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Table Of Contents
- Contents
- About the SQLFire User's Guide
- Supported Configurations and System Requirements
- Getting Started with vFabric SQLFire
- Managing Your Data in vFabric SQLFire
- Designing vFabric SQLFire Databases
- Using Server Groups to Manage Data
- Partitioning Tables
- Replicating Tables
- Estimating Memory Requirements
- Using Disk Stores to Persist Data
- Exporting and Importing Data with vFabric SQLFire
- Using Table Functions to Import Data as a SQLFire Tables
- Developing Applications with SQLFire
- Starting SQLFire Servers with the FabricServer Interface
- Developing Java Clients and Peers
- Configuring SQLFire as a JDBC Datasource
- Storing and Loading JAR Files in SQLFire
- Developing ADO.NET Client Applications
- About the ADO.NET Driver
- ADO.NET Driver Classes
- Installing and Using the ADO.NET driver
- Connecting to SQLFire with the ADO.NET Driver
- Managing Connections
- Executing SQL Commands
- Working with Result Sets
- Storing a Table
- Storing Multiple Tables
- Specifying Command Parameters with SQLFParameter
- Updating Row Data
- Adding Rows to a Table
- Managing SQLFire Transactions
- Performing Batch Updates
- Generic Coding with the SQLFire ADO.NET Driver
- Using SQLFire.NET Designer
- Understanding the Data Consistency Model
- Using Distributed Transactions in Your Applications
- Using Data-Aware Stored Procedures
- Using the Procedure Provider API
- Using the Custom Result Processor API
- Programming User-Defined Types
- Using Result Sets and Cursors
- Caching Data with vFabric SQLFire
- Deploying vFabric SQLFire
- SQLFire Deployment Models
- Steps to Plan and Configure a Deployment
- Configuring Discovery Mechanisms
- Starting and Configuring SQLFire Servers
- Configuring Multi-site (WAN) Deployments
- Configuring Authentication and Authorization
- Configuring User Authentication
- User Names in Authentication and Authorization
- Configuring User Authorization
- Configuring Network Encryption and Authentication with SSL/TLS
- Managing and Monitoring vFabric SQLFire
- Configuring and Using SQLFire Log Files
- Querying SQLFire System Tables and Indexes
- Evaluating Query Execution Plans and Query Statistics
- Overriding Optimizer Choices
- Evaluating System and Application Performance
- Using Java Management Extensions (JMX)
- Best Practices for Tuning Performance
- Detecting and Handling Network Segmentation ("Split Brain")
- vFabric SQLFire Reference
- Configuration Properties
- JDBC API
- Mapping java.sql.Types to SQL Types
- java.sql.BatchUpdateException Class
- java.sql.Connection Interface
- java.sql.DatabaseMetaData Interface
- java.sql.Driver Interface
- java.sql.DriverManager.getConnection Method
- java.sql.PreparedStatement Interface
- java.sql.ResultSet Interface
- java.sql.SavePoint Class
- java.sql.SQLException Class
- java.sql.Statement Class
- javax.sql.XADataSource
- sqlf Launcher Commands
- sqlf backup
- sqlf compact-all-disk-stores
- sqlf compact-disk-store
- sqlf encrypt-password
- sqlf install-jar
- sqlf list-missing-disk-stores
- sqlf locator
- sqlf Logging Support
- sqlf merge-logs
- sqlf remove-jar
- sqlf replace-jar
- sqlf revoke-missing-disk-store
- sqlf server
- sqlf shut-down-all
- sqlf stats
- sqlf validate-disk-store
- sqlf version
- sqlf write-data-dtd-to-file
- sqlf write-data-to-db
- sqlf write-data-to-xml
- sqlf write-schema-to-db
- sqlf write-schema-to-sql
- sqlf write-schema-to-xml
- sqlf Interactive Commands
- absolute
- after last
- async
- autocommit
- before first
- close
- commit
- connect
- connect client
- connect peer
- describe
- disconnect
- driver
- elapsedtime
- execute
- exit
- first
- get scroll insensitive cursor
- GetCurrentRowNumber
- help
- last
- LocalizedDisplay
- MaximumDisplayWidth
- next
- prepare
- previous
- protocol
- relative
- remove
- rollback
- run
- set connection
- show
- wait for
- SQLFire API
- SQL Language Reference
- Keywords and Identifiers
- SQL Statements
- SQL Clauses
- SQL Expressions
- JOIN Operations
- Built-in Functions
- Standard Built-in Functions
- Aggregates (set functions)
- ABS or ABSVAL function
- ACOS function
- ASIN function
- ATAN function
- ATAN2 function
- AVG function
- BIGINT function
- CASE expressions
- CAST function
- CEIL or CEILING function
- CHAR function
- COALESCE function
- Concatenation operator
- COS function
- COSH function
- COT function
- COUNT function
- COUNT(*) function
- CURRENT DATE function
- CURRENT_DATE function
- CURRENT ISOLATION function
- CURRENT_ROLE function
- CURRENT SCHEMA function
- CURRENT TIME function
- CURRENT_TIME function
- CURRENT TIMESTAMP function
- CURRENT_TIMESTAMP function
- CURRENT_USER function
- DATE function
- DAY function
- DEGREES function
- DOUBLE function
- EXP function
- FLOOR function
- HOUR function
- INTEGER function
- LCASE or LOWER function
- LENGTH function
- LN or LOG function
- LOG10 function
- LOCATE function
- LTRIM function
- MAX function
- MIN function
- MINUTE function
- MOD function
- MONTH function
- NULLIF expressions
- PI function
- RADIANS function
- RANDOM function
- RAND function
- RTRIM function
- SECOND function
- SESSION_USER function
- SIGN function
- SIN function
- SINH function
- SMALLINT function
- SQRT function
- SUBSTR function
- SUM function
- TAN function
- TANH function
- TIME function
- TIMESTAMP function
- TRIM function
- UCASE or UPPER function
- USER function
- VARCHAR function
