Informix

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix

I'd say it is simply running.  It doesn't daemonize, so starting it from command line requires running it under 'nohup' (and in background).

------------------------------
Andreas Legner
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 07:56 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

java -jar informixhq-server.jar informixhq-server.properties

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix

Hello,

I forgot to say that i cannot reach the "web page" http://myserverip:8080
I don't have GUI on the HQ server, so I try to open it from another computer.

This could be the problem ??
Now i see that the doc gives this address (localhost) :
http://localhost:8080/

I just found this
https://docs.deistercloud.com/mediaContent/Databases.30/IBM%20Informix.2/media/informixhq_Architecture.png

There is any configuration to reach the HQ server from the network ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 11:31 AM
From: Andreas Legner
Subject: HQ install

I'd say it is simply running.  It doesn't daemonize, so starting it from command line requires running it under 'nohup' (and in background).

------------------------------
Andreas Legner

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 07:56 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

java -jar informixhq-server.jar informixhq-server.properties

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix

See article here:

https://www.oninitgroup.com/faq-items/informixhq-setup

Later IDS versions provide a start/stop script, but we still prefer ours! See another thread on this forum for a startup sensor solution.

You should be able to connect to 8080 from another machine provided a firewall is not blocking it and you have that port exposed if using Docker.

------------------------------
Doug Lawry
Oninit Consulting
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 12:25 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

I forgot to say that i cannot reach the "web page" http://myserverip:8080
I don't have GUI on the HQ server, so I try to open it from another computer.

This could be the problem ??
Now i see that the doc gives this address (localhost) :
http://localhost:8080/

I just found this
https://docs.deistercloud.com/mediaContent/Databases.30/IBM%20Informix.2/media/informixhq_Architecture.png

There is any configuration to reach the HQ server from the network ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 11:31 AM
From: Andreas Legner
Subject: HQ install

I'd say it is simply running.  It doesn't daemonize, so starting it from command line requires running it under 'nohup' (and in background).

------------------------------
Andreas Legner

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 07:56 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

java -jar informixhq-server.jar informixhq-server.properties

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix

Of course !!!!

I thought about the network firewall but i forgot the internal one.

It works

Thanks

------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 02:48 AM
From: Doug Lawry
Subject: HQ install

See article here:

https://www.oninitgroup.com/faq-items/informixhq-setup

Later IDS versions provide a start/stop script, but we still prefer ours! See another thread on this forum for a startup sensor solution.

You should be able to connect to 8080 from another machine provided a firewall is not blocking it and you have that port exposed if using Docker.

------------------------------
Doug Lawry
Oninit Consulting

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 12:25 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

I forgot to say that i cannot reach the "web page" http://myserverip:8080
I don't have GUI on the HQ server, so I try to open it from another computer.

This could be the problem ??
Now i see that the doc gives this address (localhost) :
http://localhost:8080/

I just found this
https://docs.deistercloud.com/mediaContent/Databases.30/IBM%20Informix.2/media/informixhq_Architecture.png

There is any configuration to reach the HQ server from the network ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 11:31 AM
From: Andreas Legner
Subject: HQ install

I'd say it is simply running.  It doesn't daemonize, so starting it from command line requires running it under 'nohup' (and in background).

------------------------------
Andreas Legner

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 07:56 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

java -jar informixhq-server.jar informixhq-server.properties

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix

Hi Doug,

Assuming you're using Linux, it would not be too much extra work to make your script work with systemd, which has many advantages.

A systemd service definition like this would work if the PIDFile and ExecStart settings matched your set up. On RHEL/CentOS you would put this content in a file /etc/systemd/system/informixhq-server.service

[Unit]
Description = InformixHQ server
Documentation = https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGU8G_14.1.0/com.ibm.ifxhq.doc/informixhq.htm
After = network.target

[Service]
Type = forking
User = informixhq
Group = informixhq
PIDFile = /home/informixhq/informixhq-server.pid
ExecStart = /opt/informixhq-server/InformixHQ.sh startserver
SuccessExitStatus = 143
Restart = always

[Install]
WantedBy = multi-user.target

------------------------------
Benjamin Thompson
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 02:48 AM
From: Doug Lawry
Subject: HQ install

See article here:

https://www.oninitgroup.com/faq-items/informixhq-setup

Later IDS versions provide a start/stop script, but we still prefer ours! See another thread on this forum for a startup sensor solution.

You should be able to connect to 8080 from another machine provided a firewall is not blocking it and you have that port exposed if using Docker.

------------------------------
Doug Lawry
Oninit Consulting

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 12:25 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

I forgot to say that i cannot reach the "web page" http://myserverip:8080
I don't have GUI on the HQ server, so I try to open it from another computer.

This could be the problem ??
Now i see that the doc gives this address (localhost) :
http://localhost:8080/

I just found this
https://docs.deistercloud.com/mediaContent/Databases.30/IBM%20Informix.2/media/informixhq_Architecture.png

There is any configuration to reach the HQ server from the network ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 11:31 AM
From: Andreas Legner
Subject: HQ install

I'd say it is simply running.  It doesn't daemonize, so starting it from command line requires running it under 'nohup' (and in background).

