ubroker.properties file

The ubroker.properties file is the property file for the WebSpeed Transaction Server, WebSpeed Messengers, and the NameServer. All values that define instances of the WebSpeed Transaction Server and the NameServer are stored within this file. The command-line utilities and OpenEdge Management/OpenEdge Explorer access this information through the AdminServer when working with instances of all processes.

The ubroker.properties file resides in the OpenEdge-install-dir/properties directory. It is a fully commented file containing information relevant to setting properties for your WebSpeed configuration.

Note: The AppServer and the DataServers also use the ubroker.properties file to store configuration data. For the purposes of this guide, the ubroker.properties file focus is on the WebSpeed Transaction Server and the NameServer. See the appropriate manual for details about viewing and editing configurations applicable to the other products.

From a Windows or a UNIX machine, you use OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer to create and configure instances of the WebSpeed Transaction Server or the NameServer on the Windows platform or remote UNIX platforms. It is possible to edit the ubroker.properties file manually. See Editing the ubroker.properties file for more information. Advanced users can also use the mergeprop utility to apply changes to the ubroker.properties file. For more information on the mergeprop utility, see the chapter on managing OpenEdge property files in OpenEdge Getting Started: Installation and Configuration.

The ubroker.properties file consists of a hierarchical structure of configuration entities, where parent entities provide configuration information that you can override or extend in each child entity. Each configuration entity has a name that begins the entity definition, and the definition contains configuration settings for one or more product instances. When configuring your WebSpeed environment, you work most often with the [UBroker], [UBroker.WS], [NameServer], [WebSpeed], and [WebSpeed.Messengers] configuration entities.