Broker 10.5 | webMethods Broker Documentation | Administering webMethods Broker | Managing Client Groups | Working with Client Groups | Viewing and Editing Client Groups
 
Viewing and Editing Client Groups
You can display a list of client groups stored on a selected Broker Server and Broker, select a client group to view its settings, and edit certain settings.
*To view the list of client groups, view client group details, and edit client group settings
1. In My webMethods: Messaging > Broker Server s > Client Groups.
2. Select the Broker Server and Broker whose client groups you want to list and click Go.
The Broker user interface displays all client groups stored on that Broker in the Client Groups List. Following are descriptions of the fields:
Fields
Description
Client Group
List of client groups belonging to the selected Broker Server and Broker.
Broker @Server
Name of the Broker and Broker Server Host to which the client group belongs, in the format: BrokerName@hostname:port
Queue Type
Default storage type for client queues. Possible values are:
*Guaranteed. Documents of this type are stored on disk (default).
*Volatile. Documents of this type are stored in memory.
For more information, see Client Queue Storage Type.
Lifecycle
Determines what the Broker does with a Broker client's state upon disconnection. Possible values are:
*Explicit destroy. Maintains the client's state object when the client disconnects.
*Destroy on disconnect. The Broker loses all knowledge of the client upon disconnection.
For more information, see Client Lifecycle.
System Defined
A value of Yes indicates that the client group was defined by Broker. For more information, see System-Defined Client Groups.
Created
Date and time that the client group was created.
3. For detailed information about a client group, or to edit a client group's settings, click its name. On the Client Group Details page is displayed, select the Configuration tab.
Note:
You can only modify the settings for Description, Encryption, and Access Label Required.
Information
Description
Description
Description of the client group. You can edit the text in this field.
Lifecycle
Specifies what the Broker does with a Broker client's state when the Broker client disconnects. Possible values are:
*Explicit destroy. Maintains the client's state object when the client disconnects.
*Destroy on disconnect. The Broker loses all knowledge of the client upon disconnection.
For more information, see Client Lifecycle.
Queue Type
Default storage type for client queues. Possible values are:
*Guaranteed. Documents of this type are stored on disk (default).
*Volatile. Documents of this type are stored in memory.
For information, see Client Queue Storage Type.
Created
Date and time the client group was created.
Last Modified
Date and time the client group was last modified.
System Defined
Specifies whether the client group is system defined and whether client group properties can be modified.
Encryption
Specifies whether message traffic between clients belonging to this client group and the Broker is encrypted (checked) or unencrypted (unchecked). By default, encryption is enabled.
To enable encryption for a client group, its Broker Server must have an SSL identity, and the current user must have permission to configure encryption. For more information, see Assigning SSL Identities for a Broker Server and Using SSL Encryption.
Access Label Required
Specifies whether clients must have an access label to join the client group (the default is no access label required).
Access labels are an advanced security feature of Broker. For more information, see Using Access Labels.
Total Docs Published
Total number of documents that Broker clients in this group have published.
Last published
Date and time that a Broker client in this group last published a document.
Access control
Provides status information about the ACLs for this client group and about permissions for the current user. Possible values are listed below:
The following indicate that you can configure or view ACL settings:
*Configured. ACLs are configured and enabled for this client group.
*Not configured. No ACLs have been configured for this client group, therefore, any clients are permitted to join.
The following indicate that you can configure ACLs, but must first configure basic authentication or SSL for other Broker components, as follows:
*Broker Server SSL required. You must establish an SSL identity to the Broker Server before you can configure ACLs for this client group.
*Identity required. You must establish a basic authentication or an SSL identity for the Broker user interface component before you can configure ACLs for this client group.
The following indicates that you do not have permission to configure or view ACLs:
*Configured, but not accessible. An ACL is configured for this client group, but the current user does not have the permissions needed to view or reconfigure these settings.
4. Click Apply to save any client group settings you modified.
5. To view a list of the document types that Broker clients in the client group are able to access, do the following:
a. Select the Can Publish tab to view the document types that clients are able to deliver.
b. Select the Can Subscribe tab to view the document types to which clients are able to receive deliveries.
c. Select the Log Publish tab to view the document types that clients are able to log when a document is published.
d. Select the Log Acknowledge tab to view the document types to which clients can make a log entry when a document is received.