------------------------------
Andreas Legner

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 07:56 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

java -jar informixhq-server.jar informixhq-server.properties

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix

Hi Ben.

Indeed, though my current preference is to have a startup sensor which both stops and restarts HQ which doesn't always cope with IDS being bounced rather than the host being rebooted. A proper article on this is in the works...

------------------------------
Doug Lawry
Oninit Consulting
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 04:15 AM
From: Benjamin Thompson
Subject: HQ install

Hi Doug,

Assuming you're using Linux, it would not be too much extra work to make your script work with systemd, which has many advantages.

A systemd service definition like this would work if the PIDFile and ExecStart settings matched your set up. On RHEL/CentOS you would put this content in a file /etc/systemd/system/informixhq-server.service

[Unit]
Description = InformixHQ server
Documentation = https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/SSGU8G_14.1.0/com.ibm.ifxhq.doc/informixhq.htm
After = network.target

[Service]
Type = forking
User = informixhq
Group = informixhq
PIDFile = /home/informixhq/informixhq-server.pid
ExecStart = /opt/informixhq-server/InformixHQ.sh startserver
SuccessExitStatus = 143
Restart = always

[Install]
WantedBy = multi-user.target

------------------------------
Benjamin Thompson

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 02:48 AM
From: Doug Lawry
Subject: HQ install

See article here:

https://www.oninitgroup.com/faq-items/informixhq-setup

Later IDS versions provide a start/stop script, but we still prefer ours! See another thread on this forum for a startup sensor solution.

You should be able to connect to 8080 from another machine provided a firewall is not blocking it and you have that port exposed if using Docker.

------------------------------
Doug Lawry
Oninit Consulting

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 12:25 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

I forgot to say that i cannot reach the "web page" http://myserverip:8080
I don't have GUI on the HQ server, so I try to open it from another computer.

This could be the problem ??
Now i see that the doc gives this address (localhost) :
http://localhost:8080/

I just found this
https://docs.deistercloud.com/mediaContent/Databases.30/IBM%20Informix.2/media/informixhq_Architecture.png

There is any configuration to reach the HQ server from the network ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 11:31 AM
From: Andreas Legner
Subject: HQ install

I'd say it is simply running.  It doesn't daemonize, so starting it from command line requires running it under 'nohup' (and in background).

------------------------------
Andreas Legner

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 07:56 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

java -jar informixhq-server.jar informixhq-server.properties

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix

Also,

If you are using RHEL or similar Linux, you can see at this IIUG Blog post about how to start HQ as a service

https://www.iiug.org/en/2020/05/11/managing-informix-services-in-systemd/

------------------------------
Vicente Salvador Cubedo
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 07:56 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

java -jar informixhq-server.jar informixhq-server.properties

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix

Thank you

------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------

Original Message:
Sent: Wed August 11, 2021 01:59 PM
From: Vicente Salvador Cubedo
Subject: HQ install

Also,

If you are using RHEL or similar Linux, you can see at this IIUG Blog post about how to start HQ as a service

https://www.iiug.org/en/2020/05/11/managing-informix-services-in-systemd/

------------------------------
Vicente Salvador Cubedo

Original Message:
Sent: Tue August 10, 2021 07:56 AM
From: Sh To
Subject: HQ install

Hello,

Based on
https://www.ibm.com/docs/en/informix-servers/14.10?topic=started-starting-informixhq-server

I try to install HQ

Java is installed, and when I run this command :

java -jar informixhq-server.jar informixhq-server.properties

The command hangs without any output.

A h2db.mv.db was created
And the last rows in informixhq-server.log are

2021-08-10 14:33:27.305 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.util.log - Logging initialized @1608ms
2021-08-10 14:33:27.330 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Serving UI from JAR...
2021-08-10 14:33:27.402 [main] INFO com.informix.hq.server.JettyServer - Configuring server for HTTP on port 8080
2021-08-10 14:33:27.417 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - jetty-9.3.z-SNAPSHOT
2021-08-10 14:33:28.660 [main] INFO o.e.j.server.handler.ContextHandler - Started o.e.j.s.ServletContextHandler@6754ef00{/,jar:file:/IDS/informix/hq/informixhq-server.jar!/webapp/,AVAILABLE}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO o.e.jetty.server.AbstractConnector - Started ServerConnector@5d332969{HTTP/1.1,[http/1.1]}{0.0.0.0:8080}
2021-08-10 14:33:28.720 [main] INFO org.eclipse.jetty.server.Server - Started @3024ms
2021-08-10 14:33:28.721 [main] INFO c.i.h.s.j.RepositoryDataCleanupManager - Next runtime for data cleanup: 2021-08-11 00:00:00

Any idea ?

Thanks


------------------------------
Sh To
------------------------------
#Informix