Configuring the Continuous Optimization Agent

To configure the Continuous Optimization Agent

The Agent configuration file (Agent.cfg) is located in the following directory:

  • On Windows:  %BEST1_COLLECT_HOME%\local\setup
  • On UNIX:  $BEST1_HOME/local/setup

You can open Agent.cfg with a text editor, such as Notepad on Windows or Vi on UNIX. The file contains specific information about how to enable or disable the script actions and UMX data collections.

Use a sample file, Agent.cfg.sample, to help you configure the Agent.cfg file. The sample file is located in the following directory:

  • On Windows:   %BEST1_COLLECT_HOME%\bgs\setup
  • On UNIX:   $BEST1_HOME/bgs/setup

Agent.cfg - basic options

The Agent.cfg file contains the following basic options for configuration:


Agent.cfg - permissions for UNIX

The flags used for setting the configuration are the same as used by chmod and fchmod on UNIX. The flags are combined using | to get the desired permission level. The following table lists the available flags. A set of examples can be found at the end.

File permission flags

Examples

  • UDR data directory permission: must be read, write, execute by owner
    UDR_DIRECTORY_PERMISSION = S_IRWXU|S_IRWXG|S_IRWXO
  • UDR data file permission: must be read, write by owner
    UDR_FILE_PERMISSION = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IWGRP|S_IROTH|S_IWOTH
  • Log file permission: must be read, write by owner
    LOG_FILE_PERMISSION = S_IRUSR|S_IWUSR|S_IRGRP|S_IROTH

 

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