Re: HTTP Server test environment for RPG

[Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>]

I manipulate the library list inside my application using some ILE
functions I wrote a long time agot (pushLib and popLib mainly.. I also have
ones that set the LL depending on a job description).

I've always found that to be the best way, at least for me.

On Wed, Nov 3, 2021 at 4:43 AM Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Thanks for this Brad. I've been looking at your example of a simple .config
> file. How are you accomplishing the setting up of the library list for the
> programs on the i?
> For the moment I've just hard coded a CHGLIBL command in the beginning of
> the program named in the script alias. I was thinking of making this
> dynamic by getting a named library list depending on the server instance
> being used (I'm assuming the job name is always the same as the name of the
> server instance). For example,
> RTVJOBA JOB(&name)
> CALL  LIBL_PGM(&name) /* Does a CHGLIBL depending on the name of the job.
>
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>    - *Subject*: Re: HTTP Server test environment for RPG
>    - *From*: Brad Stone <bvstone@xxxxxxxxx>
>    - *Date*: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 07:45:00 -0500
>
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> I like to make a separate instance for testing and live. Either on a
> different port or a different IP address (using a different
> host/subdomain).
>
> So there would be:
>
> mysite.com (live)
> dev.mysite.com (dev/test) or (mysite.com:8433)
>
> Each with their own instance, ip address, library and IFS files.
>
> On Fri, Oct 8, 2021 at 3:56 AM Dave <dfx1@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I need to configure the server so that that the external party can commence
> testing.
> I've seen examples where a ScriptAlias is simply added to the server
> configuration in order to simply call the test program (change library
> lists, etc).
> It's also been suggested to use activation groups but that would need a lot
> more work to make sure everything is running only in that activation group.
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