Starting the connector

Note:

Important

As noted earlier in this chapter, the connector, business objects, the SOAP data handler meta-objects, and collaborations must be configured after installation and before starting the connector to assure proper operation. For a summary of these tasks, see Overview of configuration tasks. In addition, connector polling should not be disabled (connector polling is enabled by default).

A connector must be explicitly started using its connector start-up script. On Windows systems the startup script should reside in the connector's runtime directory:ProductDir\connectors\connNamewhere connName identifies the connector.

On Linux systems the startup script should reside in the ProductDir/bin directory.

On i5/OS systems the startup script should reside in the /QIBM/UserData/WBIServer44/<instance>/connectors/<ConnInstance/ with which the connector runs.

The name of the startup script depends on the operating-system platform, as Table 4 shows.

Table 4. Startup scripts for a connector
Operating system Startup script
Linux connector_manager
i5/OS start_connName.sh
Windows start_connName.bat

When the startup script runs, it expects by default to find the configuration file in the Productdir (see the commands below). This is where you place your configuration file.

Note:
You need a local configuration file if the adapter is using JMS transport.

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