Command Line Parameters

Command Line Parameters

Assimbly Gateway can be started with several command line parameters:

java -jar gataway.jar --parameter1=value1 --parameter2=value2

List Command Line Parameters

Port

• Parameter: server.port
• Example: --server.port=8083
• Explanation: Change the port to host Assimbly

Gateway name

• Parameter: application.gateway.name
• Example: --application.gateway.name=Gateway1
• Explanation: Set the name of the Gateway instance

Base Directory

• Parameter: application.gateway.base-directory
• Example: --application.gateway.base-directory=/path/todir
• Explanation: Directory where resources stored (logs, certificates, database)

Tracing

• Parameter: application.gateway.tracing
• Example: --application.gateway.tracing=true
• Explanation: Tracing logs message details of all flows

Debugging

• Parameter: application.gateway.debugging
• Example: --application.gateway.debugging=true
• Explanation: Turns on debug logging

Clean

• Parameter: clean
• Example: --clean=true
• Explanation: Deletes the base-directory of .assimbly (removes all logs, alerts and data)

Backup

• Parameter: backup
• Example: --backup=/pathto/directory
• Explanation: Backups the base-directory to a specified directory

Restore

• Parameter: restore
• Example: --restore=/pathto/directory
• Explanation: Restores a previous made backup to the base-directory (overwrites existing base-directory)

Use deploy directory on Startup

• Parameter: application.gateway.deploy-directory.deploy-on-start
• Example: --application.gateway.deploy-directory.deploy-on-start=false
• Explanation: When parameter is set to false, Assimbly ignores the files in the deploy directory.

Use deploy directory on Change

• Parameter: deploy-on-change
• Example: --application.gateway.deploy-directory.deploy-on-change=false
• Explanation: When parameter is set to false, Assimbly ignores the files changed (create/update/delete) in the deploy directory.

Database

Clean Database

• Parameter: cleandb
• Example: --cleandb=true
• Explanation: Deletes the database .assimbly (removes all data)

Database url

• Parameter: spring.datasource.url
• Example: --spring.datasource.url=jdbc:mysql://localhost:3306/gateway
• Explanation: JDBC url of an external database (MySQL, PostrgreSQL etc)

Database username

• Parameter: spring.datasource.username
• Example: --spring.datasource.username=myUsername
• Explanation: Username of an external database

Database username

• Parameter: spring.datasource.password
• Example: --spring.datasource.password=myPassword
• Explanation: Password of an external database

Spring boot configuration

Assimbly is a Spring Boot application. This means that it possible to set command line parameters from the Spring Boot configuration. You can find the configuration files here

More info:

Spring Boot Externalized Configuration