ZeroConf Support in the Request Broker is configured via the Rule Book. The Rule Book now contains a new section called [Zero Config]. This section contains a list of DSN="Connect String" pairs. The DSN is the name that will be presented to clients listing available ZeroConf data source, the Connect String is a string of connection attributes necessary for making a connection to a Database Agent as the example below shows:

[Zero Config]
ZJDBC3= "ServerType=JDBC13;Database=virtuoso.jdbc2.Driver;UID=dba"
ZSQL2K = "ServerType=SQLServer 2000;Database=pubs;UID=sa"
SQLServer 2000="Database=pubs;UID=sa"

The syntax is:

<Service_name>="Connect String"

or:

<Server Type>="Connect String"

In this second case, there is no Server Type defined within the connect string itself.

The OpenLink Universal Data Access Admin Assistant provides a graphical remote access interface to the server settings such as those found in the Rule Book. This interface has been extended to support configuration of the ZeroConf settings in the Server Component Administration Section, called Zero Config Administration.

The Zero Config Administration pages are very much like Client Data Source configuration pages, they have the same layout and descriptions as they are essentially data sources stored on the server.

To make a new Zero Configuration entry, follow this sequence:

From the Server Components Administration menu, chose the Zero Config Administration sub menu, and then Zero Config Administration by Form. The list of current configurations is shown. Chose one to edit or delete, or select "add" to make a new configuration.

Figure10.7.Zero Config by Forms - Admin Assistant Configuration

The parameters required in the form are the same as those detailed in the previous section on Rule Book Configuration. The Host and Port fields are not available since this information is supplied by the Request Broker hosting the service.