Managing servers

As a Decision Center administrator, you use the Business console to manage the list of servers available to Decision Center for deployment, testing, and simulations. You can also restrict access to specific groups.

Procedure

To manage the available servers:

  1. On the Administration tab, click the Servers subtab.

    The configuration manager can access this subtab in read-only mode. Only the Decision Center administrator can manage servers.

  2. Click New Server to add an external server. To edit it, click Edit Server.
    Note: You cannot edit the servers that are accessible by default.
  3. Enter the following server details:
    • Server name: Name displayed when selecting the server from the list of servers.
    • Server URL: Web address of the Rule Execution Server or Decision Runner server.
      Note: A Rule Execution Server is used for deployment, and a Decision Runner server is used for testing and simulation purposes. By default, the URLs are http://<hostname>:<port>/RES and http://<hostname>:<port>/DecisionRunner.

      You can add or manage HTTPS servers if the certificate that you use is a CA-signed certificate.

    • User name/Password: Access credentials to the server. You can leave these credentials blank if you do not want them to be stored.

      For servers used to deploy RuleApps, you are asked to enter them when deploying. For running test suites and simulations, you are asked to enter them when clicking the Test button. In both cases, your credentials are not stored in Decision Center.

    • Description: Text to help you identify the server in the table of servers.
  4. Specify how each server is used and who has access to it:
    • Usage: Select whether you want to use the server for deploying RuleApps, or for running test suites and simulations.
    • Groups: Control which Decision Center groups can access this server when configuring deployment or running test suites and simulations. By default, all groups can access a server. To reduce this access, clear All groups and select the required groups in the list.
  5. Test that the connection is working correctly by clicking Test.
  6. Click OK.