Geneos - How do I set up Refinitiv Contex monitoring

NOTE: The product has been rebranded to Refinitiv Contributions Real-Time

To start up, ConteX itself should be opened up for output streaming of stats and logs. This is done in the Stathandler using the ConteX Configuration tool:

1. Open ConteX Configuration from the Start Menu on the host.
   
   
   • Choose Edit current configuration. Default username and password are admin and password
     
     
   • Expand the State Tree and choose STAT. Click on Edit... (if you do not have this option, in the top menu click on Add > Handler > STAT)
     
     
     
     
     • 1.a is the probe host that the Stathandler should talk to
     • 1.b the probe port and
     • 1.c the managed entity. 
       These should all match the setup in the GSE
       
       
     • 2 is the name of the API sampler we create in the GSE
     • 3 is the name of the API-STREAM sampler that we create in the GSE
     • 4 is the stream that we send to the API-STREAM sampler
     • The username and password are for the Stathandler, so for our configuration we use the same as we did to log into ConteX Configuration
       
       
   • Click on the top icon to Apply Configuration
     
     
     
     
2. Open the GSE.
   
   
   • On the managed entity named in 1.c, create 3 samplers:
     
     
     • CONTEX is an API plugin. You can give it any name as long as it matches what we stated in the Stathandler as no. 2. No settings are necessary
       
       
     • CTXSTRM is an API-STREAM plugin. Again use the name we stated as no. 3 in the Stathandler. In the Stream name, use what we entered as no. 4
       
       
       
       In Advanced, set the buffer size if necessary and enable Create View.
       
       
     • CTX-FKM is an FKM plugin. Name is of your choice here. Instead of file we are going to be grabbing a stream. The stream name is a combination of <managed entity>.<API-STREAM sampler name>.<no. 4 entry from the Stathandler>. If in doubt, the name will be stated in the API-STREAM metrics
       
       
       
       
   • Save and close the GSE
     
     
   We should now have a number of Metrics on the CONTEX sampler. These are all generated by the Stathandler and any requests for changes to these should be coursed through

   https://my.refinitiv.com/content/mytr/en/productsupport.html

   The CTXSTRM sampler is merely capturing the log stream to pass on to the CTX-FKM where we can now set normal FKM Tables to capture events from the ConteX logs passed through the Stathandler.