Adding or Removing Providers
To add or remove providers, including Primavera providers, to Primavera Gateway:
- Stop the Gateway domain before adding or removing providers or customizations.
- Ensure the following:
- The bin folder of the supported Java JDK is included in the PATH.
- If there are other JDK bin folders in the PATH, they should be listed first.
- Navigate to the <Primavera_Gateway_Home>/pdi/snapshots/dbsetup-dist folder.
- If you are installing on a non-Microsoft Windows system, type the following command:
chmod 755 Gateway-Configuration.sh
- Run the following command:
- For Windows installations, run Gateway-Configuration.bat
- For Linux and Solaris installations, run ./Gateway-Configuration.sh.
- In the Primavera Gateway Configuration Utility dialog box, enter the following information:
- Select Manage Providers, and click Next.
Selecting this option updates the pdi.ear file and the Gateway database with custom metadata from the XML files.
- In the Select Gateway ear file (pdi.ear) location, enter or click Browse to locate the .ear file.
- In the Gateway domain location field, enter or click Browse to specify the Gateway domain.
- In the Installed Gateway Providers field, review the list of providers displayed and perform any of the following actions:
- To add a provider, click Add Provider Location, and navigate to the location of the provider.
- To remove a provider listed in the Gateway user interface, select the provider and click Remove.
- To delete a provider from the database and the pdi.ear file, select the Delete option and click Remove.
- Enter the following database connection details:
- In the DBA User Name field, enter the name of the database administrator.
- In the DBA Password field, enter the password for the database administrator.
- In the Database Host field, enter the host name of the Oracle database on which you will be updating the Primavera Gateway database.
- In the Database Host Port field, enter or verify the port number of the Oracle database.
- In the Database Name field, enter the Gateway database name and select any of the following methods to connect to the database.
- In the SID field, enter the SID of the Oracle database.
- In the Service field, enter the service name of the Oracle database.
- In the Schema Owner field, enter the database user name to be used for the Primavera Gateway database. (This name should match the Schema Owner name when you installed Primavera Gateway.)
- In the Schema Password field, enter the database password to be used for the Primavera Gateway database.
- Select Test Connection. Modify the applicable fields if the connection fails and repeat as necessary.
- Click Update. The status field displays a success message.
- Click Finish to exit the configuration utility.
Note: Redeploy pdi.ear to ensure the changes are reflected in Primavera Gateway.
Configuring Primavera Gateway
Adding User-Defined Fields (UDFs) and Codes to P6 EPPM
Adding, Updating, or Customizing Gateway Metadata