Configure publish exits

We must define certain attributes to configure a publish exit.

On Windows and Linux we can use the IBM MQ explorer to define the attributes. The attributes are defined on the queue manager properties page, under Publish/Subscribe.

To configure the publish exit in the qm.ini file on UNIX and Linux systems, create a stanza called PublishSubscribe. The PublishSubscribe stanza has the following attributes:

PublishExitPath=[path]|module_name: Module name and path containing the publish exit code. The maximum length of this field is MQ_EXIT_NAME_LENGTH. The default is no publish exit.
PublishExitFunction= function_name: Name of the function entry point into the module that contains the publish exit code. The maximum length of this field is MQ_EXIT_NAME_LENGTH.; On IBM i, if a program is used, omit PublishExitFunction.
PublishExitData= string: If the queue manager is calling a publish exit, it passes an MQPSXP structure as input. The data specified using the PublishExitData attribute is provided in the ExitData field of the structure. The string can be up to MQ_EXIT_DATA_LENGTH characters in length. The default is 32 blank characters.

Parent topic: Writing and compiling publish exits