Overview of Connector Configurator Express

Connector Configurator Express allows you to configure the connector component of your adapter for use with the InterChange Server Express integration broker.

You use Connector Configurator Express to:

Connector configuration properties include both standard configuration properties (the properties that all connectors have) and connector-specific properties (properties that are needed by the connector for a specific application or technology).

Because standard properties are used by all connectors, you do not need to define those properties from scratch; Connector Configurator Express incorporates them into your configuration file as soon as you create the file. However, you do need to set the value of each standard property in Connector Configurator Express.

The range of standard properties may not be the same for all brokers and all configurations. Some properties are available only if other properties are given a specific value. The Standard Properties window in Connector Configurator Express will show the properties available for your particular configuration.

For connector-specific properties, however, you need first to define the properties and then set their values. You do this by creating a connector-specific property template for your particular adapter. There may already be a template set up in your system, in which case, you simply use that. If not, follow the steps in "Creating a new template" to set up a new one.

Running connectors on Linux

Connector Configurator Express runs only in a Windows environment. If you are running the connector in a Linux environment, use Connector Configurator Express in Windows to modify the configuration file and then copy the file to your Linux environment.

Some properties in the Connector Configurator Express use directory paths, which default to the Windows convention for directory paths. If you use the configuration file in a Linux environment, revise the directory paths to match the Linux convention for these paths. Select the target operating system in the toolbar drop-list so that the correct operating system rules are used for extended validation.

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