Enabling the CES Server Connectivity

About Enabling the CES Server Connectivity

When the CES server is started after deploying, the CES reads the UIProperties.properties file. This file contains the ExploreJavaServer.PORT variable, which contains the port number used to connect to the CES Server. In order to connect to your CES Server, this variable must be set to the bootstrap port number for the CES Server you are going to use. 

When Enabling the CES Server Connectivity

Do not change any values in the UIProperties.properties file other than ExploreJavaServer.Port. If you change any values other than ExploreJavaServer.PORT, you will not be able to work with the CES application.

How To Enable the CES Server Connectivity

This task explains how to change the UIProperties.properties file to enable CES server connectivity:
  1. Edit the UIProperties.properties file available under:

    For Windows: <Installed Path>\<OS>\resources\sdm\excalibur\config\i2
    For UNIX: <Installed Path>/<OS>/resources/sdm/excalibur/config/i2

    This table describes the variables that must be changed:

    Variable... Action... Description
    ExploreJavaServer.PORT Obtain the value from Console This is the bootstrap port number of the CES Server.

CES needs the bootstrap address of the CES Server to communicate. Steps 2 - 6 show you how to find the bootstrap port number for your CES Server. Once you have this number, set the variable ExploreJavaServer.PORT in the UIProperties.properties file to this value.

  1. Log on to the WAS console using the default URL, for example, <http://localhost:9160/admin>. The default URL depends on the port used when the WAS profile was created by the WAS Administrator, so contact your WAS Administrator for the correct URL.

  2. Enter the User ID, and then click Log in. The Integrated Solutions Console page appears. In the navigation pad, expand Servers. Under Servers, click Application Servers. The Application Servers page appears with all available server names.

  3. On the Application Servers page, click the CES Application Server link. In this example, the CES Application Server is R18CESServer. The CES Application Server page appears.
     

  4. Click the link Ports. A list with Port Name and Port Number appears.

  5. Back in the UIProperties.properties file, set the ExploreJavaServer.PORT variable to the BOOTSTRAP_ADDRESS Port number. In this example, you would set ExploreJavaServer.PORT  = 2812.