Process Server Settings

Use this administrative console page to update the IBM Process Server configuration and modify connection properties, such as the properties for connecting the server to a different Process Center or changing it to an offline server.

Security role required: Your user ID must be associated with either the Administrator or Configurator role to use this page.

To view this administrative console page, select Servers > Deployment Environments > Deployment environment name > Additional Properties > Process Server Settings.

Note: After you have saved any changes that you made to the properties, you must restart IBM Process Server.

The Process Server Settings page contains the following general properties:

Environment name

The environment name is the name by which this server or cluster will be known to a Process Center user.

Environment Type

The Environment type refers to how the Process Server is used. For example, in what capacity will the Process Server be used - development, test, staging or production. Load testing might be done on a test server, while a staging environment type might be used as a temporary location to host changes before putting those changes into production. You might specify Staging as the environment type if the Process Server you are configuring will be accessed and used to review content and new functionality.

There are four types of environments available for selection:

Development: Select Development if the server will serve in a development capacity.
Test: Select Test if the server you are configuring will be used as a testing environment.
Staging: Select Staging if the server will serve as a staging platform to be used as a preproduction server.
Production: Select Production if the server will serve in a production capacity.

Use server offline

Indicates whether the server you are configuring is an offline server. An offline server is a Process Server that is not connected to the Process Center.

Offline servers can still be used when deploying snapshots of process applications. However, the method for deploying process applications to an offline process server differs from the method for deploying process applications to an online process server.

Protocol

Select either http:// or https:// as the connection protocol to the Process Center. Configure a full URL path by selecting http:// or https:// and then setting the host and port. In an environment with a load balancer or proxy server between the browser and the Process Server services, make sure that what you designate here matches the browser URL for accessing the Process Center.

Host name or virtual host in a load-balanced environment

Specifies the host or virtual host that the Process Server needs to communicate with Process Center. Use a fully qualified host name. In an environment with a load balancer or proxy server between the Process Server and the Process Center services, make sure that what you designate here matches the URL for accessing the Process Center.

Note: Ensure that you specify the host name instead of localhost for the server name when you configure the Process Server. This is required when you are using Process Designer remotely.

Port

Specifies the port number of the Process Center. In an environment with a load balancer or proxy server between the Process Server and the Process Center, make sure that what you designate here matches the URL for accessing the Process Center.

Context root prefix

Specifies the prefix for the context root. If the default context root for the Process Center is customized with a prefix, enter that prefix here. This value requires a leading forward slash (/). Leave this field blank if no context root prefix is set for the Process Center.

User name

Specifies a valid user name that exists on the Process Center. IBM Process Server will connect to Process Center as this user. An authentication alias will be created using this user name and password. The authentication alias will be automatically mapped to the ProcessCenterUser role. The user name and password of the ProcessCenterUser for Process Server must be the same as the user name and password of the ProcessCenterUser for Process Center.

Password

Specifies the password of the user.

Confirm password

Confirms the password specified for the user.