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Installing RulePoint in Console Mode

You can install RulePoint in console mode on Windows, Linux, Solaris, or AIX.

When you run the installer in console mode, the words

Quit

and

Back

are reserved words. You cannot use the reserved words as input text during installation.

Navigate to the root directory where you extracted the installer files.

At the command prompt for Windows or on a shell command line for Linux, run the RulePoint executable with the option

-i console

For Windows, enter

Informatica_RulePoint_6.2.exe

For Linux, Solaris, or AIX, enter

Informatica_RulePoint_6.2.bin

In the

Introduction

section, press

Enter

The

Choose Installation Folder

section appears.

Enter the installation directory in which you want to install the RulePoint application files, and then press

Enter

The

Database Configuration Mode

section appears.

Specify the database configuration mode, and then press

Enter

To run the

Typical

mode and create the required database schemas with the default names, enter

To run the

Custom

mode and use the database schemas that you created, enter

The

Design Database Configuration

section appears.

Select the database type in which you want to configure the RulePoint design-time components, and then press

Enter

to select Oracle.

Enter

to select IBM DB2.

Enter

to select Microsoft SQL Server.

Enter

to select H2.

Enter the user name for the database user account, and then press

Enter

Enter the password for the database user account, and then press

Enter

Specify an option to use custom JDBC connection string, and then press

Enter

To use a custom JDBC connection string to enter the JDBC connection information, press

Enter the connection string and verify that the connection string contains all the connection parameters.

If you do not want to use the custom JDBC connection string to enter the JDBC connection information, press

, and then enter the database connection information.

The following table describes the connection properties that you specify for the design-time repository:

Property	Description
Database Host	Host name for the database.
Database Port	Port number for the database.
Service Name/SID Name	Service name or SID name of the IBM DB2, Microsoft SQL Server, or Oracle database.
JDBC Parameters	Optional. JDBC parameters to include in the JDBC URL. Optionally, you can specify additional JDBC parameters to include in the JDBC URL.

If you select the database type as H2, the host name and port details for the database appear.

Press

Enter

If the database is H2, go to step 14 to enter the topology configuration details.

In the

Select an Option

section, specify an option to configure the RulePoint run-time database, and then press

Enter

to use the default host name and port number.

To use the same RulePoint design-time database for RulePoint run-time repository, enter

To use a different database for RulePoint run time, enter

, and then specify the database connection information.

If you selected custom installation mode, the

Schema Configuration

section appears. Enter the schema names that you configured for the RulePoint design-time and run-time environment, and then press

Enter

If you selected

Typical

database configuration mode, the installer creates the RulePoint_Activity and RulePoint_TopologyState schemas in the run-time database.

The

Topology Configuration

section appears.

Enter the topology configuration details, and then press

Enter

A topology name refers to the group of all the services, nodes, and hosts of the RulePoint run-time environment.

The following table describes the topology configuration details:

Property	Description
Topology Name	Name for the topology. The default topology name is Default.
Topology Host IP	IP address of the server where you install RulePoint.
Tomcat Port	HTTP port number of the Tomcat server. Default is 8080.

Perform the following steps to configure the connection details for the RulePoint design-time environment:

Specify whether you want to set up a secure connection for the RulePoint design-time environment:

The following table describes the options available to create or disable a secure connection to the RulePoint design environment:

Option	Description
Y - Enable HTTPS for RulePoint Design	Set up a secure connection to RulePoint design-time environment.
N - Disable HTTPS	Do not set up a secure connection to RulePoint design-time environment.

If you are enabling HTTPS, enter the configuration details, and then press

Enter

The following table describes the HTTPS connection information that you must enter if you enable HTTPS:

Option	Description
Port	Port number for the HTTPS connection. Default is 8443.
Keystore file	File that stores the SSL key for the HTTPS connection. Select the following option to use a keystore file generated by the installer or a keystore file that you create: 1 - Use a keystore generated by the installer. 2 - Use an existing keystore.

If you use an existing keystore, enter the password and location of the keystore file.

The

Notification Settings

section appears.

Specify the email notification configuration option, and then press

Enter

To configure email notifications, enter

, and then configure email notification settings.

The following table describes the email notification settings:

Property	Description
SMTP Host	The fully qualified domain name of the SMTP server that you use to send outbound email from RulePoint. For example, mail.mycompany.com
Port	Port number of the SMTP server.
From	Sender email address from which you send outbound email notifications.
To	Email recipient address to which you send email notifications.
Priority	Email messages with the priority that you want to receive. Select one of the following options: 1 - Critical 2 - High 3 - Medium 4 - Low For example, enter 1 to receive email messages that have the priority as critical. When the default node fails, you receive an email alert of critical priority stating that the default node failed.
Verbosity	Verbosity of the email notification. Select one of the following options: 1 - More 2 - Less For example, enter 1 to receive email messages with detailed alert information.
User Name	Optional. The user account name of the SMTP server.
Password	Optional. The user account password of the SMTP server.

If you do not want to configure email notifications during installation, enter

The

Pre-installation Summary

section appears.

Verify the installation summary and then press

Enter

The

Installing

section appears and displays the installation progress.

If you are using Windows, perform one of the following tasks when a message prompts you to register Windows services for RulePoint components:

If you do not want to register Windows services for RulePoint components, enter

If you want to register Windows services for the RulePoint components, enter

The RulePoint Design Time and RulePoint Topology services are registered in Windows services. You can use these services to start or stop the RulePoint instances after you complete the installation.

If you selected H2 as the database, the H2 database services are also registered in Windows services. You can use the RulePoint H2 database service from the Windows services to start or stop the H2 database.

Press

Enter

to complete the installation and exit the installer.

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