Intelsat Flex Platform VSAT
The IntelSat Flex Platform VSAT functions as a virtual connector designed to streamline the presentation of critical data sourced from Intelsat terminals. This platform offers an intuitive frontend interface that enables users to conveniently interact with the data. To facilitate this process, a separate connector known as the Generic Kafka Consumer operates autonomously to ingest data from the Intelsat Kafka broker. This consumer collects the data and saves it in files at a designated location. Subsequently, the IntelSat Flex Platform VSAT injects these saved files, populating the corresponding data tables. This integrated approach ensures that the data is efficiently organized and instantly accessible via the interface of the connector.
About
Version Info
| Range | Key Features | Based on | System Impact |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | KAFKA files injection. | - | - |
| 1.0.1.x [SLC Main] | REST API implementation. | - | - |
System Info
| Range | DCF Integration | Cassandra Compliant | Linked Components | Exported Components |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0.0.x | No | Yes | - | - |
| 1.0.1.x | No | Yes | - | - |
Configuration
Connections
Virtual Connection - Main
This connector uses a virtual connection and does not require any input during element creation.
Initialization
Generic KAFKA Consumer Element
A Generic KAFKA Consumer element must be created and configured before an IntelSat Flex Platform VSAT element is started.
Configuration Page
On the Configuration page of the Intelsat Flex Platform VSAT element, multiple settings can be configured during setup:
You can configure the Entity Removal settings.
You can enable or disable the EPM and CMDB, which will hide or show the EPM and CMDB configuration pages.
On the Topic Settings subpage, you can configure specific parameters related to importing data from KAFKA files.
On the REST API Endpoints subpage, the REST API Authentication table and the REST API Endpoints Configuration table need to be configured.
In the REST API Authentication table, specify the Username, Password, and API Key needed to authenticate the REST API calls.
In the REST API Endpoints Configuration table, endpoints with category "Remote" will be used to populate the Remotes table, while endpoints with category "Stats" will be used to populate stats metrics in the Terminals Table. The use of wildcards is possible for the category "Stats" to be able to query through all the Terminal IDs and Metric IDs that are needed.
EPM Configuration
On the EPM Configuration page of the Intelsat Flex Platform VSAT element, you can find the controls for the ID Notify mechanism. To be able to see this page, enable the EPM toggle button on the Configuration page.
- The ID Import Settings section contains controls to enable/disable the process of importing IDs from CSV files, as well as the path where the files are located and the current status of this process.
- The ID Export Settings section is similar to the ID Import Settings section, except that its controls apply to the process of exporting CSV files with ID requests.
CMDB Configuration
On the CMDB Configuration page of the Intelsat Flex Platform VSAT element, you can configure the settings for the provisioning files mechanism. To be able to see this page, enable the CMDB toggle button on the Configuration page.
The connector periodically exports configuration data for remotes, by updating an XML provisioning file on the DMA server, and retrieves information from the database contained in another provisioning file in JSON format. These mechanisms can be configured using the controls on this page.
For each process, file path controls allow you to specify the directory where the provisioning files should be located, and a processing timer parameter allows you to configure the interval for automatic processing.
How to use
Remotes Page
On the Remotes page of this connector, you will find the Remotes Overview table. This table is populated with data retrieved from the Intelsat Flex REST API.
Remote Stats Page
On the Remotes Stats page of this connector, you will find the Terminals and SSPCs tables.
The Terminals table is populated with data retrieved both from the KAFKA broker via the Generic KAFKA Consumer and from the Intelsat Flex REST API.
The SSPCs Table is populated with data retrieved from the KAFKA broker via the Generic KAFKA Consumer.
Circuits Page
On the Circuits page of this connector, you will find the Circuits Overview table, which contains all the information related to the circuits. This table is populated with data retrieved from the provisioning files, which contain information from the database.
Configuration and Collector Setup Pages
For information about these pages, refer to Initialization.