Updating access groups by submitting a request to an active instance
Use the prpcServiceUtils command-line tool to update access groups to provide access to a new application version as part of an automated deployment.
Follow these steps to update an access group.
- Configure the common properties of the
prpcServiceUtils.properties
file.Property name Value pega.rest.server.url
The URL for the REST service, specified in the following format:
For example:http://
<hostname>:
<port>/
<context>/PRRestService/
http://myhost:8080/prweb/PRRestService
pega.rest.username
The operator name on the target system with access to REST services. pega.rest.password
The password of the specified operator. pega.rest.proxy.host
The host name of the REST proxy server. Do not use localhost as the host name.
pega.rest.proxy.port
The port for the REST proxy server.
pega.rest.proxy.username
The operator name on the REST proxy server with import and export access.
pega.rest.proxy.password
The password of the REST proxy operator.
pega.rest.proxy.domain
The domain of the REST proxy server.
pega.rest.proxy.workstation
The workstation ID for the REST proxy server.
pega.rest.response.type
The REST response type, either xml
orjson
. The default value isjson
. Rollback, restore point, and update access group operations support onlyjson
.user.temp.dir
Enter the full path to the temporary directory. Leave this blank to use the default temporary directory. For more information about temporary directories, see Temporary files and temporary files directories .
- Optional: Specify the names of the access groups to update. If you do not enter a list of access groups, the system updates all access groups that access the application.
updateAccessGroup.groupList=
AccessGroup1, AccessGroup2, AccessGroup3 - Specify the application name.
updateAccessGroup.applicationName=your-application-name
- Specify the new application version.
updateAccessGroup.applicationVersion=X.X.X
- Save and close the
prpcServiceUtils.properties
file. - Run the prpcServiceUtils.bat or prpcServiceUtils.sh script with the updateaccessgroup
option, for example:
prpcServiceUtils.bat updateaccessgroup
Optional: Pass one or more arguments.
prpcServiceUtils script argument Action connPropFile Enter the full path to the connection.properties
file that includes information for multiple targets.poolSize Enter the thread pool size. Default is 5. requestTimeOut Specify how long the system waits for a response before failing with a time-out error. Default is 300 seconds.
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