Managing connection profiles

A RepConnector profile contains the connection property information needed to connect to a RepConnector runtime instance. the profile manages all the configured RepConnector connections defined for an installed RepConnector instance running on an application server. You can configure as many RepConnector profiles as necessary, to manage local or remote RepConnector installations from one RepConnector Manager installation.

When you install RepConnector Manager, the installation provides two sample default profiles:

EAServer:8080 for Sybase EAServer
WebLogic:7001 for BEA WebLogic Server

Creating a new profile

Right-click the Sybase RepConnector folder and select New Connection Profile.

When the New RepConnector Profile dialog box displays, enter:
- Profile Name – the name of the RepConnector profile. This name must be unique within this instance of RepConnector Manager. The name of the profile can contain alphanumeric characters. It cannot contain any white space. The default is localhost:8080.
- Host – the HTTP host name of the machine where the target RepConnector runtime is running. The default is localhost.
- Port – the HTTP port number where the target RepConnector runtime is listening. The default is 8080 for EAServer and 7001 for BEA Weblogic Server.
- User – the RepConnector administrator user ID to connect to the RepConnector runtime. The default is repraadmin.
See “Setting up the RepConnector runtime administrator login” for information about changing the default user name and password.

For example, enter:
```
Profile Name: EAServer:8080
Host: myhost
Port: 8080
User: rcuser1
```
Select OK to create a new profile, or Cancel to cancel the action.

Renaming a profile

Right-click the profile and select Rename Profile.
Enter a new profile name that is unique within the same RepConnector Manager instance.
Select OK to rename the profile with a new name, or Cancel to cancel the action.

Editing the profile properties

Right-click the profile and select Edit Profile Properties.
Modify the fields as needed.
Select OK to save the new properties, or Cancel to cancel the operation.

Deleting a profile

Right-click the profile and select Delete Profile.
Select OK to delete the profile from the tree view, or Cancel to cancel the action.

This procedure deletes a profile from the RepConnector Manager tree view only. It does not make changes to the runtime configuration.

Setting up the RepConnector runtime administrator login

Each RepConnector instance has one administrator login. The default administrator login is “repraadmin” with no password. Sybase recommends that you change the administrator login and password to secure access to the RepConnector runtime.

The login name and the password must be alphanumeric.

The length of the password must be 30 or fewer characters.

To modify the login:

Navigate to the RepConnector runtime installation location’s bin directory.

For example, enter:
```
cd /opt/sybase/EAServer/repra/bin
```

Enter:

setlogin.sh <old_user_name> <old_password> \ <new_user_name> <new_user_password>

Logging in to the RepConnector runtime

Right-click the login profile, then select Login.
Expand the profile folder to view the list of configured RepConnector connections. By default, a “sample_repconnector” is installed.

A pop-up box appears, displaying all the RepConnector properties and an empty password field. Enter your password and select Login.

If you have successfully logged in, you can see the connections configured with the RepConnector runtime.

Refreshing the profile

You can refresh the tree view under the profile folder any time the profile folder is connected to the RepConnector runtime. After you refresh the profile, the profile tree view shows the current status of the runtime.

Right-click the profile.
Select Refresh View from the profile folder.

Logging out of the profile and the RepConnector runtime

When you log out of the RepConnector profile, you disconnect from the RepConnector runtime, and the tree view of the profile folder collapses to a single folder object. You can log out of the RepConnector runtime from the profile only if the profile is connected to the runtime.

Right-click the connection profile.
Select Logout.
Select OK, or select Cancel to cancel the action.