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Configure Replication Manager

Note

If the server has both SERVER_NAME and SERVER_PORT configured, it will always use the SERVER_PORT, so even if it is a local machine connection, it will use TCP-IP instead of shared memory.

  1. Enable replication by inserting the following lines into the ctsrvr.cfg file:

    Note

    The lines enable the plugin that handles web communication (services.json) and the agent that performs the replication (ctagent).

    ; Plugins
PLUGIN cthttpd;./web/cthttpd.dll
PLUGIN ctagent;./agent/ctAgent.dll

  2. Use the ctagent.json and services.json files to configure the replication plugin:

    Note

    • A replication plugin runs in the FairCom server and executes all data replication.

    • If you are running Replication Manager on the same machine as the FairCom DB engine, you will need to adjust the ports so they do not conflict. Select unused values for "listening_http_port" and "listening_https_port". The ports available on your machine will depend on your environment. A good starting point is to simply add 1 to each of the port numbers listed in the configuration file.

    • If you want to experiment with replication in your lab, you can set up Replication Manager and two FairCom DB servers on the same machine. In that case, all three servers must use unique ports.

    ctagent.json
    {
	"embedded": true,
	"log_file": "agentLog.txt",
	"memphis_server_name": "MEMPHIS",
	"memphis_sql_port": 7000,
	"memphis_host": "localhost",
	"memphis_database": "MEMPHIS",
	"ctree_check_mask": "*.dat;*.idx;*.fdd;*.fsd",
	"inactive_timeout": 600
}
    services.json
    {
	"listening_http_port": 8080,
	"listening_https_port": 8443,
	"ssl_certificate": "./web/fccert.pem",
	"document_root": "./web/apps",
	
	"applications": [
		"ctree;ctREST.dll",
		"AceMonitor;ctMonitor.dll",
		"SQLExplorer;ctSQLExplorer.dll",
		"ISAMExplorer;ctISAMExplorer.dll",
		"ReplicationManager;ctReplicationManager.dll"
	]
}