Overview

This document describes two-instance FIXEdge installation on one host. Two independent sets of binaries and configs will be installed. In future, they can be updated, managed or uninstalled independently.

General single-instance FIXEdge installation procedure is described in https://kb.b2bits.com/display/B2BITS/FIXEdge+Installation+Guide and it is recommended to read it before following this procedure. Keep in mind that our example may differ from that in the one-instance installation procedure (e.g. directories names).

It is assumed that the user has no installed instances of FIXEdge. The step-by-step procedure is provided for installation from a non-customized distributive package. 

Installation directories

Windows

1. c:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_one
2. c:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_two

Linux

1. /home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one
2. /home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_two

where a user is the name of the user performing the installation

Important precaution notes before starting changes

Installation

Windows

1. Extract distribution archive of FIXEdge to the instance 1 folder (in our test case it is B2BITS1 on c: drive). Extract distributive archive of FIXEdge to the instance 2 folder (in our test case it is B2BITS2 on c: drive)
2. Put license file to 1^st instance FIXEdge root directory (c:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_one\FIXEdge). Put license file to 2^nd  instance fixedge root directory (c:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge).         

3. Edit service names in a wrapper.conf file for 2^nd instance for they must be different from 1^st instance names.

   wrapper.conf

   # Name of the service
   wrapper.ntservice.name=FIXICC - Agent FIXEdge2
    
   # Display name of the service
   wrapper.ntservice.displayname=FIXICC - Agent FIXEdge2

4. Change port values in configuration files (see example in How to install two instances of FIXEdge on one host)

   parameter	configuration file
   ListenPort	engine.properties
   Monitoring.ListenPort	engine.properties
   ControlCentre.XMLSockMonitor.Port	FIXEdge.properties
   AgentServerPort	agent.properties

5. Open cmd.exe as Administrator and run the following scripts

   C:>\B2BITS\FIXEdge_one\FIXEdge\fixicc-agent\bat>installService.FIXEdge1.bat
   C:>\B2BITS\FIXEdge_one\FIXEdge\fixicc-agent\bat>startService.FIXEdge1.bat
   C:>\B2BITS\FIXEdge_one\FIXEdge\bin\FIXEdge1.install.cmd
   

6. Edit the following files for 2^nd instance
   In B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\FIXEdge1\conf\FIXEdge.properties file set parameter ServiceName=FIXEdge2
   In B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\FIXEdge1\bin\FIXEdge1.install.cmd change  FIXEdge.FIXEdge1 to FIXEdge.FIXEdge2
   In B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\FIXEdge1\bin\FIXEdge1.service.run.cmd change  FIXEdge.FIXEdge1 to FIXEdge.FIXEdge2
   In B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\FIXEdge1\bin\FIXEdge1.service.stop.cmd change  FIXEdge.FIXEdge1 to FIXEdge.FIXEdge2
   In B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\FIXEdge1\bin\FIXEdge1.uninstall.cmd change  FIXEdge.FIXEdge1 to FIXEdge.FIXEdge2

7. Open cmd.exe as Administrator and run the following scripts

   C:>\B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\fixicc-agent\bat>installService.FIXEdge1.bat
   C:>\B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\fixicc-agent\bat>startService.FIXEdge1.bat
   c:>\B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\bin\FIXEdge1.install.cmd
   

8. You can connect to the server and start the server in FIXICC in the same manner as for one-instance case (for details see https://kb.b2bits.com/display/B2BITS/FIXEdge+Installation+Guide)
   
   

If everything is OK you can see services for both instances running

In FIXICC GUI you can see both servers started

Linux

1. Extract distribution archive of FIXEdge to the instance 1 folder /home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one. Extract distribution archive of FIXEdge to the instance 2 folder /home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_two.

 2. Put license file to 1^st instance fixedge root directory /home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one/FIXEdge. Put license file to 2^nd  instance fixedge root directory /home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one/FIXEdge.        

 3. Edit B2BITS/FIXEdge_two/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/conf/wrapper.conf (change service names)

#********************************************************************
# Wrapper Windows Service and Posix Daemon
Properties
#********************************************************************
# Name of the service
wrapper.ntservice.name=FIXICC_Agent_Server2
# Display name of the service
wrapper.ntservice.displayname=FIXICC - AgentServer2

4. Change port values in configuration files (see example in Example Configuration used for testing)

4.  run scripts

$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/bin/installDaemon.sh
$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/bin/startDaemonNoPriv.sh
$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_two/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/bin/installDaemon.sh
$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_two/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/bin/startDaemonNoPriv.sh

Use ps ef command to find processes corresponding to fixicc agent servers.

5. You can connect to the server and start the server in FIXICC in the same manner as for a one-instance case (for details see https://kb.b2bits.com/display/B2BITS/FIXEdge+Installation+Guide)

 If everything is OK you can see servers started in FIXICC GUI (on the picture below you can see our test case example. The first two string correspond to the windows case and the last two strings show two Linux fixedge instances running)

Example Configuration used for testing

For Windows installations, FIXICC GUI application is running on the same windows machine

Port configuration

Uninstall

If you wish to uninstall both instances of FIXEdge you should do the following steps depending on what operating system you are running

Windows

1. Open cmd.exe as Administrator and run scripts

C:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_one\FIXEdge\fixicc-agent\bat\stopService.FIXEdge1.bat
C:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_one\FIXEdge\fixicc-agent\bat\uninstallService.FIXEdge1.bat

C:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\fixicc-agent\bat\stopService.FIXEdge1.bat
C:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\fixicc-agent\bat\uninstallService.FIXEdge1.bat

C:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_one\FIXEdge\bin\FIXEdge1.uninstall.cmd
C:\B2BITS\FIXEdge_two\FIXEdge\bin\FIXEdge1.uninstall.cmd

2. Remove B2BITS\FIXEdge_one and B2BITS\FIXEdge_two folders recursively

Linux

1.  run scripts 

$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/bin/stopDaemonNoPriv.sh
$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/bin/uninstallDaemon.sh

$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_two/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/bin/stopDaemonNoPriv.sh
$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_two/FIXEdge/fixicc-agent/bin/uninstallDaemon.sh

$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_one/FIXEdge/bin/FIXEdge1.stop.sh
$>/home/user/B2BITS/FIXEdge_two/FIXEdge/bin/FIXEdge1.stop.sh

2. Remove B2BITS/FIXEdge_one  and B2BITS/FIXEdge_two folders recursively

Troubleshooting

Related articles:

• Deployment diagram for multiple FIXEdge instances
• FIXEdge installation on Linux. Step by step instruction
• FIXEdge installation on Windows. Step by step instruction

Server installation fails with the error "Cannot create service. The specified service already exists in this database"

Check the ServiceName parameter in FIXEdge.properties file.

The second instance of fixicc-agent installs and starts without errors but doesn’t appear in services

Check wrapper.conf file – service names must be changed.

The server does not start from FIXICC GUI. The process starts and hangs for a long time, but no error messages appear in the details field.

Check server name parameter in FIXEdge1.service.run.cmd.

Try to run FIXEdge as console application to get full error using FIXEdge1.run.cmd or FIXEdge1.run.sh