Logging in

Follow the instructions to log in and log out of the Event Endpoint Management UI.

Important: To log into the Event Endpoint Management UI, a cluster administrator must configure access and role rights by following the instructions in managing access and managing roles.

Logging in

To log in to the Event Endpoint Management UI, complete the following steps:

  1. Enter the URL provided by your cluster administrator in a supported web browser.
  2. Log in to your Event Endpoint Management UI. Use your credentials provided by your cluster administrator.

As a cluster administrator, you can retrieve the URLs and log in to Event Endpoint Management UI as follows.

Retrieving the URLs

Event Endpoint Management uses OpenShift routes for access to its UI. Find out how to retrieve the URL for your Event Endpoint Management UI to log in to your Event Manager instance.

You can use the OpenShift Container Platform UI (web console) and CLI to retrieve the login URLs as follows:

Using OpenShift Container Platform UI

Use the OpenShift web console to retrieve the URL for your Event Endpoint Management UI as follows:

  1. Log in to the OpenShift Container Platform web console using your login credentials.
  2. Expand Networking in the navigation on the left, and click Routes.
  3. Locate the route with the name matching your Event Manager instance name. It should look something like: <event-manager-instance-name>-ibm-eem-manager. Click into this route and find the server or host address. This is your UI route that you can access to login into Event Endpoint Management.

  4. Log in to your Event Endpoint Management UI from a supported web browser and enter the credentials to go to the Event Endpoint Management homepage.

    A cluster administrator can manage access and role rights by following the instructions in managing access and managing roles.

Using the CLI

To retrieve the URL for your Event Endpoint Management UI, use the following commands:

  1. Log in to your Kubernetes cluster as a cluster administrator by setting your kubectl context.

  2. Run the following command:

    kubectl get eem <instance_name> -n <namespace> -o jsonpath='{'.status.endpoints'}'

    The following is an example output, and you use the value associated with the ui named endpoint to log in to your UI in a web browser:

    [{"name":"ui","type":"UI","uri":"https://qs-eem-ui.apps.my-cluster.company.com"},{"name":"gateway","type":"API","uri":"https://qs-eem-gateway.apps.my-cluster.company.com"}]%

  3. Enter the address in a web browser. For example:

    https://qs-eem-ui.apps.my-cluster.company.com
  4. Log in to your Event Endpoint Management UI from a supported web browser and enter the credentials to go to the Event Endpoint Management homepage.

A cluster administrator can manage access and role rights by following the instructions in managing access and managing roles.

Logging out

To log out of Event Processing:

  1. In your UI, click the user icon user icon in the upper right of the window.
  2. Click Log out.
  3. Click Log out again in the dialog to confirm.