Setting up a web service connection profile for Output Manager

Output Manager user name and password

You need your Output Manager user name and password to set up the connection profile.

To set up a web service connection profile

1	In the resource set, add a new Web service profile resource.

2	Open the web service profile resource and enter a name.

3	On the Profile sub-type list, click Vista Plus Output Manager.

4	Enter the URL for Output Manager.

5	Specify the recovery actions.

6	On the Authentication profile list, click <Create new...>, and enter your Output Manager user name and password.

7	On Secure channel profile list, do one of the following:

–	To use HTTPS communication, click the secure channel profile you set up previously. For information about setting this up, see Setting up HTTPS communication with Output Manager.

–	To use HTTP communication, use None.

8	Optionally, enter the connect timeout and the request timeout.

Vista Plus Output Manager Web service profile property descriptions

Property	Description
Name	The name of the connection profile cannot include underscore characters ("_") and must be unique in the application domain where the StreamServe application will run.
Profile sub-type	Vista Plus Output Manager
URL	The URL and port to Output Manager in the format http://server:port. To use HTTPS communication, you must use the https prefix.
Attempt recovery	Specifies whether StreamServe software should try to reconnect to Output Manager if it does not respond. • Never – StreamServe software does not try to reconnect. • Limited times – StreamServe software tries to reconnect a limited number of times. • Forever – StreamServe software tries to reconnect forever.
Number of Retries	Applicable if Attempt recovery = Limited times. The number of times StreamServe software should try to reconnect if the computer does not respond.
Retry Interval	Applicable if Attempt recovery = Limited times or Forever. The interval (seconds) between retries.
Authentication profile	Select the authentication profile to use.
Secure channel profile	Leave this blank to use HTTP communication. If you want to use HTTPS communication, select the secure channel profile to use. For information about setting up a secure channel profile, see Creating a Secure channel profile resource.
Proxy host	Optional. The host name or IP address of the proxy host.
Proxy port	Optional. The proxy port number.
Proxy username	Optional. A username for authenticating to the proxy host.
Proxy password	Optional. A password for authenticating to the proxy host.
Connect timeout	The connection timeout for the web service during the job submission.
Request time-out	The time the StreamServe application waits for a response from the web service.