After the installation and setup phases of Ingres Bridge, default configuration entries are defined in the config.dat file in the Ingres Bridge installation. You can change some of the configuration parameters values by using Configuration-By-Forms (cbf) or Configuration Manager (vcbf). These values are then stored in the config.dat file.

Here is an example configuration entry in config.dat:

This entry means that Ingres Bridge accepts the incoming client connections from TCP/IP on the port specified by the listen address and route them to the DBMS Server installation defined by the vnode. The vnode name matches a vnode name defined for the DBMS Server installation.

The vnode name must be set in config.dat before starting the server. Only the connection information can be changed for the vnode name, which enables you to change the routing information without stopping and starting Ingres Bridge.

Login/password (remote authorization) data for the vnode is not required because the login data is obtained from the connecting client; only the connection data for the server is required.