Configurable properties of a broker archive

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 properties, such as queue names, queue manager names, and database connections.

By changing configurable properties, you can customize a bar file for a new domain, for example a test system, without needing to edit and rebuild the message flows. Any properties that you define are contained within the deployment descriptor, META-INF/broker.xml. The deployment descriptor is parsed when the bar file is deployed.

Start of changeEdit the configurable properties either using the Broker Archive editor or by using the mqsiapplybaroverride command from a command prompt.End of change

Start of changeAlthough the two methods indicated above are preferable, you can also edit the XML-format deployment descriptor manually using an external text editor or shell script.End of change

Related tasks
Deploying
Editing configurable properties
Creating a Configuration Manager
Creating a domain connection
Adding a broker to a broker domain
Related reference
Configurable message flow properties
mqsideploy command