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Deploying GRE in Genesys Administrator

Prerequisites

To install GRE on Configuration Servers 8.1.0 or later, Genesys Administrator 8.1.0 or later is required.

Procedure

Import the installation package into Genesys Administrator

  1. On the Deployment tab of Genesys Administrator, select Import.
  2. Select Installation CD-ROM.
  3. Click Next.
  4. Browse to the MediaInfo.xml file on the CD or the CD image location on the network (the path must be in UNC format).
  5. Click Next.
  6. To import the installation package, select GRE for your operating system as well as the appropriate type in the list:
    • For Management Framework 8.1, the type is Business Rules Execution Server.
    • For Management Framework 8.0 and earlier, the type is Genesys Generic Server.
  7. Select Next to start the import.
  8. Click Finish when the import is complete.

Install the GRE IP

  1. Select the Deployment tab in Genesys Administrator. The list of installation packages will now display GRE.
  2. Right-click and select Install Package for the IP for your operating system and type.
  3. Click Next to start the installation wizard. The following parameters must be defined/selected:
    1. Application Name for the GRE application
    2. Target Host—The host to which the .war file will be copied during the installation procedure
    3. Working Directory—The directory in which the .war file will be created
    4. Client Side IP Address (optional)
    5. Client Side Port (optional)
    6. Configuration Server hostname
    7. Configuration Server port
      8. Important
      For a secure connection, the Configuration Server port should be of type Auto Detect (Upgrade).


    8. Connection delay time in seconds
    9. Reconnect Attempts.


    Important
    Items a through i will be written to the bootstrapconfing.xml file in the .war file. Any subsequent updates to the parameters will have to be made in that file.


  4. On the next screen, enter Connection ID and Connection Port for GRE.
  5. Edit the Connection port for the genesys-rules-engine connection. The Connection Port is the connector port of the servlet container. For example, on Tomcat the default listening port is 8080. The Connection Protocol can be set in the configuration part under Provisioning.
  6. Verify the previously defined installation parameters on the Deployment Summary screen.

Configure the Rules Engine application

  1. In the Server Info section, verify the default listening port, as well as the connector port on which the Rules Engine Servlet receives requests:
  • The ID value is the name of the Rules Engine web application. The default name of this application is genesys-rules-engine.
  • The Listening port is the connector port of the servlet container. For example, on Tomcat the default listening port is 8080.
  • The Connection Protocol must be http.
  • On the Tenants tab, add the Tenants that will be available to the Rules Engine.
  • On the Connections tab, add a connection to Message Server if you want to use network logging.
  • On the Options tab, configure options. In addition to the standard logging options that you can configure, you can configure an option named fileEncoding in the logging section.
    • fileEncoding specifies the encoding that is to be used during creation of the log file, for example, UTF-8. This value is optional. If you do not specify this option, the server's locale information will determine the log file encoding. This option is available for both GRE and GRAT. Also, the log4j.properties file that is included in both components supports a similar option, log4j.appender.runtime.Encoding. The log4j.properties file is used for initial log configuration prior to the reading of the log configuration from the Configuration Server database.
  • There are several optional configuration options in the settings section:

    • Settings in GRE

    Description Valid values Default value Takes effect
    deployed-rules-directory

    Specifies the directory in which to keep the working copy of deployed rule packages. When a package is deployed, a copy of the deployed package is placed here. When the rules engine is restarted, all packages defined in this directory are loaded and made available for execution. Specifying a deployed-rules-directory is recommended. If a value is not assigned to the deployed-rules-directory, the rule packages are placed in the WEB-INF\config sub-directory within the genesys-rules-engine web application directory. At this location the deployed rule packages may be deleted when an updated .war file is deployed.

    If you choose to change the default value, ensure that the path exists and that the application server can write to the specified directory.

     

    		/GCTI/logs/GRS_Engine After restart
    max-number-rule-executions

    The maximum number of rules to be executed during a request. This is used to detect unwanted recursion when sequential-mode is false. If this maximum is reached an error is reported.

    May be set to -1 to denote no maximum.

    Any positive integer or -1

    		10,000 Next rules execution
    sequential-mode

    Indicates whether to run the rules engine in sequential mode. In sequential mode, after the initial data set, no more data can be inserted or modified. This allows for the rules engine to operate in a simplified way.

    true/false

    		false On rules deployment
    verify-deployer-address

    Indicates whether to verify the TCP address of the application deploying rules to be that of an associated Genesys Rules Authoring Tool.

    true/false

    		true Immediately
    esp-worker-threads

    Specifies the maximum number of worker threads available when using the ESP interface to execute rules.

    Any positive integer

    		5 Immediately
    load-packages-on-start

    Indicates whether to load deployed rule packages at application start up. If packages are not loaded at startup (value=false), then a package is loaded on its first execution request.

    true/false

    		true Immediately
    json-hierarchical-driver

    With value true, the JsonHierarchicalStreamDriver class is used to serialize JSON responses. With value false, the JettisonMappedXmlDriver class is used. The Jettison driver is unaware of the original data type and will try to detect numerical values and omit the quotes, whereas the JsonHierarchicalStreamDriver will maintain the data type.

    true/false

    		false Immediately
    cache-operational-parameters (new in 8.5.0)

    Operational parameters are rule parameters whose value is obtained at rule execution time. They are configured in GAX as Parameter Groups, and stored in the Configuration Server database. Prior to 8.5, whenever an operational parameter was referenced during the execution of a rule, GRE would fetch the current value from Configuration Server. In high-volume environments, this could put unnecessary stress on Configuration Server.

    In GRS 8.5, the value of the operational parameters can be cached inside GRE, to make fetching faster. Instead of fetching the value with each reference, GRE will set up a listener to Configuration server and maintain the value in a local cache. When the administrator changes the value of the parameter using GAX, GRE will receive an event and update its local cache.

    If cache-operational-parameters is set to true (default), this new caching mechanism will be enabled.

    If cache-operational-parameters is set to false, no caching will be used and each reference will fetch the current value from Configuration Server (as was done prior to 8.5).

    true/false

    		true Immediately
    parameter-cache-timeout (new in 8.5.0)

    When cache-operational-parameters is set to true, parameter-cache-timeout defines how long (in hours) an operational “parameter group” will remain in the cache. After the timeout expires, the transaction will be removed from the cache until the next time the value is requested. This is used to clean up old subscriptions to parameter groups which are no longer being referenced. The default value for this will be 168 (168 hours = 1 week).

    Integer

    		168 Immediately
    clear-cache-on-disconnect (new in 8.5.0)

    When cache-operational-parameter is set to true, the clear-cache-on-disconnect parameter defines what the behavior should be if GRE loses connection with the Configuration Server. If clear-cache-on-disconnect is set to false, GRE will continue to use the cached value for any rule evaluations, until such time as the Configuration Server is restored. With this option, there is a risk that GRE could use “stale” values for rule evaluation during the time the connection to Configuration Server is down. If clear-cache-on-disconnect is set to true, the cache will be cleared and a null (“”) value will be used in the rules. With this option, there is potential that rules will fail evaluation during the period that the Configuration Server connection is down.

    true/false

    		false Immediately
    include-rule-evaluation-detail-in-response (new in 8.5.001)

    Returns disqualified rules (rules that did not fire), conditions that evaluated false and rule evaluation time back to the REST client invoking the rule evaluation request. Prior to 8.5.001, only the results of rules that fired were returned.

    Note: Currently, the rulesDisqualified and executionTime is not returned via ESP to iWD.

    true/false

    		false Immediately
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