Adding a new event connector
This is preview documentation for a feature that's scheduled in an upcoming release.
Introduction
When adding a new event connector, you step through a series of wizard-type pages to add general settings, authentication credentials, and required queues/topics.
Need to know
New event connectors are available for selection as brokers in process flow trigger shapes as soon as they are saved successfully.
ALL messages published to selected queues/topics are passed through to the process flow.
The steps
Step 1 Log into the Patchworks dashboard, then select process flows > event connectors from the left-hand navigation menu.
Step 2 Click the add new event connector button:
Step 3 You're prompted to enter general settings for this connector:
Use the table below as a guide:
| Setting | Summary |
|---|---|
Name | Enter a name for the event connector, as it will identified throughout Patchworks. |
Description | Enter a description for the event connector to provide a little more detail about its purpose. |
Host | Enter the the address of the machine where your messaging broker (e.g. RabbitMQ) is running - typically this is an IP address or a domain name. |
Port | Enter the network port where RabbitMQ is listening for connections. RabbitMQ uses the AMQP (Advanced Message Queuing Protocol) for communication which, by default, listens on port |
Protocol | Select the appropriate protocol for your messaging broker. |
Authentication method | Currently, |
Step 4 Click the create button.
Step 5 Enter your authentication credentials for the message broker - in this case, username and password:
Step 6 Click the update button.
Step 7 Now you can select or add which message queue/topic to associate with this event connector:
Any existing queues are listed for selection, or you can add new queues/topics.
When you add a new queue/topic here, it is added to your message broker. You can add as many as you need - any queues/topics that you add will be available for selection when this event connector is selected as the broker in a process flow trigger shape.
Step 8 Having added all required queues/topics, the event connector is ready to use in process flows.
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