Creating Process Server stand-alone profiles using manageprofiles

Use the manageprofiles command-line utility to create Process Server stand-alone profiles for IBM® Business Process Manager Advanced .

Before you begin

Before you run the manageprofiles command-line utility ensure that you have completed the following tasks:

You have reviewed the full list of prerequisites for creating or augmenting a profile at Prerequisites for creating or augmenting profiles
You have reviewed example profile creation commands.
You have verified that you are not already running the manageprofiles command-line utility on the same profile. If an error message is displayed, determine if there is another profile creation or augmentation action in progress. If so, wait until it completes.

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This task describes how to use the manageprofiles command-line utility to create Process Server stand-alone profiles for IBM Business Process Manager Advanced.

To use the manageprofiles command-line utility to create a profile, perform the following steps.

Procedure

Determine the kind of profile you want to create, which in turn determines the template to use for your new profile (using the -templatePath option).
Templates for each profile are located in the install_root/profileTemplates/BPM directory for BPM templates and under install_root/profileTemplates for other products.
The following templates are available:
- default.procsvr: for Process Server stand-alone profiles, which define stand-alone servers with capabilities and functionality specific to IBM BPM Standard and Express® configurations.
- default.procsvr.adv: for Process Server stand-alone profiles, which define stand-alone servers with capabilities and functionality specific to an IBM BPM Advanced configuration.
- default.esbserver: for WebSphere® Enterprise Service Bus stand-alone server profiles, which define stand-alone servers.
Determine which parameters are required for your type of profile by reviewing the example profile creation commands in manageprofile examples.
Determine the values that you want to supply for the profile by reviewing the default values in the manageprofiles parameters topic to see if they are what you need for your profile.
Create a response file.
Sample response files are available under the install_root/BPM/samples/manageprofiles/ directory. Choose an appropriate response file based on the profile that you want to create (stand-alone or network, Process Center or Process Server) and customize the file for your environment.

Important: Ensure that you do not leave blank spaces after the values; for example 'personalCertValidityPeriod=1 ' or 'winserviceCheck=false '. Spaces will cause profile creation to fail.
See Creating a response file using the IBM Business Process Manager samples.
Run the manageprofiles command from the command line, using the -response parameter and the name of the response file that you created.
- manageprofiles.sh -response myResponseFile
- manageprofiles.bat -response myResponseFile
The command displays status as it runs. Wait for it to finish. Normal syntax checking on the response file applies as the file is parsed like any other response file. Individual values in the response file are treated as command-line parameters.
Manually configure the SMTP server to enable mail notifications. Refer to Configuring the SMTP server.