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# Configuring a TCP/IP Connection to the Database

## Status

If you are... | This task is...
Installing a new iProcess Engine Version 11.10.0 | Required
Upgrading from an iProcess Engine Version 11.0 or later | N/A

## Database

DB2

## Description

iProcess Engine needs to communicate with the database over a TCP/IP connection. This applies whether the database is hosted on a local or remote machine.

Shared memory connections cannot be used for communication with the DB2 server.

## Procedure

To configure a TCP/IP connection:

| 1. | Add a TCP/IP node entry to the DB2 node directory. This entry defines that the TCP/IP communications protocol is used to access the specified DB2 node. To do this, use the following DB2 command:

`db2 catalog tcpip node` `nodename` `remote` `hostname` `server` `svcename`

where:

| — | `nodename` is the name you want to use for this entry.

| — | `hostname` is the TCP/IP host name or IP address of the node where the iProcess Engine database resides. If you are using a local database, `hostname` is the localhost address (`127.0.0.1`).

| — | `svcename` is the Connection Service name used by the DB2 instance where the iProcess Engine database resides.

This name defines the TCP/IP port used by the instance to listen for client requests, and is defined in the `/etc/services` file. For example:

`db2c_db2inst1 50000/tcp # Connection port for DB2` `# instance db2inst1`

| 2. | Add an alias for the iProcess Engine database to the system database directory. This alias uses the TCP/IP node entry you specified above. To do this, use the following DB2 command:

``db2 catalog database`` `db_name```as`` `alias```at node`` `nodename`

where:

| — | `db_name` is the name of the iProcess Engine database you created earlier (see Creating a DB2 Database).

| — | `alias` is an alternative name for this database. You will use this name to identify the database when you run the installer (see DB2 Database Connection and Account Details Menu).

| — | `nodename` is the TCP/IP node entry you defined above.

| 3. | If the database manager configuration file for this DB2 instance is not already using the `svcename` Connection Service name you specified above, update it so that it does by using the following command.

``db2 update database manager configuration using svcename`` `svcename`

Note | You can use the `db2 get database manager configuration` command to check what Connection Service name the DB2 instance is currently using.

| 4. | Enable the use of the TCP/IP protocol for the instance using the following command:

``db2set DB2COMM=```protocol`

where protocol is either TCPIP or, if the instance needs to use multiple communication protocols, a comma-separated list of the appropriate keywords. See your DB2 documentation for more information.

| 5. | Stop and restart the DB2 instance to apply the configuration changes. Use the following commands:

`db2stop force` `db2start`

## Example 1: Using a Local Database

The following example shows the commands needed to set up TCP/IP connections to an iProcess Engine database called `swnod501` that is on the same computer as the iProcess Engine.

The alias `r_sw501` will be used to identify this database to the iProcess Engine.

    db2 catalog tcpip node loopfix remote 127.0.0.1 server db2c_db2inst1
    db2 catalog database swnod501 as r_sw501 at node loopfix
    db2 update database manager configuration using svcename db2c_db2inst1
    db2set DB2COMM=TCPIP
    db2stop force
    db2start

## Example 2: Using a Remote Database

The following example shows the commands needed to set up TCP/IP connections to an iProcess Engine database called `swnod502` that is installed on a remote computer called `llama3`.

The alias `r_sw502` will be used to identify this database to the iProcess Engine.

    db2 catalog tcpip node db24sw1 remote llama3 server db2cdb2inst2
    db2 catalog database swnod502 as r_sw502 at node db24sw1
    db2 update dbm cfg using svcename db2cdb2inst2
    db2set DB2COMM=TCPIP
    db2stop force
    db2start

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