- XMLEXISTS operator
- XMLPARSE operator
- XMLQUERY operator
- XMLSERIALIZE operator
- YEAR function
- SQLFire Built-in Functions
- Standard Built-in Functions
- Built-in System Procedures
- Standard Built-in Procedures
- SYSCS_UTIL.EMPTY_STATEMENT_CACHE
- SYSCS_UTIL.EXPORT_QUERY
- SYSCS_UTIL.EXPORT_TABLE
- SYSCS_UTIL.IMPORT_DATA
- SYSCS_UTIL.IMPORT_DATA_EX
- SYSCS_UTIL.IMPORT_DATA_LOBS_FROM_EXTFILE system procedure
- SYSCS_UTIL.IMPORT_TABLE
- SYSCS_UTIL.IMPORT_TABLE_EX
- SYSCS_UTIL.IMPORT_TABLE_LOBS_FROM_EXTFILE
- SYSCS_UTIL.SET_EXPLAIN_CONNECTION
- SYSCS_UTIL.SET_STATISTICS_TIMING
- JAR Installation Procedures
- Callback Configuration Procedures
- Heap Eviction Configuration Procedures
- WAN Configuration Procedures
- Standard Built-in Procedures
- Data Types
- SQL Standards Conformance
- System Tables
- ASYNCEVENTLISTENERS table
- GATEWAYRECEIVERS table
- GATEWAYSENDERS table
- MEMBERS system table
- MEMORYANALYTICS system table
- STATEMENTPLANS system table
- SYSALIASES system table
- SYSCHECKS system table
- SYSCOLPERMS system table
- SYSCOLUMNS system table
- SYSCONGLOMERATES system table
- SYSCONSTRAINTS system table
- SYSDEPENDS system table
- SYSDISKSTORES system table
- SYSFILES system table
- SYSFOREIGNKEYS system table
- SYSKEYS system table
- SYSROLES system table
- SYSROUTINEPERMS system table
- SYSSCHEMAS system table
- SYSSTATEMENTS system table
- SYSSTATISTICS system table
- SYSTABLEPERMS system table
- SYSTABLES system table
- SYSTRIGGERS system table
- SYSVIEWS system table
- Exception Messages and SQL States
- ADO.NET Driver Reference
- SQLFire Data Types in ADO.NET
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.BatchUpdateException
- VMWare.Data.SQLFire.SQLFClientConnection
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFCommand
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFCommandBuilder
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFType
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFDataAdapter
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFDataReader
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFException
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFParameter
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFParameterCollection
- VMware.Data.SQLFire.SQLFTransaction
- vFabric SQLFire Limitations
- Troubleshooting Common Problems
- vFabric SQLFire Glossary
- Index
The following sqlfire.properties entries show a SQLFire member that is configured to use SQLFire
built-in authentication:
sqlfire.auth-provider=BUILTIN
mcast-port=0
The mcast-port=0 entry indicates that multicast is not used in the SQLFire distributed system. Valid locator
properties would need to be supplied when starting the SQLFire server, as well as the credentials for a SQLFire
user as described in Creating Users for BUILTIN Authentication on page 231.
Creating Users for BUILTIN Authentication
The SQLFire BUILTIN authentication provider is suitable for development and testing only. When using this
security mechanism, the SQLFire system maintains the repository of username and password information.
BUILTIN User Accounts
The BUILTIN provider supports two different types of user account:
• System user accounts are visible to all members of the SQLFire system, and have privileges to join members
to the cluster and shut down cluster members. The list of valid system users is established using system properties
when you boot a SQLFire server or locator. You should use only a few system-level users in a SQLFire
deployment (for example, one system user for a standalone locator and one for SQLFire servers).
You create user names and passwords for system users by specifying them with the
sqlfire.user.<UserName>=<password> property in the sqlfire.properties file. See Create
System Users on page 231.
• Distributed system user accounts are used to establish connections to a SQLFire cluster and to protect database
resources using SQL authorization. You define distributed system user credentials by connecting to a running
SQLFire system and executing a built-in procedure. Privileges on individual database resources are then granted
using SQL commands. See Create Distributed System Users on page 232.
Note: The SQLFire built-in authentication mechanism is suitable only for development and testing
purposes. Production systems should use LDAP or a user-defined class for authentication. Production
systems should also use SSL/TLS to protect network connections.
Create System Users
System users are established at boot time, and have privileges to join and start SQLFire servers and locators.
Procedure
1. Create a system user for SQLFire by specifying user name=password at boot time using the
sqlfire.user.UserName system property.
SQLFire user names are SQL92 identifiers, and are case-sensitive for user authentication. Delimited identifiers
are allowed.
For example, the following property defines a username of "FRed" with the password "java":
sqlfire.user."FRed"=java
2.
Include the property definitions for system users in the sqlfire.properties file for each SQLFire
server and standalone locator.
For example, this listing shows a sqlfire.properties file the defines a "locatoradmin" and
"serveradmin" system user:
sqlfire.auth-provider=BUILTIN
mcast-port=0
sqlfire.user.locatoradmin=locatorpassword
sqlfire.user.serveradmin=serverpassword
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Configuring Authentication and Authorization