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Configure Bring Your Own Ingest Default Plug-in Instances

You must configure a new instance of the Bring Your Own default plug-in Ingest (BYOI) that you previously loaded.

To configure a default plug-in instance:

  1. Select Configuration > Ingest.

    The Ingest Settings page appears.

  2. Click the BYO Ingest Plugins tab.

    If you loaded the default plug-in, you can see its name as a tab on the Default Plugins page.

  3. Click + New Instance.

    The Add a default-plugin-name Instance page appears. For example, Add a tlive-kafka-oc Instance page.

  4. Enter details as described in Table 1.
    Note:

    Fields marked with an asterisk (*) are mandatory.

  5. Do one of the following:
    • Save—Save the default plug-in instance configuration but do not deploy the configuration.

      You can use this option to save make multiple changes in Paragon Insights configurations and commit the changes in bulk or to roll back the changes. See Commit or Roll Back Configuration Changes in Paragon Insights for more information.

    • Save & Deploy—Save and deploy the configuration.

      Paragon Insights creates an instance for the BYOI plug-in and deploys the configuration.

    Table 1: Fields on the Add a Default-Plugin-Name Instance Page

    Field

    Description

    Name

    Enter a name for the default ingest plug-in instance.

    You can enter a name that follows the regular expression '^[a-zA-Z][a-zA-Z0-9_-]*$' with maximum 64 characters.

    For example, t1 as name for an instance of the Tlive-kafka-oc plug-in.

    Brokers

    Enter one or more broker names separated by commas.

    If you do not enter a broker, the default Kafka broker is healthbot.

    Topics

    Enter healthbot as the topic to which the plugin subscribes.

    Authentication

    SASL Username

    Enter the username for authentication.

    Password

    Enter a password that has 6 to 128 characters long.

    The password must contain a combination of uppercase characters, lowercase characters, numbers, and special characters. Paragon Insights supports all keyboard special characters such as comma, asterisk, ampersand and so on.

    TLS

    CA Profile Name

    Enter the name of the trusted certificate authority (CA).

    Local Certification Profile Name

    Enter the name of the self-signed certificate created for Paragon Insights.

    Skip Certification Chain and Host Verification

    Toggle the switch on if you want to skip verifying the integrity of the CA certificate.

    Note:

    The connection between the ingest plug-in and the external data source is encrypted even if you skip verification of the certificate.

After you complete the instance configuration, you must configure the ingest mapping for the default plug-in instance. See Configure Ingest Mapping for Default BYOI Plug-ins for more information.