IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 4.1.0

streamtool getproperty

The streamtool getproperty command reports property values for an instance, one per line.

Usage

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getproperty

>>-+-+- -a----+----------------------+--+-------------------+--->
   | '- --all-'                      |  '- --application-ev-'   
   |               .---------------. |                          
   |               V               | |                          
   '-+----------+----property-name-+-'                          
     +- -s------+                                               
     '- --short-'                                               

>--+-----------------------+--+---------+----------------------->
   '-+- -d----------+--did-'  +- -h-----+   
     '- --domain-id-'         '- --help-'   

>--+-------------------------+--+-----------------+------------->
   '-+- -i------------+--iid-'  '- --trace--level-'   
     '- --instance-id-'                               

>--+---------------------+--+-----------------------+----------->
   '-+- -U-----+--userid-'  '-+- -v--------+--level-'   
     '- --User-'              '- --verbose-'            

>--| Non-interactive tool options |----------------------------><

Non-interactive tool options

    (1)                                    
|--------+-----------------------------+------------------------|
         +- --embeddedzk---------------+   
         |               .-,---------. |   
         |               V           | |   
         '- --zkconnect----host:port-+-'   

Notes:
  1. The non-interactive tool options are not supported in the interactive streamtool interface.

Authority

You must have read authority for the config instance object. By default, the DomainAdministrator, InstanceAdministrator, and InstanceUser roles have this authority. For more information about access control lists, see streamtool getacl.

Description

If the property is not present in the configuration, the command returns a value of <undef>.

If the property is a write-only property, the command returns an error.

If property changes are made while the instance is started and the properties cannot be updated immediately, the changes are pending until the instance stops. If a property has a pending value, the streamtool getproperty command reports both the current and pending values. If you specify the -s or --short option, the command reports only the current values.

For a description of the properties, run the streamtool man properties command.

Options and arguments

-a, --all
Specifies to list the values for all of the properties.
Note: Write-only properties are not included in the list.

Application environment variables are not included in the list unless you also specify the --application-ev option.

--application-ev
Specifies to retrieve values for application environment variables.

If you specify this option with the --all or -a options, the command lists the values for all of the application environment variables.

If you specify a property that is an application environment variable and do not specify this option, the command fails.

-d, --domain-id did
Specifies the domain identifier.

If you do not specify this option, InfoSphere® Streams uses the domain name that is set in the STREAMS_DOMAIN_ID environment variable. By default, that domain name is StreamsDomain. If you are using the interactive streamtool interface, it uses the name of the active domain for the current streamtool session or else it prompts you for the domain name.

The active domain for the current streamtool session is set every time that you successfully run a streamtool command with a -d or --domain-id option. Alternatively, you can run the streamtool domain command in the interactive interface.

--embeddedzk

Specifies to use the embedded copy of ZooKeeper. This option is not supported within the interactive streamtool interface.

If you are not using the interactive streamtool interface and you do not specify either this option or the --zkconnect option, InfoSphere Streams uses the ZooKeeper connection that is associated with the active domain or the domain that is specified in the --domain-id option. InfoSphere Streams determines which connection maps to the domain by using cached information about the domains. In this scenario, if the domain identifier is not unique in the InfoSphere Streams configuration cache, the command fails.

-h, --help
Specifies to show the command syntax.
-i, --instance-id iid
Specifies the instance identifier.

If you do not specify this option, InfoSphere Streams uses the instance identifier that is set in the STREAMS_INSTANCE_ID environment variable. By default, that instance identifier is StreamsInstance. If you are using the interactive streamtool interface, it tries to use an instance ID that you specified in a previous command. If no such value is found, the command uses the STREAMS_INSTANCE_ID environment variable. Alternatively, you can run the streamtool instance command in the interactive interface.

property-name
Specifies the name of a property.
-s, --short
Specifies to return a shortened list of information. In particular, the command returns only the current property values. It does not return the property names or the pending property values.
--trace level
Specifies the trace setting. The following valid levels are listed in order of increasing verbosity, which is to say that the first level in the list generates the least amount of information:
  • off
  • error
  • warn
  • info
  • debug
  • trace
The default value is off.
-U, --User userid
Specifies an InfoSphere Streams user ID that has authority to run the command.
-v,--verbose level
Specifies to provide more detailed command output. The vebosity level can be from 0 to 3 where each increment provides more detailed output.
--zkconnect host:port

The name of one or more host and port pairs that specify the configured ZooKeeper servers. This option is not supported within the interactive streamtool interface.

If you are not using the interactive streamtool interface and you do not specify this option, InfoSphere Streams tries to use:
  1. The --embeddedzk option
  2. The value from the STREAMS_ZKCONNECT environment variable
  3. A ZooKeeper connection string that is derived from cached information about the current domain.

Examples

The following command retrieves the values for the instanceTrace.maximumFileCount and view.httpPort properties in the streams instance:
streamtool getproperty -d mydomain instanceTrace.maximumFileCount -i streams
User:lcawley
Password:********
instanceTrace.maximumFileCount=3
view.httpPort=0 (pending value: 8080)
The following command gets the value for the ODBCINI application environment variable in the streams instance in the bsmith domain:
[streamtool <bsmith@bsmith.streams>] getproperty --application-ev ODBCINI
ODBCINI=/mydir/odbc.ini