Using Broker Manager

Broker Manager is a browser-based tool for administering event brokers. This tool lets you tune advanced settings, manage queues, and perform administrative tasks. When using Broker Manager with event broker services, you open Broker Manager from within Cluster Manager.

You must have connectivity to the same network as the event broker services to access Broker Manager. Access to Broker Manager is not possible if you're connecting from the public Internet when:

  • the service does not have access to the public internet (for example in a VPC/VNET) or does not have public endpoints
  • only private endpoints are configured on the service

For more information, see Broker Manager .

To configure pre-authentication for Broker Manager, which allows users with appropriate permissions to open event broker service in Broker Manager without logging in separately, see Pre-Authentication for Broker Manager. Pre-authentication is enabled by default.

You can also configure single sign-on for event broker services

You perform many event broker service configuration tasks in Broker Manager, including:

For event broker service versions 10.10 and later, you also configure client and user authentication and client profiles in Broker Manager.

To open Broker Manager for an event broker service, perform these steps:

  1. Log in to the Solace Cloud Console if you have not done so yet. The URL to access the Cloud Console differs based on your authentication scheme. For more information, see Logging In to the Solace Cloud Console.

  2. On the navigation bar, select Cluster Manager
  3. Click the event broker service that you want to manage.

  4. In the top-right corner of the page, click Open Broker Manager. The Broker Manager web interface opens in another tab in your browser.

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To view details about the current user, perform the following steps:

  1. Click the user  icon.

  2. Select User Details.

The User Info page displays details about the current user, including:

  • Global Access Level—The access permissions assigned to the user across the entire event broker. For more information, see Managing Access and Authentication.

  • Username—The unique identifier for the current user account.

  • Session Active—Whether the current user's session is active or not.

  • Session Id—The Id number associated with the current user's session.

  • Current Broker Time—The current date and time on the event broker.

  • Session Creation Time—The date and time when the current user's session was established.

  • Session Hard Expiry Time—The absolute date and time when the user session will expire regardless of activity.

  • Session Idle Expiry Time—The date and time when the session will expire due to inactivity. By default, the event broker terminates idle sessions after 15 minutes.

  • Message VPN Access Level—The access permissions assigned to the user for each Message VPN.