You can automate exporting rules and data to an archive by connecting to an active instance of Pega Platform from a web service. One request can export rules and data to one archive file from one system. You can export by product, application, or branch.
You must have a running Pega Platform instance to use the prpcServiceUtils tool.Property name | Value |
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pega.rest.server.url | The URL for the REST service, specified in the following format:
For example:
Include the tenant hash only for multitenant systems. |
pega.rest.username | The operator name on the target system with access to REST services. |
pega.rest.password | The password of the specified operator. |
pega.rest.proxy.host | Optional: The host name of the REST proxy server. Do not use localhost as the host name. |
pega.rest.proxy.port | Optional: The port for the REST proxy server. |
pega.rest.proxy.username | Optional: The operator name on the REST proxy server with import and export access. |
pega.rest.proxy.password | Optional: The password of the REST proxy operator. |
pega.rest.proxy.domain | Optional: The domain of the REST proxy server. |
pega.rest.proxy.workstation | Optional: The workstation ID for the REST proxy server. |
pega.rest.response.type | The REST response type, either xml or json . The default value is json . Rollback, restore point, and update access group operations support only json . |
user.temp.dir | Optional: Enter the full path to the temporary directory. Leave this blank to use the default temporary directory. For more information about temporary directories, see Temporary files and temporary files directories. |
Property name | Value |
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export.exportToRepository | Indicates whether to export to a repository. The default is false , which exports to a file system. To export to a repository, set this to true . |
export.archiveName | When exporting to a file system, the path of the archive file to be created. |
export.repositoryName | When exporting to a repository, the name of the repository. |
export.async | Specifies whether to run the process in asynchronous mode or synchronous mode. The default, |
Property name | Value |
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export.productName | The name of the product to export. |
export.productVersion | The version of the product to export. |
Property name | Value |
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export.applicationVersion | The version of the application to export. |
export.applicationName | The name of the application to export. |
Property name | Value |
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export.branchName | The name of the branch to export. |
export.branchAppContext | The application context of the branch ruleset to export, for example, PegaRULES:07.10 |
Run the prpcServiceUtils.bat script or the prpcServiceUtils.sh script with the export option, for example:
prpcServiceUtils.bat export
prpcServiceUtils script argument | Value |
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artifactsDir | The full path to the output file location, for those functions that generate output. The default is the /scripts/utils/logs directory. |
connPropFile | The full path to the serviceConnection.properties file that includes information for multiple targets. |
poolSize | The thread pool size. The default is 5. |
requestTimeOut | The number of seconds the system waits for a response before failing with a time-out error. The default is 300 seconds. |
jobIdFile | The path to the job IDs file that is generated by the asynchronous operation. |
propFile | The property file name, to override the default prpcServiceUtils.properties file. |
Pega Platform downloads the exported archive file and saves the export log files to the logs directory. For more information about logs, see the PDN article Pega Platform logging using Log4j 2.