Business process configuration parameters

 

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This topic describes the parameters used to configure the business process environment for the portal server. These parameters are contained in...

portal_server_root/config/helpers/bpeconfig.properties

Parameters include...

adminBFMUsers
adminBFMGroups

User or group names from the user registry to map the...

BPESystemAdminstrator

...J2EE role to. Required for installing the business process container.

At least one of the two properties must be set.

To specify multiple values, use "|" as a separator character.

Default: None.

adminHTMUsers
adminHTMGroups

User or group names from the user registry to map the...

TaskSystemAdminstrator

...J2EE role to. Required for installing the task container.

At least one of the two properties must be set.

To specify multiple values, use "|" as a separator character.

Default: None.

monitorBFMUsers
monitorBFMGroups

User or group names from the user registry to map the...

BPESystemMonitor

...J2EE role to. Required for installing the business process container.

At least one of the two properties must be set.

To specify multiple values, use "|" as a separator character.

Default: None.

monitorHTMUsers
monitorHTMGroups

Indicates one or more user or group names from the user registry to map the...

TaskSystemMonitor

...J2EE role to.

At least one of the two properties must be set.

To specify multiple values, use "|" as a separator character. Required for installing the task container.

Default: None.

jmsBFMRunAsUser
jmsBFMRunAsPwd

"run-as" user ID and password for the process container JMS API (MDB). Required for installing the business process container. These values are required.

Default: None.

jmdHTMRunAsUser
jmdHTMRunAsPwd

"run-as" user id and password for the task container MDB. Required for installing the task container. These values are required.

Default: None.

dbType

Database product for the process choreographer database.

Used for...

  • Installing the business process container
  • Creating the database or database tables
  • Creating the DataSource.

Indicate one of the following values:

Unix and Windows

  • DB2
  • Sybase
  • Informix
  • Oracle
  • MSSQL
  • Cloudscape (not valid in a network deployment environment)

z/OS

  • Cloudscape

  • zOS-DB2

Not supported for the Business Process Choreographer in WebSphere Portal Server V6.0 and V6.0.1.

iSeries

iSeries-DB2

Not supported for the Business Process Choreographer in WebSphere Portal Server V6.0 and V6.0.1.

Default: None

dbV

Only required when...

dbType=zOSDB2

Specify either 7 or 8 for the version of the database product. Used for installing the business process container and for creating the database or the database tables.

Default: None

dbHome

Installation location of the database system. This value is used for creating the database or database tables and the DataSource.

Default: Only the following database types have default values.

Database product Default value
DB2

  • Windows:

    C:\Program Files\IBM\SQLLIB

  • Solaris:

    /export/home/${dbUser}/sqllib

  • Other platforms:

    /home/${dbUser}/sqllib

The directories...

  • ${dbHome}/bnd
  • ${dbHome}/bin

...must exist.

Oracle

  • Windows:

    C:\oracle\ora90

  • Solaris, HP-UX:

    /opt/oracle

  • Other platforms:

    /usr/oracle

The file...

${dbHome}/jdbc/lib/odbc14.jar

...must exist.

Sybase

  • Windows:

    C:\Program Files\Sybase

  • Solaris, HP-UX:

    /opt/sybase

  • Other platforms:

    /usr/sybase

The file...

${dbHome}/jConnect-*/classes/jconn2.jar

...must exist.

Informix

  • Windows:

    C:\Program Files\Informix

  • Solaris, HP-UX:

    /opt/informix

  • Other platforms:

    /usr/informix

The file...

${dbHome}/jdbc/lib/ifxjdbc.jar

...must exist.

dbJava

Installation directory of the JDBC driver. Required for the following configurations:

  • DB2 with a type 4 driver.
  • Oracle
  • MSSQL when using the DataDirect driver type
  • DB2 on iSeries
  • DB2 on z/OS

Default:

DB2 ${dbHome}/java
Oracle ${dbHome}/jdbc/lib
All other types None

dbName

Name of the Business Process Choreographer database. This value is used for creating the database or database tables and for creating the DataSource.

