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Configuring OVO
Configuring Flexible Management Templates
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About HTTPS-based Event Forwarding Between
Multiple Management Servers
OVO offers the following communication types for forwarding events in a
flexible management environment:
❏ DCE-based communication
DCE-based event forwarding is the default communication type for
OVO 8.
❏ HTTPS-based communication
HTTPS-based event forwarding establishes a higher level of security
for the communication between management servers in an OVO
environment.
It is available with the OVO server patch version 8.21, but disabled
by default. With the next major release of OVO, HTTPS-based
forwarding will be enabled by default as the preferred
communication type.
NOTE HTTPS-based event forwarding is slower than the DCE-based
forwarding. Further improvements are planned to be addressed in
one of the next server patches.
Enabling HTTPS-based Forwarding
To enable HTTPS-based event forwarding, follow these steps:
1. Set the parameter OPC_HTTPS_MSG_FORWARD to true:
ovconfchg -ovrg server -ns opc -set \
OPC_HTTPS_MSG_FORWARD TRUE
To disable HTTPS-based event forwarding, set the parameter to
false.
2. Establish a trust relationship between the OVO management servers
that will be communicating directly.
For setting up trust relationships between OVO management
servers, refer to the section titled Certificate Handling for a Second
OVO Management Server in the OVO HTTPS Agent Concepts and
Configuration Guide.
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