Broker 10.5 | webMethods Broker Documentation | Administering webMethods Broker | Managing Cluster Gateways | Viewing Cluster Gateway Details
 
Viewing Cluster Gateway Details
The Cluster Gateways page displays a list of cluster gateways known to the Broker Servers in your Broker Server List, and provides general information about them. View detailed information about the cluster gateway on the Cluster Gateway Details page.
*To view information about a cluster gateway
1. In My webMethods: Messaging > Broker Clusters > Cluster Gateways.
The Cluster Gateways List displays the following information about each cluster gateway you create.
Column
Description
Local Cluster > Remote Cluster
Name of the cluster gateway.
Number of Connections
Displays the number of gateway connections you configured in your cluster gateway.
Status
* Active. The cluster gateway is configured, and is operational (that is, not paused).
Active status indicates that the cluster gateway is logically available, but does not necessarily mean that the two clusters in the gateway pair are physically connected at this point in time. To determine whether the two clusters are physically connected, go to step 2 and examine the Broker s Linked field on the Cluster Gateway Details page.
* Error. The cluster gateway is not available for use. This state usually indicates a problem with the cluster gateway configuration.
* Paused. This cluster gateway is paused and is not currently forwarding any documents between the clusters. For information about pausing and unpausing a cluster gateway, see Pausing and Resuming a Cluster Gateway.
2. Click Details to display the Cluster Gateway Information page. The Configuration tab on this page displays the following information:
Field
Description
Broker s Linked
Indicates whether each Broker in the local cluster is connected to at least one Broker in the remote cluster and vice-versa.
* Yes.  Brokers are connected across the two gateway clusters, and able to exchange documents.
* No. Each Broker in the local cluster is not connected to at least one Broker in the remote cluster and vice-versa. There is no exchange of documents through the cluster gateway.
Status
Indicates the state of the cluster gateway connection. See Status description in the preceding step.
Keep Alive Interval
Specifies how often (in seconds) this cluster gateway must issue "keep-alive" events to the remote cluster gateway. A cluster gateway can use keep-alive events to prevent a firewall from disconnecting what it considers an idle connection. For more information about using keep-alive events, see Preventing Connection Timeouts between Clusters.
If a keep-alive interval of 0 is specified, this field displays Disabled.
Queue Length
Indicates the number of documents currently in the forward queue of each gateway connection, waiting to be retrieved by the remote cluster through the cluster gateway.
Shared Document Types
Indicates the number of document types that are shared and can, therefore, be exchanged though the cluster gateway. Click this value to view the shared document types.
Authentication Type
Indicates whether this cluster gateway is SSL-enabled.
*None. The cluster gateway is not SSL-enabled. The cluster on which it is hosted does not have an SSL identity and, therefore, the cluster gateway cannot interact with the remote cluster by using SSL. It will connect to the remote cluster by using the non-SSL port.
*SSL. The cluster gateway is SSL-enabled. The cluster on which it is hosted has an SSL identity, and can interact with the remote cluster using SSL.
Access Control
Indicates whether this cluster gateway is secured with an access control list (ACL).
* An access control list is assigned to this cluster gateway. For more information, see Cluster Gateway ACLs.
* An ACL is not assigned to this cluster gateway. To create one, you must have a basic authentication identity or an SSL identity that belongs to the "admin" client group for the cluster that hosts this cluster gateway.
Static Gateway Forwarding
Specifies whether this cluster gateway maintains a static or dynamic subscription list for the remote cluster. For more information about selecting a forwarding mode, see Configuring the Forwarding Mode.
Encryption
Specifies whether this cluster gateway will encrypt its interactions with the remote cluster gateway.
Refuse All Shared Document Type Updates
Specifies whether this cluster gateway accepts document-type updates from the remote cluster. For more information about allowing or blocking updates to document type definitions, see Refusing Document Type Updates from a Remote Cluster Gateway.