Broker archive - configurable properties

System objects defined in message flows can have configurable properties that you can update within the broker archive (bar) file before deployment. Configurable properties allow an administrator to update target-dependent attributes, such as queue names, queue manager names, and database connections, so that they can be customized for a new domain, for example to a test system, without needing to edit and rebuild the message flows, message mappings, or ESQL transformation programs. Any such properties that you define are contained within the deployment descriptor, META-INF/broker.xml.

Edit the configurable properties using the Broker Archive editor, or by manually editing the deployment descriptor using an external text editor or shell script. The deployment descriptor is parsed when the bar file is deployed.

If you are using rapid application development (RAD) deployment, ensure that you change configurable properties using the Broker Archive editor and not directly in the broker.xml file. Changes made to the broker.xml file are not recognised during RAD deployment.

Related tasks
Deploying
Editing configurable properties
Creating a Configuration Manager on Windows
Creating a domain connection
Adding a broker to a broker domain
Using rapid application development (RAD)
Related reference
Configurable message flow properties
mqsideploy command