Configuring license checkout settings for the dgaas application on WebSphere® Application Server

You can set the following environment variables for the document generation service application: com.ibm.rational.rpe.license.attempts.count and com.ibm.rational.rpe.license.retry.timeout.

About this task

If you do not configure these values, the default value of 5 is used. The license checkout will be attempted up to 5 times, at an interval of 5 seconds.

Table 1. Licensing flags
Flag Value Description
-Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.license.attempts.count A number

Default value: 5

Example: -Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.license.attempts.count=7

The number of times to check for an available license. If the value entered is less than 1, the value is ignored.
-Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.license.retry.timeout A number in seconds

Default value: 5 seconds

Example: -Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.license.retry.timeout=6

The number of seconds to wait between attempts to check for an available license.

Procedure

  1. Open the administrative console in a browser. Example: http://server:port/ibm/console/logon.jsp
  2. Expand Servers > Server Types.
  3. Click WebSphere application servers.
  4. Open the server properties by clicking the server_name.
  5. In the Server infrastructure section, expand Java and Process Management.
  6. Click Process definition.
  7. In the Additional Properties section, click Java Virtual Machine.
  8. In the Additional Properties section, click Custom properties.
  9. Click New to add the flag.
  10. In the Name field, enter the name of the flag you selected.
  11. From the name of the flag you copied, delete the -D from the beginning. For example, -Dcom.ibm.rational.rpe.flag becomes com.ibm.rational.rpe.flag.
  12. In the Value field, enter the parameter for the flag, add a description indicating the purpose of using the flag, and click OK.
  13. Restart the server.

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