mqini2chl - Write an MQSeries client channel table using a text configuration file
mqini2chl inputfile outputfile [ -version "4 | 6" | "7" ]
mqini2chl is used to manage MQSeries client channel table files directly, without requiring a running queue manager to create them. The inputfile is a simple, text format stanza file, similar to the other "*.ini" files used to manage MQSeries (eg. mqs.ini, qm.ini, etc).
This is a very powerful mechanism for managing multiple client channel table files, since you can maintain (or autogenerate) the ini files and then easily create more than one version. This is significantly more complex if do things the IBM way, and use a queue manager to create these files.
This specifies the version of the channel table to write. Currently, only version 4 (MQSeries 5.0) or version 6 (MQSeries 5.1 and later) are supported. By default, a version 4 file is written.
Note that this will fail is you specify more than one of any of the following attributes:
MsgExit MsgUserData SendExit SendUserData ReceiveExit ReceiveUserData
These can only be a list if a version 6 file is written.
NOTE: According to IBM, and if you read carefully, the MQSeries documentation, ChannelType=Clntconn does NOT support MsgExits at all. However, you can define them (try it in runmqsc), and they do get written into the channel table file, although you can not display them. Yet another ugly facet of this product.
The stanza format of the ini file should not be particularly shocking to anyone who has worked with MQSeries, since the format is stolen from the mqs.ini and qm.ini files. Not because this is the best format for such data, but simply to allow the administrators to experience that warm and fuzzy feeling of familiarity when working with the file.
Any line starting with a '#' is a comment, and as one might imagine, completely ignored.
Each individual stanza has a master key, which is single word (no embedded whitespace) ending in a ':'. This is interpreted as the ChannelName of the CLNTCONN represented by the stanza.
The rest of the stanza are key/value pairs, with the key and value seperated by a single '=' sign. The only supported keys are those which represent members of the MQCD data structure relevant for a CLNTCONN definition. The values depend on the specific key, but they may contain embedded white space. Everything after the '=' will be interpreted as part of the value.
The first stanza in the file should be the SYSTEM.DEF.CLNTCONN, and any key/value pairs specified here will be assumed to be defaults for all of the other stanzas. Thus, if all or most of your CLNTCONN definitions have a MaxMsgLength of 20000, then specify it here, and omit that definition from the rest of the stanzas in the file.
This is best understood by looking at the following example:
# # Default to TCP and 4MB messages # SYSTEM.DEF.CLNTCONN: TransportType=TCP MaxMsgLength=4194304 SNP1: ChannelDesc=Client Connection to SNP1 QMgrName=SNP1 SecurityExit=/ms/dist/mq/exits/libkrb5exit.so(exitFunc) SecurityUserData=2, unix ConnectionName=snsmq1(16672) SAT98: ChannelDesc=Client Connection to SAT98 QMgrName=SAT98 SecurityExit=/ms/dist/mq/exits/libkrb5exit.so(exitFunc) SecurityUserData=0, unix ConnectionName=sasmq4(25025)
The keys which are supported are:
Key Value (Max Length of strings) === ===== TransportType String (see below) ChannelDesc String (64) QMgrName String (48) ModeName String (8) TpName String (64) SecurityExit String (128) MsgExit String (128) SendExit String (128) ReceiveExit String (128) MaxMsgLength Number SecurityUserData String (32) MsgUserData String (32) SendUserData String (32) ReceiveUserData String (32) UserIdentifier String (12) Password String (12) ConnectionName String (264)
Note that the ChannelName is implicit, since that is the master key for each stanza. The Version is not specified, since one can typically generate either a V4 or V6 file with the same input (unless you use more than one MsgExit, SendExit or ReceiveExit. See the notes on the -version option above). The ChannelType is also not supported, since it only has one value anyway: "Clntconn".
If any unsupported keys are given, then mqini2chl will die with a error message.
mqchl2ini(8), MQSeries::Config::ChannelTable(3)
To install MQSeries, copy and paste the appropriate command in to your terminal.
cpanm
cpanm MQSeries
CPAN shell
perl -MCPAN -e shell install MQSeries
For more information on module installation, please visit the detailed CPAN module installation guide.