COSMOS User's Guide

COSMOS helps you build and deliver federated configuration management database components to provide customer solutions

COSMOS provides federated configuration management database specific features that enable you to quickly develop, test and deploy federated configuration management database components.

In addition, since the federated configuration management database and MDRs are implemented in COSMOS as Data Managers, you can integrate and leverage all the COSMOS components.

The COSMOS federated configuration management database features include the following.

Eclipse wizard for creating an MDR

The COSMOS tooling includes a wizard that generates an MDR. You can customize the generated MDR to utilize your specific management interfaces. Refer to the "Constructing a Data Manager" chapter of the COSMOS Development Guide for more information.

Federated configuration management database transformation services

The transformation services provides utilities for processing federated configuration management database requests and responses. These services can be used to assist with XML parsing and conversions. Refer to the "Query and Registration Services" chapter of the COSMOS Development Guide for more information.

Federated configuration management database registration services

The registration services assist in building MDRs which support federated configuration management database registration Refer to the "Query and Registration Services" chapter of the COSMOS Development Guide for more information.

Support for federated configuration management database service meta data

The federated configuration management database service meta data transformations assist in parsing and processing service meta data. COSMOS provides an extension point for the integration of service meta data into the MDR WSDL. Refer to the "Query and Registration Services" chapter of the COSMOS Development Guide for more information.

A Broker service that supports federated configuration management database components

The COSMOS Domain and Broker provide a registry that simplifies the task of locating federated configuration management database components (MDRs and federating CMDBs). Refer to the "Core COSMOS Components" chapter of the COSMOS User Guide for more information.

Web User Interface that supports federated configuration management databases

The COSMOS Web UI supports the federated configuration management database Query and Registration services. Federated configuration management database queries can be constructed visually using the query builder. The query can be executed and the responses are visually rendered in the UI. The Web UI also supports the federated configuration management database registration services. In addition to demos, the Web UI is useful for testing your federated configuration management database components during development. Refer to the "Web Console" chapter of the COSMOS User Guide for more information.

Sample code for MDRs

COSMOS includes an example MDR and a registration example. Refer to Running the example.