Using the Services view

Use the Services view to start, stop, and edit QMF Server services.

Procedure

  1. To access the Services view, click View > Services from the main menu.
    The following QMF Server services are currently available in the Services view:
    Broker Service
    With this service, you can send messages to client applications.

    If you deploy QMF Server on OpenShift and want to start the Broker Service, configure the Broker Service port by completing the steps that are mentioned in Setting Broker configuration preferences.

    HTTP API Service
    Allows third-party applications to access QMF objects using HTTP.
    Note: If you stop the HTTP API Service service, your instance of QMF for Workstation or QMF for WebSphere will not be able to connect to repositories provided by QMF Registry.
    JDBC Service
    Allows third-party Java applications to work with QMF as a database by using JDBC interface.
    To connect to the service, Java applications must specify the host of the QMF server as the host part of the JDBC URL, the port that the JDBC Service uses as the port part of the JDBC URL, and the name of a repository in a storage that exists on the server as the database part of the JDBC URL.
    Note: If you have several repositories with the same name stored in different storages, the storage name must be written before the repository name and separated from it by a blank space.
    QMF Registry Service
    Collects and provides a list of available QMF servers.
    Note: The QMF Registry Service cannot be stopped if the URL of this server's built-in registry is defined in the SRV record of the local Domain Name System (DNS). The QMF Registry Service also cannot be stopped if a QMF server uses a built-in registry.

    To specify a different registry, click Preferences > QMF Server Registry. For more information, see .

    QMF Z Client Service
    Allows QMF Z Clients to access the current QMF server.
  2. To start or stop a service, click the Start or Stop button to the left of the service name.
  3. To change a port that the service uses or to configure the service autostart, right-click the service that you want to work with and click Edit.
    Note: For QMF Registry Service and HTTP API Service, the port cannot be changed.
    For the QMF Z Client Service, you can also edit the following additional parameters:
    User timeout
    Specifies the amount of idle time in minutes that must pass before your QMF Z Client user context is reset.
    Socket timeout
    Specifies the amount of idle time in minutes that must pass before your HTTP socket is deleted.
  4. To edit the list of registered QMF servers that are visible to QMF Clients or to manage duplicate repositories, complete the following steps:
    1. Right-click QMF Registry Service and select Manage Visibility from the menu.
    2. Use the Visibility tab of the Manage Servers window to select which registered QMF servers will be visible to QMF client components. To change the visibility of a server, select or clear the corresponding check box.
    3. Use the Duplicate Repositories tab of the Manage Servers window to manage the visibility of duplicate repositories. Duplicate repositories are repositories that are stored on different severs but share the same name. To change the visibility of a repository, select or clear the corresponding check box.
      Note: The Duplicate Repositories tab only displays the servers that are set as visible on the Visibility tab.
  5. Click OK to apply the changes.