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Configuring Server Databases for Server Metadata in an Integrated Environment
This topic describes the format of the key-value pair for specifying the server database configuration file for Logi Report Server metadata, and how you can specify the database information in the System Environment, dbconfig.xml, web.xml, and ejb-jar.xml, respectively.
When you integrate Logi Report Server with an application server, by default, Logi Report Server obtains the server database information from dbconfig.xml in the <server_install_root>\bin directory. However, you can use a key-value pair to specify another database configuration file, or to specify the server database directly in a JDBC or JNDI data source.
This topic contains the following sections:
- Format of the Key-Value Pair
- Specifying the Server Database in the System Environment
- Specifying the Server Database in dbconfig.xml
- Specifying the Server Database in web.xml (for the WAR Mode)
- Specifying the Server Database in ejb-jar.xml or web.xml (for the EAR Mode)
Format of the Key-Value Pair
The name of the key must be jreport.datasource.systemtables, jreport.datasource.realmtables, or jreport.datasource.profile, where systemtables, realmtables and profile are Logi Report Server's inner database names for the system database, realm database and profiling database respectively. The value should be in the form of a URL as one of the following:
- Specify the path of another database configuration file:
file:///absolute_path_of_config_fileFor example:
file:///LogiReport/dbconfig.xml, orfile://D:\dbconfig.xml - Specify a JDBC data source:
jdbc://[<jdbc-user:jdbc-password>@]<jdbc-url>[#<attribute-name=attribute-value>,]For example:
jdbc://user:password@jdbc:odbc:jreport-realmtables#driver=sun.jdbc.odbc.JdbcOdbcDriver - Specify a JNDI data source:
jndi://[<jdbc-user:jdbc-passoword>@]datasource_name[#<attribute-name=attribute-value>,]For example:
jndi://jdbc/jreport-realmtables
You can specify the server database information in multiple places or levels, such as the system environment using "-D" parameters, ejb-jar.xml, web.xml, and dbconfig.xml. The sequence to load the information is:
system environment > ejb-jar.xml (EAR mode) > web.xml (WAR mode) > dbconfig.xml
Specifying the Server Database in the System Environment
To specify the key-value pair in the system environment, add the following "-D" parameters in the Logi Report Server startup file JRServer.bat/JRServer.sh in the <server_install_root>\bin directory:
-Djreport.datasource.profiling=file:///absolute_path_of_config_file,-Djreport.datasource.systemtables=file:///absolute_path_of_config_file,-Djreport.datasource.realmtables=file:///absolute_path_of_config_file
Specifying the Server Database in dbconfig.xml
You can specify either a JDBC or JNDI data source using the <datasource></datasource> tags in dbconfig.xml.
<database name> must be Logi Report Server's inner database name.
For more information, see Method 2: Specifying a JDBC Data Source Using the <datasource></datasource> Tags.
The following example shows how to specify a JNDI data source:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<dbconfig>
<workspace name="systemRealm">
<database name="systemtables">
<datasource>jndi://datasource-name</datasource>
</database>
</workspace>
<workspace name="defaultRealm">
<database name="realmtables">
<datasource>jndi://datasource-name</datasource>
</database>
</workspace>
</dbconfig>Specifying the Server Database in web.xml (for the WAR Mode)
When integrating Logi Report Server in a WAR package, you can specify the key-value pair in the WEB-INF/web.xml file using the <env-entry></env-entry> or <context-param></context-param> tags. The <env-entry></env-entry> tags are better since they are also supported in ejb-jar.xml if you call the Server API in your EJB.
The following example uses the <env-entry></env-entry> tags:
<web-app>
...
<env-entry>
<env-entry-name>jreport.datasource.realmtables</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-value>jndi://java:/resource-name</env-entry-value>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
</env-entry>
</web-app> The following example uses the <context-param></context-param> tags:
<web-app>
<context-param>
<param-name>jreport.datasource.realmtables</param-name>
<param-value>jndi://datasource_name_which_is_predefined</param-value>
</context-param>
...
</web-app>Specifying the Server Database in ejb-jar.xml or web.xml (for the EAR Mode)
When you use Logi Report Server with APIs by EJBs, you can specify the key-value pair either in META-INF/ejb-jar.xml or WEB-INF/web.xml.
To specify the key-value pair in META-INF/ejb-jar.xml, use the <env-entry></env-entry> tags. For example, here is an EJB named firstEJB which creates the Logi Report Server instance. You can add the <env-entry></env-entry> tags to the EJB's configuration file META-INF/ejb-jar.xml as follows:
<ejb-jar>
<enterprise-beans>
<session>
<ejb-name>firstEJB</ejb-name>
...
<env-entry>
<env-entry-name>jreport.datasource.realmtables</env-entry-name>
<env-entry-value>jndi://java:/resource_name</env-entry-value>
<env-entry-type>java.lang.String</env-entry-type>
</env-entry>
</session>
...
</enterprise-beans>
...
</ejb-jar>If the server database information is in a Web module, you should add the Logi Report Server context listener to WEB-INF/web.xml as follows:
<web-app>
<listener>
<listener-class>
jet.server.servlets.JRServerContextListener
</listnener-class>
</listener>
...
</web-app>
- There is a limitation in WebSphere. You can configure Logi Report Server's database information in WEB-INF/web.xml with JNDI name but not Resource name. JBoss works fine for either one.
- Do not use reporthome, @, or # in the JNDI name or Resource name.