Deploying JDBC proxy into the RedHat JBoss server

The JDBC proxy must be deployed on each application server that is running RedHat JBoss. The JDBC proxy enables a server that hosts applications to use JDBC to access a live database that you want to record or virtualize.

About this task

To deploy the JDBC proxy into the RedHat JBoss server:

Procedure

  1. Download and extract the JDBC driver that is provided with Rational® Test Control Panel. For more information, see Rational Integration Tester tool packages.
  2. Copy the files that are listed in the following table and the JDBC proxy configuration file (registration.xml) from the downloaded JDBCIntercept.zip package to RedHat JBoss installation directory/server/version number/lib or to whichever folder contains JDBC drivers.
    JDBC / Java™ version File name Description
    JDBC 4, Java™ 1.6 or later

    com.ibm.rational.rit.jdbcdriver4.jar

    jsqlparser15.jar and antlr-3.4.jar

    The JDBC proxy.

    Supporting libraries.

    Notes:
    • Currently, JDBC 4, Java 1.6 or later is supported for the JDBC proxy and its supporting libraries. You must add the three JAR files com.ibm.rational.rit.jdbcdriver4.jar, jsqlparser15.jar and antlr-3.4.jar to each application server directory that contains JDBC drivers.
    • The following items are not supported for vendor-specific Oracle SQLs:
      • Oracle-specific DDL statements
      • Custom functions
      • Subqueries
      • PIVOT and UNPIVOT statements
      • Nested tables containing multiple columns or single column of user-defined-types
      • Stubs with nested tables
  3. Configure the server start script (RedHat JBoss installation directory/bin/standalone.conf.bat) by using the JAVA_OPTS variable to set the jdbc.drivers property. 
    set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Djdbc.drivers=com.greenhat.jdbc.Driver

    If a -D entry that specifies drivers already exists, ensure that com.greenhat.jdbc.Driver is listed first and that the other entries are appended in a colon-separated list.

    Note: In some cases, JBoss fails to process registration.xml when you copy it into the same folder as the JAR files, which causes the server to start incorrectly. To resolve the issue, move registration.xml to a different folder and add the following Java option to the start script: -Dcom.greenhat.registration=path to registration.xml.

    The following is a typical example for a Windows setup:

    set JAVA_OPTS=%JAVA_OPTS% -Djdbc.drivers=com.greenhat.jdbc.Driver -Dcom.greenhat.registration=C:\JBoss\standalone\conf\registration.xml
  4. Save and close the file.
  5. If necessary, edit the server tag in the registration.xml file to the URL of the IBM® Rational® Test Control Panel installation that is being used.

    For information about modifying this file, see Modifying the configuration settings of the JDBC proxy.

  6. Optional: Edit the domain and environment tags in the registration.xml file.
    Important: If these tags are modified, the JDBC proxy is used only when you record and stub within the specified domain and environment.
  7. Use Rational® Integration Tester and Rational® Test Control Panel to control JDBC recording and stubbing. For more information, see Integration Tester Reference and Rational Test Virtualization Server overview.

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