Administration Documentation
The target audience for this section is system and application administrators.
The administrator documentation is divided into different application areas, such as installation, configuration, setup/configuration of system components, and settings and actions during operation. It also describes user-specific settings (primarily regarding the user interface) and default settings for the application modules.
Installation and Updates
This section contains all the necessary information on installing, migrating, and updating the BPC application.
You want to:
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perform a completely new installation of BPC.
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install a preconfigured BPC application available as a JSON file from the deployment.
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set up a BPC Cluster.
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upgrade to a newer version of BPC
Configuration
The following sections contain information on configuring all necessary BPC Services and components.
You can learn more about the following topics:
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the BPC system components OpenSearch and Karaf
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customizing configurations via the Central configuration file
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details on the Authentication and Authorization
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configuring the BPC with regard to IT security
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the BPC’s network configuration
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setting up the BPC as an operating system service
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the connections of the Virtimo Process-Engine IGUASU
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Configuring user-defined translations
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Customizing logging
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Configuring plugins for the front end
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Versioning the BPC configuration
Central Configuration
You want to:
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Adjust network Ports, memory, or the Java Runtime Environment.
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Adjust the BPC’s memory
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Connect databases to the BPC and install the corresponding JDBC drivers beforehand
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Get information on the configuration options for the general Core Service parameters
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Get general information about your BPC application, e.g., an overview of the installed modules or the number of active users
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Embed functions of individual modules as plugins in other modules
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Display the connection status to the server
Network
You want to:
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Get information about the relevant Ports and configuration parameters
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Set up a secure HTTPS or TLS connection for your BPC
Services
You want to:
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Set up Karaf and OpenSearch as Services on a Unix operating system
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Set up Karaf and OpenSearch as Services on a Windows operating system
Identity Provider
You want to:
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create and configure an identity provider
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learn more about Keycloak-specific configurations
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learn more about Karaf as an identity provider
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learn more about using a database as an identity provider
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provision organizations, roles, and permissions for an identity provider without an admin client connection
System Components
The BPC has two central system components: OpenSearch and Karaf.
You want to:
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Temporarily switch to the local identity provider via Karaf if you cannot log in to the BPC
Operation
This section covers various actions that can be performed during ongoing operations.
You want to:
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transfer individual modules or BPC configurations from one BPC application to another
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query the status of maintenance mode
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adjust the disk space limit, until maintenance mode is activated
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display a message about maintenance mode to BPC users
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Audit Log viewinformation about user activities in the user interface
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collect runtime and performance in the user interface
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Change the user interface language
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View the Karaf log
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Export and import OpenSearch indexes using the BPC OpenSearch Tool
Administration Area
In this area, you will find all configuration options for the core and application modules.
You want to:
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log external monitoring data
User-Specific Settings
This section contains settings that affect the general appearance of the user interface for individual users or user groups.
Settings that change the appearance within individual modules can be found in the descriptions of those modules.
You want to:
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manage application areas
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manage navigation elements
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configure options such as the display and visibility of navigation elements
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set up landing pages based on permissions/role/organization
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Enable users (or user groups) to change their password or organization themselves via User Self Service
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Make specific administrative areas or functions accessible to selected users (or user groups)
Application Modules
In this section, you will find information about the individual BPC modules—what functions and use cases they offer, and how they can be configured and used.
In addition to general information on administering BPC modules and using the global date filter, information on the individual modules is provided.
You want to:
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Get information about the Core Services modules (BPC-Core)
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Flow (proxy connections to the IGUASU and INUBIT process engines)
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Get information about the Process Dashboard module
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Get information about the Process Monitoring module
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Get information about the Data Management module
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Get information about the Data Analysis module
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Display your data as a Diagram, e.g. , a bar chart, pie chartor speedometer Diagram
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Create a report that, for example, combines multiple charts at a glance
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Organize and classify related reports in a tree view and make them available to other users for viewing
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Get information about the Collaboration module.
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Get information about the Forms module.
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Get information about the INUBIT Process Documentation module.
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Get information about the INUBIT WebApp module.
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Get information about the INUBIT Interaction module.
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Get information about the VIMON module.
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Get information about the System Status Reporter module.
