Configuration File Overview

AlchemyPoint Server utilizes XML configuration files for storage of server configuration information such as ProtocolListeners and ProtocolConnectors definitions, transformation sequences, etc.

The main AlchemyPoint configuration file location depends on the installed system platform:

• Win32 - C:\Program Files\Orchestr8\AlchemyPoint\Server\config.xml

• Linux - /etc/Orchestr8/AlchemyPoint/config.xml

This main XML configuration file may include other XML files as templates, allowing for complex system configurations to reside within multiple files.

Toplevel Configuration File Structure

The AlchemyPoint configuration file consists of a top-level ServerConfiguration XML element containing one or more configuration objects:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<ServerConfiguration targetNamespace="http://www.orchestr8.net/schemas/ServerConfig"
                                xmlns="http://www.orchestr8.net/schemas/ServerConfig">

 ... configuration elements ...

</ServerConfiguration>

Supported XML Configuration Elements

The ServerConfiguration top-level XML object may contain any number of the following types of configuration elements:

• TemplateIncludes - Includes other XML configuration files / templates.

• ProtocolListeners - Protocols listeners / servers for HTTP, SMTP, etc.

• ProtocolConnectors - Protocol client connectors for HTTP, SMTP, POP3, IMAP, FTP, etc.

• Connections - Persistent local / network connections kept open by AlchemyPoint Server for performing certain types of messaging (IMConnection, ORMQSocketConnection, ORMQMemConnection, ORMQPipeConnection).

• Bindings - Bindings for protocol listeners / connectors, specifying what should be done with data (dispatching, transforming, etc.) once it has been received by AlchemyPoint.

• ChainedActions - Embedded within one of AlchemyPoint's Bindings or MashupAliases (ActionAlias), these Action elements form the basis of data manipulation and command sequencing within AlchemyPoint.

• ChainedConditions - Embedded within one of AlchemyPoint's ConditionAlias MashupAliases, these elements form the basis of complex data filtering and sequenced conditional operations within AlchemyPoint.

• DataTransformations - Transformation definitions for converting / manipulating data.

• HostedContent - Hosted disk, memory, and dynamic data content.

• ORMQObjects - ORMQ Providers, client connections, message queues, and subscriptions.

• MashupAliases - Mashup action and condition aliases, for sequencing data manipulations and protocol operations.

• AuthenticationObjects - SSL certificates, user / password authentication realms, etc.