IBM InfoSphere Streams Version 4.1.0

Creating an InfoSphere Streams instance

You can create an instance in Streams Studio. If you want to use advanced configuration options, create the instance by using the Streams Console or the streamtool mkinstance command.

Procedure

To create an instance:

  1. In the Streams Explorer view, right-click the Streams Instances folder and click Make Instance.
  2. In the Make New Streams Instance window, choose the domain and enter the new instance name in the Instance name field.
  3. Allocate resources to the instance:
    • To specify the number of resources available to this instance, without identifying the individual resources, in the Resource options area, click Number of Resources and enter the number of resources to assign to the instance.
    • To identify specific host resources to assign to the instance, click Select hosts and select from the list of resources in the domain.
  4. To set properties for the instance.
    • You can set instance configuration properties by adding the Name and Value to the Properties area.
  5. To set application environment variables.
    • You can set instance application environment variables by adding the Name and Value to the Application Environment Variables area.

Results

If the instance is created successfully, the instance is displayed in the Streams Instances folder in the Streams Explorer view. You can view messages and errors from the make instance command in the Console view.