Modifying the IBM Workflow Server environment type

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 If you want to modify the environment type that was specified during initial configuration, update the configuration using the updateBPMConfig administrative command. The environment type indicates how IBM® Business Automation Workflow is used (for example, in a development, test, staging or production environment). Process authors can set environment-specific variables for each process application and then define values for each type of environment in which a process runs.

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For example, load testing might be done on a test server, while a staging environment type might be used as a temporary location to host changes before putting those changes into a production environment. You might specify Staging as the environment type if the server you are configuring is accessed and used to review content and new functionality.

Valid values are as follows:
Development
Use Development if the server you are configuring is to be used as a development environment. Workflow Centers will always have the environment type Development.
Test
Use Test if the server is to be used as a testing environment.
Staging
Use Staging if the server is to serve as a staging platform to be used as a preproduction server.
Production
Use Production if the server is to serve in a production capacity.

To change the environment type for a Workflow Server, perform the following steps.

Procedure

  1. Stop the Workflow Server.
  2. Start the wsadmin scripting tool as described in the topic "updateBPMConfig command."
  3. Run the updateBPMConfig administrative command to update the environment type, as shown in the following examples: 
    AdminTask.updateBPMConfig( [ '-de', 'deployment_environment_name', '-environmentType', 'environment_type' ] )
AdminConfig.save()
  4. Start the Workflow Server.