Export a configuration file to a remote host for automatic distribution

Export configuration files to a host so that they can be automatically distributed to client development workbenches. You can export database connections, preferences, remote systems artifacts, editor templates, and snippets..

Before you begin

Only users that have write permission to the directory where configurations are stored can export to a host. Usually this is an administrator. For information about the default directory for a configuration and how to change it, see Change the remote host destination path of the configuration.

Procedure

  1. Open the export configuration dialog. Click File > Export > Rational Developer for i > Configuration Files for Automatic Distribution. The dialog opens.
    Export dialog
  2. Select the configuration items that you want to export. For example, you can select Remote Systems Artifacts, Database Connections, Eclipse Preferences, Editor Templates. If you expand Eclipse Preferences, you will see a list of the preference files that will be exported. If a description is available, it will be displayed in the Description column. Click Next.
  3. Choose the remote host to export the configuration to. When a developer connects to the remote host, they can pick up the configuration that you have exported. The default location that a configuration is exported to is /QIBM/ProdData/Devtools/clientconfig/.
    Choose remote host location
    Note: If you want to change the location a configuration is stored at, see Change the remote host destination path of the configuration
    Click Next.
  4. Set the version and whether to force updates. You can set a version number directly or accept the number that is automatically set in Configuration Version. If you have exported a configuration previously, the version number will increment automatically. Client environments picking up a configuration will automatically look for a configuration with the highest version number. If you want configuration updates to be mandatory for clients connecting to the server, select Force Updates. If you select Force Updates, if a user does not accept the update when they connect to the server, they will be disconnected.
    Set version number
  5. Click Finish to export the configuration to the server. If you are not connected to the server, you will be prompted to connect. If you do not have write permission to the location on your server where configurations are saved, you will not be able to export the configuration.

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