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When running Profound.js on another platform, the instance can be configured to communicate with an instance hosted on IBM i. This allows Connector APIs (such as record file I/O, program calls, etc) to run with a generic user profile. To get started, you'll first need to store the IBM i credentials in a secure form. To do that, run the "store_credentials" command-line utility as shown below. The utility will prompt for the IBM i user, password and output file location.
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The example below shows how to use the connectorCredentials configuration setting. Starting in Profound.js / Profound API version 7, configuration settings connectorUser and connectorPassword are also available as an alternative. |
The file produced by the utility contains the credentials in encrypted form. Please note that the utility does not validate IBM i credentials.
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