Chat now with support
Chat with Support

Foglight 7.3.0 - Web Component Guide

Introducing the Web Component Framework The Web Component Framework Configuring Views and Context Queries Functions Bindings Additional Components

Portlet

This is a JSR168 compliant portlet created for the purpose of allowing remote access to browser interface’s views. So far, this portlet has only been successfully tested on these Portal Servers as shown below:

•
JBoss® Portal Server 2.6
•
Apache Pluto 1.0.1
•
WebLogic® Portal 10

Deploy and Run

In order to test your Foglight® portlet, you will need to have a portal server available in which you can place the portlet’s war file. JBoss Portal, Apache Jetspeed2, and WebLogic Portal are suitable choices for testing a remote portlet.

To test your portlet:
1
Locate the Foglight remote portlet war file:
${Foglight Server Home}/tools/foglight-remote-portlets.war
2
Deploy the portlet.
The specific steps depend on which portal server you use. Please follow the guidelines given in your particular portal server for deploying portlets. For instance, to deploy to Pluto and JBoss Portal Server, the simplest way is to simply copy the war file into the server’s deploy directory.
3
Access the portlet.
Once the portlet is successfully deployed, be sure to follow the user guide of your portal server for information on how to access its deployed portlets.

Configuration

You need to configure the portlet by setting its host, port, and viewId before attempting to run it.

•
host: The Management Server host you would like to connect with.
•
port: The Management Server port you would like to connect with.
•
viewId: The Web Component Framework fully qualified ID, for example, system:fsmhome.0. There are also predefined view mappings available for use.
 
* 
NOTE: Validations for all these settings are also available.

SharePoint Web Part with Windows Single Sign-On

Users without a Foglight® account cannot have access to Foglight dashboards appearing in SharePoint® Web pages. Configuring Foglight to support Windows® Single Sign-on, grants Active Directory users access to Foglight views embedded in SharePoint Web pages.

When Windows Single Sign-on is configured, if you log in to a Windows machine and then log in to the browser interface, the Management Server uses your Windows account credentials to authenticate you as a Management Server user.

 
* 
IMPORTANT: When accessing SharePoint Web pages that contain embedded Foglight views, Active Directory users must use Web browsers that support SPNEGO authentication.

For complete information about configuring Foglight with Windows Sign-on, see “Configuring Windows Single Sign-On” in the Administration and Configuration Help.

Active Directory® users who need to have access to Foglight dashboards in SharePoint Web pages must have proper permissions granted to their Active Directory user accounts in Foglight. For more information, see “Managing Users and Security” in the Administration and Configuration Help.

To embed a Foglight dashboard into a SharePoint Web page:
1
Using your Active Directory account, log in to the Foglight browser interface.
2
Navigate to the dashboard that you want to embed into the SharePoint Web page.
3
Copy and record a link to this dashboard.
a
On the action panel, on the General tab, under Actions, click Properties.
A menu appears.
Figure 59. Properties menu
b
Click Link to this page in the menu.
The Link to this Page dialog box appears.
Figure 60. Link to this Page dialog box
c
In the Link to this Page dialog box, copy and record the value from the Remote Portlet URL box.
d
Click OK to close the Link to this Page dialog box.
4
Copy and record the preferred size for this view.
a
On the action panel, open the Design tab.
b
On the Design tab, ensure that the Definition tab is open.
c
On the Definition tab, under Configuration > Sizing, copy and record the preferred width and height.
5
In SharePoint, navigate to the SharePoint page where you want to embed the Foglight dashboard.
6
Add a Page Viewer Web Part to the SharePoint Web page.
7
Start editing the Page Viewer Web Part by choosing Modify My Page > Modify My Web Parts > <Newly Added Page Viewer Web Part>.
8
In the Link box, type the link to the Foglight dashboard recorded in Step 3.
9
Under Page Viewer, ensure that Web Page is selected
10
Expand the Appearance section and specify a title for the Foglight dashboard.
11
Set the dashboard’s height and width using the preferred size properties recorded in Step 4.
12
Ensure that Frame State is set to Normal.
13
Leave other properties at their default values.
14
Click Apply to apply your changes.
15
Click Save.
Related Documents

The document was helpful.

Select Rating

I easily found the information I needed.

Select Rating