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ManageEngine Firewall Analyzer :: User Guide
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Running Firewall Analyzer and MySQL database in
different machines
How to run Firewall Analyzer server and MySQL server in different machines?
Carry out following steps to run the MySQL server in a separate machine.
• Stop the Firewall Analyzer server/service.
• Edit <Firewall Analyzer Home>/server/default/deploy/mysql-ds.xml with the
following line.
<connection-url>jdbc:mysql://localhost:33336/firewall</connection-url>
• Instead of localhost, enter the IP address/hostname of the machine in which you
intend to run MySQL server.
• Edit <Firewall Analyzer Home>/server/default/conf/nms-service.xml file and
change StartDBServer value to false. By default its value will be true.
• Carry out the following steps in MySQL server machine
o Install Firewall Analyzer if it is not installed or if you do not have MySQL
server installed here.
o Edit <Firewall Analyzer Home>/bin/startDB.bat/sh to tune MySQL
parameters as given in the following sizing guide.
http://manageengine.com/products/firewall/system_requirement.htm
o Execute <Firewall Analyzer Home>/bin/startDB.bat/sh to start MySQL
server. Ensure that you never start the application in this machine.
• Start the Firewall Analyzer in the Firewall Analyzer machine. You should be able
to see the reports
Start the MySQL server first in the MySQL server machine and then start the
Firewall Analyzer application in the Firewall Analyzer server machine.