Configuring the Messaging Mode in Vibe Data Stream for Machine Data

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Configuring the Messaging Mode

Create a data flow and specify global data flow properties, such as the type of topic resolution that you want to use.

Administrator tool

On the

Domain

tab, click

Services and Nodes

In the

Domain Navigator

pane, click the

Vibe Data Stream

service.

Click the

Vibe Data Stream

tab.

In the

Data Flows

pane, right-click

All data flows

Click

New data flow

The

Data flow

dialog box appears.

In the

Name

field, enter a name for the data flow.

From the

Topic resolution type

list, select the type of topic resolution that you want to use.

Option	Description
Multicast	Publish messages over multicast.
Unicast	Publish messages over unicast.

In the

Resolver Address

field, enter the address of the topic resolution domain.

If you choose unicast topic resolution, the resolver address is the address of the unicast resolution daemon. If you choose multicast topic resolution, the resolver address is the multicast address that you want to use.

From the Messaging Mode list, select the mode in which the source service distributes data to the target service.

Option	Description
Load Balancing	Enables the source service to use load balancing to distribute data.
Streaming	Enables the source service to use streaming to distribute data.