Setting up and going live


Use BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations and  BMC Helix Developer Tools for building integrations with third-party and BMC products to collect event, metric, topology, and services data.

BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations and  BMC Helix Developer Tools are subscription-based services available on BMC Helix Portal.

Task

Action

Reference

1.

Register with BMC and activate BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations and BMC Helix Developer Tools

  1. Complete the BMC registration process and understand the subscription information.
    After you subscribe to the service, BMC sends an activation email that contains a link to activate your account and the tenant administrator user name. 
  2. Click Sign in to activate your account and set the tenant administrator password. The tenant administrator is the first user who logs in to the product. This link for setting the password remains active for 72 hours only, after which it expires.

Your free trial remains active for 14 days. During the trial, you get unrestricted access to all the capabilities available with the integrated products and common services.

To continue using the integrated products after the trial expires and for any other queries, contact BMC Support.

2.

Configure your identity provider

(Perform this task if you are using BMC Helix Developer Tools, or if you have Helix subscription of BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations) 

Configure your identity provider to set up more users and user groups, and assign specific permissions to them. Perform user management functions in BMC Helix Portal .

3. 

Launch the required product

BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations : Use this product to configure integrations with third-party products to collect event, metric, and topology data.

  1. Choose the deployment mode. For more information, see Deployment-scenarios.
  2. Depending on the deployment mode, launch the product:
    • SaaS deployment of BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations: Log on to BMC Helix Portal and click the 

      BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations

       tile.

    • BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations on-premises gateway: Deploy the gateway and access the product from the on-premises UI. For more information, see Deploying-the-BMC-Helix-Intelligent-Integrations-on-premises-gateway.

Important

BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations is not part of the BMC Helix IT Operations Management on-premises deployment. It is  available as a standalone deployment in an on-premises environment.  Contact BMC Support for the files required for its standalone deployment.

BMC Helix Developer Tools : Use this product to build custom integrations, integrate with TrueSight Operations Management , and collect logs for BMC Helix Log Analytics.

  1. Log on to BMC Helix Portal.
  2. Click the 

    BMC Helix Developer Tools

      tile.

4.

Configure connections with third-party products by using BMC Helix Intelligent Integrations and BMC Helix Developer Tools.

 

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