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Properties Agents

A properties agent retrieves information from one or more specified property files and makes event information based on the information in the file available to the NIC. The format of the property file must comply with the typical format used for Java properties.

By default, property names in the file are keys, and property values are key values. If a property name (key) appears more than once in a file, the NIC uses the last value for the key in the file.

Although a properties agent may be used by an SDX application, typically you do not need to configure it. If you want to use a properties agent with a configuration scenario, contact Juniper Networks Professional Services.

Configuring Properties Agents

To use SDX Configuration Editor to configure properties agents:

1. In the navigation pane, select a NIC configuration file.
2. Select the Agents tab, and expand the Properties Agent section.
3. Fill in the entries in the fields.

See Properties Agent Fields.

Properties Agent Fields

In SDX Configuration Editor, you can modify the following fields in the Properties Agent section of the Agents pane in a NIC configuration file.

Resolvers List

• Names of NIC resolvers to which this agent sends events.
• Value—List of paths to NIC resolvers; paths are relative to the Static Configuration object and are separated by commas
• Default—No value
• Example— /realms/staticRouteIp/C1
• Property name—pushToServer

Roles List

• Names of NIC roles.
• Value—List of roles, separated by commas, in the format <realmName>:<roleName>.

• <realmName>—Name of realm
• <roleName>—Name of role

• Default—No value
• Property name—pushToRole

Data Source

• List of URIs of property files that provides information about NIC events to the NIC system.
• Value—URIs separated by commas
• Guidelines—You must provide at least one URI.
• Default—No value
• Property name—dataSource

Network Data Types

• Attribute names for data that the agent collects in the format <key>, <value>
• Value

• <key>—Attribute name for the data key
• <value>—Attribute name for the data value

• Default—No value
• Example—Dn, Vr
• Property name—networkDataTypes

Publishing Interval

• Interval at which the NIC agent sends updates to the NIC resolvers.
• Value—Number of seconds in the range 0-2147483647
• Default—60
• Property name—publishingInterval

Event Life Expectancy

• Length of time that data is valid after the NIC proxy receives data associated with events published by this agent.
• Value—Number of seconds in the range 0-4294967295

• 0—Data does not expire
• Other values—Actual life expectancy of data

• Default—0
• Property name—eventLifeExpectancy

Reverse Values

• Specifies whether a property name is made available as a NIC key or a NIC value
• Value

• Yes—Property names made available as keys
• No—Property names made available as values

• Default—No value
• Property name—reverseValues