In this section the connection with the database is configured. The DSN entry is set at installation.
DSN = <data source name>
The data source name for the database that is to store the ITP/MDK Repository data.
Use this DSN setting or the connstring setting below.
connString = <connection string>
This setting is optional and can be used to specify a connection string. If you do not enter a DSN this setting is required. Use this setting or the DSN setting above.
user = <user to connect to the ODBC DSN>
password = <password to connect to the ODBC DSN>
If it is not possible (or desirable) to configure the user and password that are used to connect to the ODBC data source while creating the DSN, it is possible to configure the user and password in this section.
If the password is present in the configuration file in plain text it will be encrypted the first time it is used, i.e., as soon as a connection with the database is created. You can recognize the encrypted password by its 'encrypted:' prefix. It is not possible to decrypt the password. If you want to change the database password in the configuration file remove the 'encrypted:' string. The ITP/MDK Repository will again encrypt the new password on the first run.
Note
Use a non-expiring password for the account used to connect to the database, especially when you use Client Access, because the Service used by the ITP/MDK Repository cannot become interactive. This means that when the connection tries to tell you that the password will expire, the ITP/MDK Repository will show an error and you will not be able to connect.