Installation and Configuration Guide

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Installing the Partners Portal on UNIX in Console Mode

Close all other applications.

Run the

Install.bin -i console

command.

The

Introduction

section appears.

Read the installation instructions, and then press

Enter

The

Install or Upgrade

section appears.

Select

1- Install B2B Data Exchange or any of its components

, and then press

Enter

The

PowerCenter Version

section appears.

Select the PowerCenter version for which you want to install B2B Data Exchange, and then press

Enter

The

Installation Directory

section appears.

Enter the absolute path to the installation directory or accept the default directory, and then press

Enter

The

Installation Components

section appears and displays a numbered list of the components to install.

Select

2- B2B Data Exchange Partners Portal

, and then press

Enter

The

Metadata Repository Connection

section appears.

Enter the number for the

B2B Data Exchange

metadata repository database type or accept the default database type:

Option	Description
1- Oracle	Oracle database.
2- Microsoft SQL Server	Microsoft SQL Server database.

Enter the number for the metadata repository database connection type or accept the default connection type.

Option	Description
1- Database URL	Location of the database. If you select this option, enter values in the following fields: Database host name. Host name of the machine where the database server is installed. Database port number. Port number for the database. The default port number for Oracle is 1521. The default port for Microsoft SQL Server is 1433. Oracle database. Database SID. System identifier for the database. Microsoft SQL Server database. Database name. Name of the database instance.
2- Custom Connection String	Connection string to the database. If you select this option, enter values in one of the following fields: JDBC string. JDBC connection string to the metadata repository. If you install the PowerCenter client plug-in: ODBC string. ODBC connection string to the metadata repository. The installer cannot verify the validity of the ODBC string. If you use a named Microsoft SQL Server database instance, you must specify a custom connection string. You cannot connect to the database instance with a database URL. For example, jdbc:informatica:sqlserver://MYSQLSERVERCOMPUTERHOSTNAME\MYDBINSTANCENAME;DatabaseName=MYDATABASENAME;

Option

Description

1- Database URL

Location of the database. If you select this option, enter values in the following fields:

Database host name. Host name of the machine where the database server is installed.

Database port number. Port number for the database. The default port number for Oracle is 1521. The default port for Microsoft SQL Server is 1433.

Oracle database. Database SID. System identifier for the database.

Microsoft SQL Server database. Database name. Name of the database instance.

2- Custom Connection String

Connection string to the database. If you select this option, enter values in one of the following fields:

JDBC string. JDBC connection string to the metadata repository.

If you install the PowerCenter client plug-in: ODBC string. ODBC connection string to the metadata repository. The installer cannot verify the validity of the ODBC string.

If you use a named Microsoft SQL Server database instance, you must specify a custom connection string. You cannot connect to the database instance with a database URL.

For example,

jdbc:informatica:sqlserver://MYSQLSERVERCOMPUTERHOSTNAME\MYDBINSTANCENAME;DatabaseName=MYDATABASENAME;

The values that you enter here must be identical to the values that you entered in this section during

B2B Data Exchange

installation.

Press

Enter

The

Web Server

section appears.

Configure the Web Server connection.

Enter the number for the network communication protocol or accept the default protocol:

Option	Description
1- Enable HTTPS	Instructs B2B Data Exchange to use secure network communication when you open the Operation Console in the browser. If you select HTTPS and HTTP, the Operation Console switches existing HTTP connections with HTTPS connections.
2- Enable HTTP	Instructs B2B Data Exchange to use regular HTTP network communication when you open the Operation Console in the browser.

If you selected

Enable HTTPS

, enter values in the following fields:

Field	Description
Connector port number	Port number for the Tomcat connector to use when you open the Operation Console with HTTPS. The default value is 18443.
Use a keystore file generated by the installer	Instructs the installer to generate a keystore file with an unregistered certificate. If you select this option, ignore the security warning that you receive from the browser the first time you open the Operation Console.
Use an existing keystore file	Instructs the installer to load an existing keystore file. Enter values in the following fields: Keystore password. Password for the keystore file. Keystore file. Path to the keystore file. The keystore file must be in the Public Key Cryptography Standard (PKCS) #12 format.

If you selected

Enable HTTP

, enter values in the following fields:

Field	Description
HTTP connector port number	Port number for the HTTP connector. If you clear this field, your browser must connect to the B2B Data Exchange server with HTTPS when you log in to the Operation Console. The default value is 18080.
Server shutdown listener port number	Port number for the listener that controls the Tomcat server shutdown. The default value is 18005.

Click

The

Pre-Installation Summary

section appears.

Verify that the installation information is correct, and then press

Enter

During the installation process, the installer displays progress information.

To view the log files that the installer generates, navigate to the following directory:

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