The cogstartup.xml file
contains configuration settings used by IBM®
Cognos® Analytics
and by default components. You can change the components that IBM
Cognos Analytics
uses by copying XML elements from sample files into the cogstartup.xml file.
You can then edit the configuration values to suit your environment.
For
example, to use an Oracle database for the content store, you can
use the ContentManager_language code.xml sample
file to replace the default database connection information.
IBM
Cognos Analytics
can use only one instance at a time of the following elements:
- The database for the content store
- A cryptographic provider
- A configuration template for the IBM Cognos service
You should be familiar with the structure of XML files before
you start editing them.
Procedure
-
Go to the install_location/configuration/samples
directory.
- Choose a sample file to open in an editor:
- To use Oracle, or IBM Db2 for the
content store, open the ContentManager_language_code.xml
file.
- To use an authentication provider, open the Authentication_language_code.xml file.
- To use a cryptographic provider, open the Cryptography_language_code.xml file.
- To send log messages somewhere other than a file, open the Logging_language_code.xml file.
- To use a medium or large template for the amount of resources
the IBM
Cognos Analytics process uses, open the CognosService_language_code.xml file.
- Copy the elements that you need.
Tip: Ensure
that you copy the code including the start and end tags for the <crn:instance>
element.
For
example, look for the (Begin of)
and (End
of)
comments:
<!--
(Begin of) Db2 template
-->
<crn:instance ...>
...
</crn:instance>
<!--
End of) Db2 template
-->
-
Go to the install_location/configuration
directory.
- Open the cogstartup.xml file in an
editor.
- Paste the code from the sample file to the cogstartup.xml file
and replace the appropriate
<crn:instance>
element.
- Change the values of these new elements to suit your environment.
For the <crn:instance>
element, do
not change the class attribute. You can change the name attribute
to suit your environment.
For example, if you use an Oracle
database for the content store, change only the name attribute to
suit your environment.
<crn:instance class="Oracle"
name="MyContentStore">
- Save and close the file.
- Run IBM Cognos Configuration in silent mode by typing
the following command:
./cogconfig.sh -s
This
ensures that the file is valid and that passwords are encrypted.