Customization

Use the Find and Replace page to search for environment values that differ between domains. Environment values are certain predefined fields in the configuration data whose values are very likely to change when you move your configuration from one domain to another (for example, from test to production). Environment values represent entities such as URLs, URIs, file and directory names, server names, e-mails, and such. Also, environment values can be found in alert destinations, proxy services, business services, SMTP Server and JNDI Provider resources, and UDDI Registry entries.

This page behaves differently based on whether or not you are in a session. If you are in a session, you can find and replace environment values. However, if you are outside a session, you can find environment values only; Replace All is disabled.

If you have not already done so, click Create to create a new session or click Edit to enter an existing session. See Using the Change Center.
Select System Administration > Find & Replace.
In the Find Value field, enter the environment value that you want to locate.
To display a list of environment values in your configuration that contain the value you entered, click Find.

A list of relevant values is displayed, which includes the Owner, Type, and the Environment Value columns.

To locate only items changed in your current session, select the Only Items Changed In Current Session check box.
Select the variable type for which to search, from the Find in Variable Type drop-down list, described in Table 29-1.

Table 29-1 Variable Types
Variable Type	Found In	Description
All Types
Alert SNMP Trap	Alert Destination	SNMP trap (enable or disable) for an alert destination.
Alert To Reporting Data	Alert Destination	Alert to reporting data (enable or disable) for an alert destination.
Email Archive Directory	E-mail proxy	Archive directory for an e-mail proxy service.
Email Destination URI	Alert Destination	URI in an e-mail alert destination.
Email Download Directory	E-mail proxy	Download directory for an e-mail proxy service.
Email Error Directory	E-mail proxy	Error directory for an e-mail proxy service.
File Archive Directory	File proxy	Archive directory for a file proxy service.
File Error Directory	File proxy	Error directory for a file proxy service.
File Stage Directory	File proxy	Stage directory for a file proxy service.
FTP Archive Directory	FTP proxy	Archive directory for an FTP proxy service.
FTP Download Directory	FTP proxy	Download directory for an FTP proxy service.
FTP Error Directory	FTP proxy	Error directory for an FTP proxy service.
IMAP Move Folder	E-mail proxy	IMAP Move directory for an e-mail proxy service.
JMS Alert Destination URI	Alert Destination	URI in a JMS alert destination.
JMS Managed Server	JMS business service	Managed Server entry in the table of Managed Server vs destination of a JMS business service with a response correlation pattern as Message ID pattern.
JMS Queue Connection Factory	JMS proxy or business service	A response queue connection factory of a JMS proxy or business service with the response correlation pattern as Message ID.
JMS Response Destination	JMS business service	Destination entry in the table of Managed Server vs destination of a JMS business service with a response correlation pattern as Message ID pattern.
JMS Response URI	JMS proxy or business service	The URI of the response queue for JMS proxy or business services using response correlation pattern of JMS Correlation ID.
JNDI Provider URL	JNDI Provider	JNDI Provider URLs.
Managed Server for Polling	E-mail, File, FTP, or SFTP proxy service in a clustered domain	Managed Server for polling in a clustered domain.
MQ Connection Pool Size	MQ Connection Resource	The size of the MQ connection pool.
MQ Connection Timeout	MQ Connection Resource	The time interval after which unused connections are destroyed.
MQ Host Name	MQ Connection Resource	The host name of the MQ queue manager.
MQ Port Number	MQ Connection Resource	The port number of the MQ queue manager listener.
MQ Manager Channel Name	MQ Connection Resource	The queue manager server connection channel name.
MQ Queue Manager Name	MQ Connection Resource	The name of the MQ queue manager.
MQ Response URI	MQ proxy and business service	Proxy or business service URI.
Secure Connections to JMS Server	JMS proxy or business service	If true, ALSB connects to the JMS server and JNDI tree using SSL (t3s); otherwise, connections occur over a clear text (t3) channel.
Service Retry Count	Business service	The number of times endpoint URIs are retried; in other words, the number of failover attempts.
Service Retry Iteration Interval	Business service	The length of time that a business service waits before iterating over the entire set of URIs again.
Service URI	Proxy or business service	Proxy or business service URI.
Service URI Weight	Business service	The individual weights assigned to business service URIs.
SFTP Archive Directory	SFTP proxy	Archive directory for a SFTP proxy service. If direct-streaming is on, the archive directory is present on the remote SFTP server; otherwise, it is present locally.
SFTP Download Directory	SFTP proxy	Download directory for a SFTP proxy service.
SFTP Error Directory	SFTP proxy	Error directory for a SFTP proxy service. If direct-streaming is on, the error directory is present on the remote SFTP server; otherwise, it is present locally.
SMTP Server URL	SMTP Server	SMTP Server URLs.
Split-Join Work Manager	Split-Join	Work Manager name for a split-join resource.
Tuxedo Access Point Map	Proxy or business service	Name and address of the local access point(s) per Managed Server; there is one location per URI.
Tuxedo Access Point Name	Business service	Name of the remote WTC access point associated with the URI.
Tuxedo Network Address	Business service	Network address of the remote WTC access point associated with the URI.
UDDI Auto Import	UDDI Registry	Auto-synchronize property of an imported business service from a UDDI Registry. This property is per registry.
UDDI Auto Publish	Proxy service	Auto-publish property of a proxy service to a UDDI Registry.
UDDI Inquiry URL	UDDI Registry	Inquiry URL for a UDDI Registry.
UDDI Publish URL	UDDI Registry	Publish URL for a UDDI Registry.
UDDI Security URL	UDDI Registry	Security URL for a UDDI Registry.
UDDI Subscription URL	UDDI Registry	Subscription URL for a UDDI Registry.
WS Error Queue URI	WS business service	The URI of the JMS queue for storing error messages.
Work Manager	Proxy or business services using DSP, HTTP, JMS, MQ, JPD, SB, Tuxedo, or WS transports	Work Manager name in all proxy and business services.

