Setting Up the IBM Connect:Direct Server

After you install Connect:Direct® for UNIX, define the parameters needed by the Server for startup. If you installed the Server, the process to customize the Server starts automatically. To customize the server, enter the node to customize.

  1. Type the name of the node, up to 16 characters, that you want to customize and press Enter.
    Important: Characters used in Netmap Node Names (or Secure+ Node Names or Secure+ Alias Names) should be restricted to A-Z, a-z, 0-9 and @ # $ . _ - to ensure that the entries can be properly managed by Control Center, Connect:Direct Browser User Interface, or IBM® Sterling Connect:Direct Application Interface for Java™ for Java (AIJ) programs. However, use of ‘@’ characters in a node name is discouraged, as it will cause some clients to display proxy records incorrectly. If the ‘@’ character is at the end of a node name, client display of a proxy record with this node name will fail.
  2. Enter the TCP/IP port number that Control Center Director will use to communicate with Install Agent included with Connect:Direct. Use the default port, 1365, if available. If the default port number is being used by another service, use any other available port.
  3. Type y to start Install Agent after installation or n to avoid starting Install Agent and press Enter. This value is entered into the initialization parameters file in the agent.enable parameter.
  4. Enter the TCP/IP port number that Connect:Direct monitors for requests from remote nodes. Use the default port, 1364, if available. If the default port number is being used by another service, use any other available port. This value is entered into the initialization parameters file in the comm.info parameter.
  5. Type the hostname or IP address that Connect:Direct Monitors for requests from remote nodes.

    If you use 0.0.0.0, Connect:Direct will listen for requests from remote nodes on all network adapters configured on the UNIX server.

    This value is entered into the initialization parameters file in the comm.info parameter.

  6. Type the TCP/IP port number that Connect:Direct monitors for requests from Clients. If available, use the default value of 1363. If the default port number is being used by another service, use any other available port.

    This value is entered into the network map file in the tcp.api parameter.

  7. Type the hostname or IP address that Connect:Direct monitors for requests from Clients.

    This value is entered into the network map file in the tcp.api parameter.

    Connect:Direct creates the network map file and displays the directory path and file name.

    After you define the initialization parameters file, the customization script creates the network map file. A remote node record is added to the network map file. The remote node record is assigned the name of the local node you specified.

  8. Type the TCP/IP port to listen for a PMGR RPC client request.
    This value is entered in the network map file in the rpc.pmgr.port parameter.
    Note: This prompt displays only on HPUXIT and SOLARIS-based deployments.
  9. Press Enter. The netmap file is automatically created.