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Genie authenticates users by prompting for an IBM i user id and password by presenting the standard IBM i Sign On screen. Once a user is signed in and an interactive session is established, calls can be made to Profound.js modules either by using the PJSCALL command or by using a Proxy Program. In order for this to happen, Genie must be able to make a connection to the Profound.js server. Because it is possible to configure multiple Profound.js instances, Genie must use environment variables to control which server to connect to.


Profound.js Environment Variables

The environment variable PROFOUNDJS_COMM_HOST specifies the Profound.js host name or IP address to connect to. The environment variable PROFOUNDJS_COMM_PORT specifies the port number to connect to. Both environment variables are automatically set at the system level when you first install Profound.js. If you only installed one copy of Profound.js, there is no need to work with environment variables as they should already point to the correct Profound.js instance.

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