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setupDatabase properties and arguments

Updated on April 5, 2022

The properties in the setupDatabase.properties file configure the behavior of several command-line scripts:

  • Deployment scripts
  • Schema migration scripts
  • DDL-generation scripts
  • User-defined function scripts

Many of these property settings can be overridden by command-line arguments at run time. The following tables include the property name and, when applicable, the associated script argument.

Database connection properties

Script argumentPropertyDescription
--driverJARpega.jdbc.driver.jar

Path and file name of the JDBC driver.

IBM Db2 for z/OS requires the following JAR files: db2jcc4.jar and db2jcc_license_cisuz.jar

--driverClasspega.jdbc.driver.classClass of the JDBC driver
--dbTypepega.database.typeDatabase vendor type. Enter one of the following values:

IBM Db2 for Linux, UNIX, and Windows: udb

Microsoft SQL Server: mssql

Oracle: oracledate

PostgreSQL: postgres

IBM Db2 for z/OS: db2zos

--dbURLpega.jdbc.urlThe database JDBC URL.

For more information, see your deployment guide.

--dbUserpega.jdbc.usernameUser name of the Deployment user.
--dbPasswordpega.jdbc.passwordPassword of the Deployment user. For encrypted passwords, leave this blank.
--adminPassword pega.admin.passwordFor new installations only. The initial password for [email protected]. If you do not set this password before you install, the installation fails.
--connPropertiesjdbc.custom.connection.propertiesOptional: Semicolon-delimited list of custom JDBC properties for installations.

(for example: prop1=value;prop2=value;prop3=value)

--rulesSchemarules.schema.nameIn a single schema environment, sets rules schema and data schema.

In a split-schema configuration, sets the rules schema only.

--dataSchemadata.schema.nameFor split-schema configurations only, sets the data schema name.
--customerDataSchemacustomerdata.schema.nameAn optional customer data schema separate from the default Pega data schema.
--tempDiruser.temp.dirOptional: The location of the temp directory. Set this location to any accessible location.

For example, C:\TEMP.

pega.zos.properties The full path and file name to the IBM Db2 for z/OS DB2SiteSpecific.properties file.

For information about the upgrade properties see your Upgrade Guide.

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