Editing configurable properties in a BAR file
An administrator can use configurable properties to update target-dependent properties that are associated with a solution, such as queue names, queue manager names, and database connections.
Before you begin
Create a BAR file and add resources to it. For more information, see Creating a BAR file and Adding resources to a BAR file.
About this task
By changing configurable properties, you can customize a BAR file for a new integration node (for example, a test system) without editing and rebuilding the message flows or the resources that they use, such as message mappings, ESQL code, and Java™ code. For example, if you select an application, you can set the start mode for that application, or you can enable or disable Java isolation. If you select a message flow, you can change properties for policy sets, monitoring, and the security profile. You can also expand a message flow and set properties for the nodes in that flow. For information about the configurable properties that you can set, see Configurable properties in a BAR file.
Properties that you define are contained in the deployment descriptor file (META-INF/broker.xml). The deployment descriptor is parsed when the BAR file is deployed.
Editing configurable properties with the IBM Integration Toolkit
About this task
To edit properties by using the IBM® Integration Toolkit, complete the following steps.
Procedure
- Open the BAR file.
The resources in your BAR file are listed on the Manage tab.
- Optional: You can view the properties that can be configured for your message flows and subflows by selecting Built resources that are configurable from the Filter by list.
- Optional: If you migrated the BAR file from a previous version, refresh the contents so that you can see and configure all the available properties. For more information, see Refreshing the contents of a BAR file.
- Select the resource that you want to configure. You can expand resources to show individual message flow nodes.The values that you can configure for the selected resource are displayed in the Properties view, on the Configure and Workload Management tabs.
- Update the appropriate values in the Properties view; see Configurable properties in a BAR file.
- Save the BAR file.
What to do next
Deploy the BAR file by following the instructions in Deploying integration solutions to a production environment.
Editing configurable properties with the mqsiapplybaroverride command
About this task
To edit properties by using the mqsiapplybaroverride command, complete the following steps.
Procedure
What to do next
Deploy the BAR file by following the instructions in Deploying integration solutions to a production environment.