Configuring a Deployment Server

A single deployment server process can monitor one or more deployment queues in multiple base databases. You configure the deployment server in DM_ROOT/dfs/deploy_config.dat file. By default, the configuration file is set up by the installer to monitor the default database in the listener configuration file (DM_ROOT/dfs/listener.dat). The configuration parameters in deploy_config.dat are organized in two groups:

Global Parameters

Parameter

Description

Default value

log_dir

Specify this parameter if you want to:

  • Enable logging.

  • Redirect the log to a file in the directory specified by this variable.

None, logging is off.

idle_timeout

Specifies the timeout after which the deployment server will close unused application server connections. If you set the parameter to 0 unused connections will be kept in the connection pool until the deployment server terminates.

60

Base Database Parameters

Parameter

Description

Default value

database

database_[n]

Specifies the database to be monitored for new deployment jobs. You can specify any number of databases to monitor using the format database_[n] where:

n = 1, 2, 3, ...

You must specify at least one database otherwise the deployment server will be inactive.

None

host

host_[n]

Specifies the application server host and port that is working with the databases that correspond to the parameters database and database_[n].

Local hostname

dmuser

dmuser_[n]

Specifies the deployment queue service user account. This is a registered Dimensions user that is used to read and initiate deployment job processing in databases that correspond to the parameters:

  • database

  • database_[n]

  • host

  • host_[n]

You must register the passwords corresponding to the Dimensions users in DM_ROOT/dfs/registry.dat (use the dmpasswd utility).

dmsys

threads

threads_[n]

Specifies the number of threads that will be used to execute deployment jobs in the databases that correspond to the parameters:

  • database

  • database_[n]

  • host

  • host_[n]

20