Overview

Figure 35 is a symbolic representation of the hierarchies in the definition of the system. It is not drawn to scale to reflect the scope of the individual sub-descriptions.

System-wide settings

Parameters valid throughout the system

Participating host: H1, H2, etc.

Host-specific parameters

R1

R2

etc.

Applications in R1, R2 etc.

Application-specific parameters

A1

A2

etc.

Figure 35 The logical hierarchy when defining the communication structure of a system

The communication structure of a system can be depicted by a graph with nodes and edges. The nodes correspond to the applications, while the edges represent the communi- cation channels. The blocks in the diagram define the nodes of the graph with respect to the specific system, host or application. The edges of the graph represent the applications’ connections, with each application connected to all of the other applications.

From the input data (which has already been explained), the configuration generator config-tuxcreates the following output data:

for each host

a GINA-specific address file containing all addressable server applications.

for each application

a GINA-specific address file containing all addressable server applications and client applications.

for each transaction-monitored application

a GINA-specific environment file preset with the definition of the GINACONFIG environ- ment variable.

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V 4.0 specifications

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