Configuring RAC for use with a firewall

If your broker domain environment includes a firewall between your broker systems and the system on which you are running the workbench, you can set a fixed port that can be opened in the firewall for Rational Agent Controller (RAC).

Complete the steps below for each broker system on which RAC is installed. These instructions are applicable to RAC Version 6.0.1.

  1. If one or more brokers are running on the system, use the mqsistop command to stop the brokers.
  2. If applicable, stop any other programs or processes on this system that use RAC.
  3. Stop RAC if it is running.
  4. Within the RAC installation directory, navigate to the config subdirectory and find the services configuration file serviceconfig.xml. For example, on Windows the file is in location C:\Program Files\IBM\Agent Controller\Config.
  5. Open serviceconfig.xml with your preferred editor and update the settings that are described below. Do not change any other settings in this file.
    • isDataMultiplexed. This setting indicates whether data and control information are to be multiplexed on the single TCP/IP port. Set this attribute to true to enable this option.
      isDataMultiplexed ="true"
    • filePort. This setting defines the port that is used for file transfer operations. WebSphere® Event Broker does not support file transfer and therefore does not require this attribute to be set. If you have other programs that use RAC and require file transfer, set this attribute to the value that is defined by those programs; if not, set this attribute to 0.
      filePort="0"
    • port. This setting defines the port on which RAC accepts connections from the workbench. Set this attribute to the default value 10002, or to a value that is defined by your domain administrator.
      port="10002"
  6. Check that the port that you have specified for RAC, for example 10002, is open on the firewall.
  7. Start RAC.
  8. When RAC is running, use the mqsistart command to start the broker.
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