To locate environment values located in a particular project, select the project name from the Located in Project drop-down list.
In the Replace with field, enter the new environment value.
To replace the original environment value with the new value, click Replace All.

All occurrences of the environment value you entered in the Find Value field are replaced with the environment value you entered in the Replace with field in the current session.

Note: Certain environment values are complex XML objects that cannot be found and replaced using the console. However, you can still set these environment values directly by using the ALSBConfigurationMBean from a script. For detailed information about ALSBConfigurationMBean, see the Javadoc for AquaLogic Service Bus Classes. In addition to setting them through the API, you can set complex type environment values using customization files. See Executing Customization Files.

To end the session and deploy the configuration to the run time, click Activate under Change Center.

Related Topics

Creating Customization Files

The Create Customization File page provides a convenient way to generate a customization file for a set of resources or projects that you select. You can then use this file as a starting point for making your desired modifications by specifying the actual values for an environment.

You can use customization files to make changes to environment values as well as to change references within resources. Customization files can include customizations for all the environment values found in the resources you selected, including complex environment values types defined inside the EnvValueTypes class. In addition, it includes a reference customization type for changing resource references inside resources with dependencies.

The customization schema (Customization.xsd) which describes the customization types is available at the following location in your AquaLogic Service Bus installation:

BEA_HOME\modules\com.bea.common.configfwk_1.1.0.0.jar, where BEA_HOME represents the directory in which you installed AquaLogic Service Bus.

Select System Administration > Create Customization File.

The Create Customization File page displays the list of objects in your configuration. The name and type of each object is displayed.

Select the projects or resources you want to include in the customization file.

Expand the project folders. The name and type for each resource contained in the project is displayed.
Select the check boxes associated with the projects or resources you want to include in the customization file.
Clear the check boxes associated with the projects or resources that you do not want to include in the customization file.

Click Create File to create a customization XML file.
In the File Download dialog box, click Open to open the customization file or click Save to save the XML file to your desktop.

Executing Customization Files

Use this page to execute a customization XML file that has been previously saved on your system. Customization files provide a convenient way to modify your environment during deployment, from development to staging, from staging to production, or during design time.

If you have not already done so, click Create to create a new session or click Edit to enter an existing session. See Using the Change Center.
Select System Administration > Execute Customization File.
Select a customization file to execute.

In the File Name field, click Browse to locate the directory where the customization file is stored.
Select the XML file, then click Open.

Click Next. The following customization details are displayed, shown in Table 29-2.

Table 29-2 Customization Details
Property	Description
Operation	Find & Replace—modify environment values by doing string substitutions. Map References—maps existing references found in resources to other references. Set Environment Values—modify environment values for resources.
Apply To	Name of the service, project, folder, or resource to be customized. The name is a link to the Configuration Details page of the service or resource, or to the project or folder in the Project Explorer.
Description	A description of each customization.

To customize only resources, services, projects, or folders changed in the current session, select the Only Items Changed In Current Session check box.

If you limit customizations to only resources modified in the current session, the Apply To column gets updated with the resources modified in current session. If you limit customizations of a project or folder, then the resources modified in current session within that project or folder are displayed in Apply To column.

Click Execute to commit the updates in the current session.

To view customization details, within the session, select View Changes under Change Center, and click the Customization task. See Viewing Configuration Changes.

To end the session and deploy the configuration to the run time, click Activate under Change Center.

Using the AquaLogic Service Bus Console

Customization

Finding and Replacing Environment Values

Related Topics

Creating Customization Files

Executing Customization Files