RAPStore Subscriber Express Configuration

Specify the location of temporary market data files, assign data channels and publishers, and identify the JINI server host name.

The RAPStore subscriber temporarily writes market data messages to files. The location of these directories should match the values on your worksheet. These directories are automatically created during the installation.

RAPStore subscriber dialog 1 configuration options

Field name

Description

Primary File Location

Identifies the directory where the subscriber temporarily writes market data messages before it loads the database.

Overflow File Location

Identifies the directory where the subscriber stores temporary market data message files when the primary directory is full.

RAPStore subscriber listens on one or more data channels for messages sent by publishers. Use this dialog to identify the data channels you want RAPStore subscriber to monitor.

RAPStore subscriber dialog 2 configuration options

Field name

Description

Channel Name

A data channel that a particular publisher uses to send multicast messages to RAPStore subscriber.

The channel name depends on the data channel you want RAPStore subscriber to monitor. For example, for the RAPStore subscriber to monitor FAST feed handler, and keep the defaults when you defined the FAST feed data channels, use FAST channel 1 as the first channel name. Subsequent channel names should match those of other data channel names.

Publisher Name

The publisher that sends messages to this subscriber if an error is logged.

Local Interface

The IP address of the network interface that the publisher uses to send multicast messages to RAPStore subscriber. This value must match the local interface value that the publisher uses to send messages via multicast.

For example, for RAPStore subscriber to monitor a particular FAST feed handler data channel, the local interface value you use here must match the local interface value for the data channel you defined for FAST feed handler.

Broadcast IP Address

The Class D multicast IP address that the publisher uses to send multicast messages to RAPStore subscriber. This value must match the multicast address that the publisher uses to send multicast messages to RAPStore subscriber.

For example, for RAPCache subscriber to monitor a FAST feed handler data channel that sends multicast messages on 224.0.2.0, use that address for this field. All multicast IP addresses must be in the range 224.0.2.0 – 224.0.255.0.

Broadcast Port

The port from which the publisher sends multicast messages to RAPStore subscriber.

Publishers can send multicast messages to a RAPStore subscriber on multiple data channels that share the same local interface and broadcast IP address, but the broadcast port must be unique to each data channel.

Note:
After you define the first channel, do one of the following:
  • Click Next, making sure that "I would like to define another data channel" is selected.

  • Unselect "I would like to define another data channel", then click Next to display the next set of configuration options.

The RAPStore subscriber communicates with one or more publishers. Use this dialog to identify the publishers you want the RAPStore subscriber to monitor.

RAPStore subscriber dialog 3 configuration options

Field name

Description

Publisher Name

The publisher that publishes to this subscriber if an error is logged.

IP Address

The IP address of the machine on which the publisher resides, used to connect to the publisher to request resends of packets.

Resend Listener Port

The port that the publisher uses to resend cached message packets to the subscriber. Publishers maintain a cache of recently sent message packets to ensure that the subscriber processes all message deliveries.

Installing Operations Console also installs a JINI server that tracks RAP components. This dialog appears only if you install components separately. If you install multiple components simultaneously, and have previously identified the JINI server host name, this dialog does not appear.

If this dialog appears, you must identify the JINI server host name to register RAPStore subscriber with the JINI server.

RAPStore aubscriber dialog 4 configuration options

Field name

Description

JINI Server Host Name

The host name of the server where the RAP JINI server resides. This is the machine on which Operations Console is installed.