Process Properties for the Analyst Service
The Analyst Service runs the Analyst Service process on a node. When you select the Analyst Service in the Administrator tool, you can view the service processes for the Analyst Service on the Processes tab. You can view the node properties for the service process in the service panel. You can view the service process properties in the Service Process Properties panel.
Note: You must select the node to view the service process properties in the Service Process Properties panel.
You can configure the following types of Analyst Service process properties:
- •Analyst Security Options
- •Advanced Properties
- •Custom Properties
- •Environment Variables
If you update any of the process properties, restart the Analyst Service for the modifications to take effect.
Node Properties for the Analyst Service Process
The Analyst Service process has the following node properties:
- Node
- Node that the service process runs on.
- Node Status
- Status of the node. Status can be enabled or disabled.
- Process Configuration
- Status of the process configured to run on the node.
- Process State
- State of the service process running on the node. The state can be enabled or disabled.
Analyst Security Options for the Analyst Service Process
The Analyst Service Options include security properties for the Analyst Service process.
The Analyst Service process has the following security properties:
- HTTP Port
- HTTP port number on which the Analyst tool runs. Use a port number that is different from the HTTP port number for the Data Integration Service. Default is 8085. You must recycle the service if you change the HTTP port number.
- Enable Secure Communication
- Set up secure communication between the Analyst tool and the Analyst Service.
- HTTPS Port
- Port number to use for a secure connection to the Informatica Administrator service. Use a different port number than the HTTP port number. You must recycle the service if you change the HTTPS port number.
- Keystore File
- Path and file name of the keystore file to use for the HTTPS connection to the Informatica Administrator service.
- Keystore Password
- Password for the keystore file.
- SSL Protocol
- Informatica recommends that you leave this field blank. The version of TLS enabled depends on the value. A blank field enables the highest version of TLS available. If you enter a value, earlier versions of TLS might be enabled. The behavior is based on the Java version for your environment.
- For more information, see the documentation for your Java version.
Advanced Properties for the Analyst Service Process
Advanced properties include properties for the maximum heap size and the Java Virtual Manager (JVM) memory settings.
The Analyst Service process has the following advanced properties:
- Maximum Heap Size
Amount of RAM allocated to the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) that runs the Analyst Service. Use this property to increase the performance. Append one of the following letters to the value to specify the units:
- - m for megabytes.
- - g for gigabytes.
Default is 768 megabytes. Specify 2 gigabytes if you run the Analyst Service on a 64-bit machine.
- JVM Command Line Options
Java Virtual Machine (JVM) command line options to run Java-based programs. When you configure the JVM options, you must set the Java SDK classpath, Java SDK minimum memory, and Java SDK maximum memory properties.
To enable the Analyst Service to add custom images to the Analyst tool, add the following property to the JVM Command Line Options:
DBackgroundImageDirectory=<directory path>
To enable the Analyst Service to communicate with a Hadoop cluster on a particular Hadoop distribution, add the following property to the JVM Command Line Options:
-DINFA_HADOOP_DIST_DIR=<Hadoop installation directory>\<HadoopDistributionName>
For example, to enable the Analyst Service to communicate with a Hadoop cluster on Cloudera CDH 5.2, add the following property:
-DINFA_HADOOP_DIST_DIR=..\..\services\shared\hadoop\cloudera_cdh5u2
Custom Properties for the Analyst Service Process
Configure custom properties that are unique to specific environments.
You might need to apply custom properties in special cases. When you define a custom property, enter the property name and an initial value. Define custom properties only at the request of Informatica Global Customer Support.
Environment Variables for the Analyst Service Process
You can edit environment variables for the Analyst Service process.
The Analyst Service process has the following property for environment variables:
- Environment Variables
- Environment variables defined for the Analyst Service process.