Postinstallation Tasks

If you run this plug-in on the Amazon Elastic MapReduce (Amazon EMR) cluster, you must perform some configurations after installing TIBCO ActiveMatrix BusinessWorks Plug-in for Big Data.

  • Add the following property to the VM arguments in TIBCO Business Studio:

    -Dcom.tibco.plugin.bigdata.resolve.hosts.file.enable=true

    1. In TIBCO Business Studio, click Run > Run Configurations.
    2. In the left panel of the Run Configuration dialog, expand BusinessWorks Application > BWApplication.
    3. In the right panel of the Run Configuration dialog, click the Arguments tab, add the property to the VM arguments field, and then click Apply.
  • Add the following property to the Config.ini file:

    com.tibco.plugin.bigdata.resolve.hosts.file.enable=true

    The Config.ini file is located in the TIBCO_HOME/bw/version_number/domains/domain_name/appnodes/appspace_name/appnode_name directory.

  • Add the following property to the TIBCOBusinessStudio.ini file:

    com.tibco.plugin.bigdata.resolve.hosts.file.enable=true

    The Config.ini file is located in the TIBCO_HOME/studio/version_number/eclipse/configuration directory.

    Note: This is only for the MapReduce activity.
  • Add the following information of DNS and IP to the hosts file:

    public_IP public_DNS internal_DNS internal_IP

    For example:

    54.224.203.71 ec2-54-224-203-71.compute-1.amazonaws.com ip-10-116-39-142.ec2.internal 10.116.39.142

    If you do not have permission to modify the hosts file, follow these steps:

    1. Create a file containing the above information of DNS and IP.
    2. Add the following property to the VM arguments in TIBCO Business Studio:

      -Dcom.tibco.plugin.bigdata.resolve.hosts.file.location=filepath/filename

    3. Add the following property to the Config.ini file:

      com.tibco.plugin.bigdata.resolve.hosts.file.location=filepath/filename

    4. Add the following property to the TIBCOBusinessStudio.ini file:
      com.tibco.plugin.bigdata.resolve.hosts.file.location=filepath/filename
      Note: This is only for the MapReduce activity.