Using TIBCO Configuration Tool Scripts and Property Files

You save and edit property files that TIBCO Configuration Tool (TCT) generates, and perform configuration with those files by using an ANT script.

Note: TCT-generated scripts, folder structure, and script properties of ActiveMatrix 3.4.0 and earlier versions of ActiveMatrix are different. You can load the saved scripts from earlier versions of ActiveMatrix in 3.4.0 TCT to update the configuration and save again.

When you run TCT, the tool creates property files and ANT build script files and stores them in the following location: CONFIG_HOME/tct/<subfolder>/<date-time>/scripts.

Each wizard creates its own sub folder under CONFIG_HOME/tct. Each sub folder contains the configuration scripts under the TIMESTAMP folder.

The following table lists the sub folder names created corresponding to each wizard.
Wizard Sub Folder Name
Create TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator Server admin
Edit TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator Server admin.editor
Create Express Developer Environment ede
Create TIBCO Host Instance tibcohost
Configure Third-Party Driver tpclshell
Create TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director Governance Administrator Server pd
Create TIBCO ActiveMatrix Policy Director Governance Proxy Host pd.proxy
Replicate TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator Server admin.replicate
Upgrade or Downgrade TIBCO ActiveMatrix tct.upgrade.downgrade
Update JRE used by TIBCO ActiveMatrix tct.update.jre
Configure TIBCO Service Performance Manager tct.spm
Configure TIBCO ActiveMatrix SPM Dashboard tct.amx.spm

Each wizard creates build.xml, build.properties, and a templates folder under the scripts directory.

  • build.xml: Ant build file used to configure based on the saved data.
  • build.properties: Contains properties that are configured for the wizard.
  • templates: Contains wizard-specific template files that are used to generate the actual build and data files for use during configuration. These files are different for each wizard.
Note:
  • A tmp folder is created when the build file is used. This tmp file contains the actual files created from the templates. These files are generated every time when configured through TIBCO Configuration Tool or Ant. If you change files in the tmp folder, they will be overwritten because the files are regenerated when you run the build file again.
  • The build.properties can be edited based on your needs. For example, when scripts are migrated to a new machine, all the machine-specific details and other relevant properties can be updated. Depending on the wizard type, you can select the properties that you want to edit.
Note: Changing the name of SystemEnvironment, SystemNode and SystemHost is not supported. Changing the names will result in failure in case of some scenarios. For example, consider if you modify SystemEnvironment, SystemNode, and SystemHost to new names that is DemoSystemEnvironment, DemoSystemNode, and DemoSystemHost and then if you try to create TIBCO ActiveMatrix Administrator Server running TCT in silent mode, deploy-mcr target will fail. So it is not recommended to change the name of SystemEnvironment, SystemNode and SystemHost.