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java -jar bin/installer.jar -url="jdbc:oracle:thin:@localhost:1521:/phixflow" -user=myuser -pass=mypass -install -customer="Your Customer Name" |
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java -jar bin/installer.jar -url="jdbc:sqlserver://myhost\myserver;databasedatabaseName=phixflow" -user=myuser -pass=mypass -install -customer="Your Customer Name" |
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java -jar bin/installer.jar -url="jdbc:mysql://localhost/phixflow" -user=<myuser> -pass=<mypass> -install -customer="Your Customer Name" |
Further information on the installer
The database installation is now complete. For further information on the installer:
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Install the Webapp in the Tomcat application server
Copy or Move the PhixFlow web application into Tomcat
To install the PhixFlow web application into Tomcat:
Copy $RELEASE/webapps/phixflow to $TOMCAT/webapps/phixflow
Configure phixflow-datasource.xml
The PhixFlow webapp must be configured to give access to the database user that has been created to hold the PhixFlow data.
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<property name="url">
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<property name="username">
<value>[USERNAME]</value>
</property>
<property name="password">
<value>[PASSWORD]</value>
</property> |
Connection Strings
See also Database URLs for how to specify connection string URLs for the various database platforms supported by PhixFlow.
The platform-specific [CONNECTION STRING]s are:
Oracle:
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jdbc:oracle:thin:@hostname:1521:phixflow |
Oracle (for containerised instances):
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For Oracle 12c and above, you should use a '/' instead of ':' before [SID], so that [SID] is treated as a SERVICE name rather than an SID. This is due to Oracle 12c introducing pluggable databases (PDB's). There is also the option to add the line 'USE_SID_AS_SERVICE_listener=on' to the tnsnames.ora Oracle configuration file in order to treat SID's as service names by default. This is provided by Oracle as a workaround for users who have hard-coded connection strings that are difficult to change by hand, and so should not be necessary for phixflow configuration. For more information, please see the following Oracle documentation links: Introduction to the Multitenant Architecture (including an explanation of PDB's) |
SQL Server:
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jdbc:sqlserver://hostname\myservice;databaseName=phixflow |
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jdbc:mysql://hostname/phixflow |
Configure phixflow-instance.xml
The PhixFlow webapp instance must be configured to identify the instance and set whether the instance is active on startup.
For a single instance, non-resilient configuration, simply copy the example file phixflow-instance.xml.example to phixflow-instance.xml.
Resilient Configuration
A resilient PhixFlow configuration consists of 2 or more web applications all connected to a common database and configured such that at any one time, only one is active; the other instances will monitor the first and one will take over if they detect that the first has failed.
In such a configuration, set the instance name and id for each PhixFlow webapp instance to unique values and set leaderOnStartup to “true” for an instance if it should become active immediately on startup.
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<!-- The instance name must be different for each member of the cluster -->
<bean id="clusterInstance"
class="com.accipia.phixflow.service.cluster.main.ClusterInstance"
p:name="MAIN"
p:id=”1”
p:leaderOnStartup="true"
/> |
See Configuring for Resilience for more information.
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Configure phixflow-domains.xml
The PhixFlow webapp can be configured to authenticate users’ usernames and passwords against an external Domain / Active Directory server.
If you don’t want want to enable domain logins, simply copy the example file provided.
For more information on how to configure for domain logins, see the PhixFlow Active Directory Guide.
Configure log4j.properties
The log4j.properties file controls detailed event/error logging on the server.
To configure for default logging:
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It is not necessary to make any changes to this file unless so instructed by PhixFlow Support.
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Multiple PhixFlow instances
To install multiple instances of PhixFlow on a single server, complete the installation steps above to create a first PhixFlow instance. Then install a further instance:
- Create a second database user to hold the data for the new instance.
- Copy the PhixFlow web application into the Tomcat again:
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cp $RELEASE/webapps/phixflow to $TOMCAT/webapps/alternative_name |
where “alternative_name” is the name of your test system.
- Be sure to set up a separate user and schema in the database for the new PhixFlow instance and to set phixflow-datasource.xml as needed
- To ensure log messages are sent to a separate file, change the following line in log4j.properties
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