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Configuring Topology Through the REST Web Service Listener

You can collect the topology data by using the separate REST Web Service Topology policy, which is configured as follows:

  1. Prerequisite: Make sure the following applies:

    1. Your BSM Connector is configured to work with OMi by using the bsmc-conf tool.

    2. The certificate request is approved on the OMi side.

    3. Your BSM Connector is set up as a connected server in OMi.

  2. In the BSM Connector user interface, click Create in the toolbar. Then click Topology > REST Web service listener REST Web Service Listener.

    Alternatively, double-click an existing policy to edit it.

  3. In the Properties page, define information that is related to the policy itself (for example, the name and description of the policy).

    For details, see Configuring REST Web Service Listener Policy Properties.

  4. In the Source page,define age to deletion and specify whether delta detection should be done.

    For details, see How to configure the REST Web service listener source (topology)This task describes how configure the XML source file and how the policy reads it.Enter the Path parameter string, which is a part of the actual URL where the REST Web Service Listener listens for the XML data from the Web service client.Enter the age to deletion - the number of times for the policy to be run for a host that is not part of the topology data. After this number of policy executions, this host is deleted from the server.Optionally, enable delta detection, so that only the difference between the received XML file and the repository is sent to the topology server..

  5. Click Save and Close to save the policy and close the editor.

  6. Optional. If the list of policies does not refresh automatically in the BSM Connector user interface, click Refresh in the toolbar.