Broker Pools

A broker pool is a collection of one or many brokers. It is a way to group brokers that support the same resource types and permissions. You can assign the resource types and permissions to a broker pool, and all brokers of that pool support the same. For example, all Windows server-related brokers are part of one broker pool. Broker pools are created and managed by Britive.

A broker joins a broker pool when it registers itself with the Britive platform, authenticating with an authentication token associated with that broker pool. Every broker pool can have a maximum of three tokens, and two tokens at a time can be active. A default broker token is created for each new broker pool. For more information about registering and configuring brokers, see Brokers.

Create a Broker Pool

1. Log in to Britive.

2. Click on System admin -> Brokers and Broker Pools.

3. Click the Broker Pools tab.

4. Click the Create Broker Pool button.

5. Enter the Name and Description of the broker pool.

6. Click Done.

Manage a Broker Pool

• Brokers: A list of installed/configured brokers is displayed; these brokers are deployed in a remote environment. The broker status is also shown as Active, Inactive, or Disconnected.

• Resources: A list of resources that a broker pool can manage.

• Broker Pool Token: 

  1. Click the Create a new Token button if you do not want to use a default token.

  2. Enter a Name and Description in the Create a token window.

  3. Click Status to activate or deactivate the token. 

     • Active: The token can be used by broker registration. 

     • Inactive: The broker is registered but is not active. 

  4. Actions: The following actions are available for a token:

     1. Copy Token

     2. View Token

     3. Edit

     4. Delete Token

• Broker Pool Resource Labels: Select from Label Key and Values from the drop-down list. You can select multiple values for one label key.