Environment Configuration
Integration with the Compute Interface must be explicitly enabled, and the URL identifying the location of your Xpress Insight 5 Server must be set before Xpress will create and send jobs. You can also enable additional configuration by settings the path to a configuration file.
Configure System Environment Variables
Several environmental variables need to be configured prior to the Xpress software being started. You can set them in the Command Prompt window before starting the Optimizer console or add them using the Windows control panel if you want to set them globally.
Set Environment Variables using the Command Prompt window
- Open a Command Prompt window, and enter:
SET XPRESS_COMPUTE=ON
to turn on compute integration. - Enter
SET XPRESS_COMPUTE_URL=http://<INSIGHT5_SERVER_NAME>:8080/
to set the hostname and port number of your Xpress Insight 5 Server.
Note If you are connecting to the Xpress Insight 5 Server using an HTTPS URL, Xpress will need to read SSL certificates from the mmssl configuration directory. This directory must be initialized by executing the following at the command-line:mmssl setup
Set Environment Variables in Windows 10
- From the desktop, right-click on the Start Menu icon and select System.
- In the Settings window, scroll down to the Related settings section and click the System info link.
- In the System window, click the Advanced system settings link in the left navigation pane.
- In the System Properties window, click on the Advanced tab, then click Environment Variables.
- In the Environment Variables window, below the System Variables pane, click New.
- In the New System Variable window, enter the Variable name and Variable value pairs shown below:
Variable name Variable value XPRESS_COMPUTE ON XPRESS_COMPUTE_URL http://<INSIGHT5_SERVER_NAME>:8080/ - Click OK to close each of the three open dialog windows.
System Library Requirement for Linux
On Linux systems, compute integration requires version 1.2.5.1 or later of the zlib library.
This is available as standard on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 7 but must be installed separately on RHEL 6.