Default:

DB2 on iSeries *LOCAL/BPEDB
All other configurations BPEDB

dbUser

User ID to access the Business Process Choreographer database. Used for creating the database tables and for creating the DataSource.

Default: Default values are provided only for the following database products.

Database product Default value
DB2

  • Windows:

    db2admin

  • Other platforms:

    db2inst1

Oracle system
Sybase

  • Windows:

    currently logged on user

  • Other platforms:

    sa

MSSQL currently logged on user
Informix informix

dbPwd

Password to access the Business Process Choreographer database. Required for creating the database tables and for creating the DataSource.

Default: None.

dbAdmin

Database administrator ID. For some database types, this is used for creating the database or the database tables (the appropriate command is executed on behalf of this user).

Default: Default values are provided only for the following configurations:

  • Oracle: oracle

  • Sybase: sybase

  • DB2 on z/OS: db2inst1

driverType

JDBC driver type to use. This value is used to create the DataSource and, for DB2 on z/OS, to create the database tables. For the following configurations, this property has to be set to one of these values:

DB2 Universal or CLI
Oracle oci8 or thin
MSSQL Embedded or DataDirect

For other database configurations, this parameter can be left blank.

Default: None.

dbTablespaceDir

Directory where the table spaces are to be created. This value is used to create the database or database tables.

Default: For DB2, its default value is empty and no table spaces are created. For Oracle, there is no default value and it must be set.

dbServerName

Hostname of Business Process Choreographer's database server. This value is needed for creating the database...

  • Sybase

...and for creating the DataSource...

  • DB2
  • Informix
  • Oracle with the thin JDBC driver
  • Sybase
  • MSSQL

For DB2 Universal Database (not iSeries or z/OS), this value is optional. If this value is not specified, a type 2 driver will be configured for DB2. If this value is specified, a type 4 driver will be configured for DB2.

Default: For DB2, the default value is empty. For all other database types, the default value is the fully qualified hostname of the local host.

dbServerPort

TCP/IP port of Business Process Choreographer's database server. This value is required if dbServerName is set.

Default:

DB2 50000
Oracle with the thin JDBC driver 1521
Sybase 4100
Informix 1526
MSSQL 1433

dbStorageGroup

Storage group of the Business Process Choreographer database for z/OS. This value is used to create the database tables. This property has to be set only when DB2 is installed on z/OS.

Default: None.

dbSubSystem

Subsystem name of the Business Process Choreographer database for z/OS. This value is used to create the database tables and the DataSource. This property has to be set only when DB2 is installed on zOS.

Default: BPEDB

dbSQLID

Schema qualifier for the Business Process Choreographer database for z/OS. This value is used to create the database tables. This property has to be set only when DB2 is installed on z/OS. If set, it requires the Universal JDBC driver.

Default: None.

dbInstance

Instance name for the Business Process Choreographer database for Informix. This property has only to be set when using Informix.

Default: ids1

mqType

Type of JMS provider to use for Business Process Choreographer. This value is used to create...

  • queue manager
  • queues
  • ListenerPorts or ActivationSpecs
  • connection factories

This parameter accepts the following values:

  • WPM

    Indicates WebSphere Platform Messaging, which is available after installing WebSphere Portal.

  • MQSeries

    Indicates WebSphere MQSeries, which must be separately installed.

Default: WPM

mqUser

User ID to access the JMS provider.

Default:

  • For WebSphere Platform Messaging, the currently logged on user.

  • For WebSphere MQSeries, mqm

mqPwd

Password to access the JMS provider.

Default: None.

 

Parent topic:

Configure the business process container for the portal

 

Related concepts

Member Manager staff plug-in provider

 

Related tasks

Update security settings for business process applications
Update the database for the business process container