Drools Rules Engine

The Drools parameters are stored in the ANA registry file mmvm.xml under the event-management key:

Context ID - the Drools context name

Rule file name – the name of the respective rule file.

• the specified rule (the file name under mmvm.xml).

D.4 Upgrading Rule Files

To upgrade a rule file:

1.Make a copy of the required rule file (pre.drl or post.drl), and edit it.

2.Copy the updated file (under a temporary name) to the ANA Gateway (directory ~sheer/Main/data).

Note: In case the rule file is edited on a PC, make sure that the text format is compliant to the UNIX version that runs on the Cisco ANA Gateway. If necessary, use a utility such as DOS2UNIX for conversion.

3.Check the validity of the new file, by running the checkrules.cmd utility (developed by Cisco to validate the rules syntax), as follows: checkrules.cmd <rule-file-name>

4.Once the rule file has been validated:

Copy the new rule file on top of the respective existing rule file.

Reload rules files by running the reloadrules.cmd utility, as follows: reloadrules.cmd <contex-id>

For information about using Shell commands to manipulate Drools, refer to the Cisco Active Network Abstraction Shell User’s Guide.

For more information about Drools, go to www.drools.org

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