Use the sample user exit to look up protocol file server properties

Managed File Transfer provides a sample user exit that looks up protocol file server properties.

About this task

A sample user exit that looks up protocol bridge properties is provided in the MQ_INSTALLATION_PATH/mqft/samples/protocolBridge directory and in the topic Sample protocol bridge properties user exit.

The SamplePropertiesExit2.java exit reads a properties file that contains properties for protocol servers. The format of each entry in the properties file is as follows:

serverName=type://host:port

The location of the properties file is taken from the protocol bridge agent property protocolBridgePropertiesConfiguration.

To run the sample user exit, complete the following steps:

Procedure

1. Compile the SamplePropertiesExit2.java file.
2. Create a JAR file containing the compiled exit and its package structure.
3. Put the JAR file in the MQ_DATA_PATH/mqft/config/coordination_queue_manager/agents/bridge_agent/exits directory.
4. Edit the MQ_DATA_PATH/mqft/config/coordination_queue_manager/agents/bridge_agent_name/agent.properties file to contain the line:

   protocolBridgePropertiesExitClasses=SamplePropertiesExit2
   

5. Create a protocol bridge properties file, for example protocol_bridge_properties.properties, in the directory MQ_DATA_PATH/mqft/config/coordination_queue_manager/agents/bridge_agent. Edit this file to include entries in the format:

   serverName=type://host:port

6. Edit the MQ_DATA_PATH/mqft/config/coordination_queue_manager/agents/bridge_agent/agent.properties file to contain the line:

   protocolBridgePropertiesConfiguration=MQ_DATA_PATH/mqft/config/coordination_queue_manager/
   agents/bridge_agent/protocol_bridge_properties.properties

   You must use the absolute path to the protocol_bridge_properties.properties file.
7. Start the protocol bridge agent by using the fteStartAgent command.

Parent topic: Looking up protocol file server properties: ProtocolBridgePropertiesExit2

Related concepts

• The protocol bridge

Related information

• ProtocolBridgePropertiesExit.java interface
• Sample protocol bridge properties user exit
• The MFT agent.properties file
• fteCreateBridgeAgent (create and configure an MFT protocol bridge agent)