectors, including authentication and multiple DataCollectors within an application, see Applications (FADC) in the FusionAnalytics User's Guide.

Click Save Target Settings once you have checked that the status is OK.

Figure 5: FusionAnalytics Target configuration

You will now return to the FusionAnalytics Settings page (Figure 6).

You can check that both the FRAM Service and FusionAnalytics Targets are correct by clicking the yellow Check Target button.

If both targets are OK, click Save Connector Settings.

Figure 6: Testing the FusionAnalytics Settings

You have now reached the end of the FusionAnalytics Connector Manager wizard (Figure 7), click Finish to return to the Instance Manager.

Figure 7: Final screen of the FusionAnalytics Connector Manager

Seeing your data in FusionAnalytics

When you connect FusionReactor to FusionAnalytics, the data will not instantly appear. You will need wait for a transfer to occur.

If you want to force a transfer, in FusionReactor go to Analytics → Connector Status. Click Transfer to send the logs to FusionAnalytics. You will need to wait for each log to be processed by FADC before the data will be available in the Client.

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More Configuration Tutorials:

Accessing FusionAnalytics

Setting Up the AIR Client

Configuring FusionReactor for FusionAnalytics

Setting Up Users

Setting Up the Email Server

Setting Up Application Filters

Setting Up TAP and Daily Status Reports

For more information:

FusionAnalytics Documentation

Using FusionAnalytics with FusionReactor