Using ECP across IRIS and Caché

Migration from Caché to IRIS can be quite a challenge if your code is grown over many years
and probably not so clean structured as you may like it. So you face the need to check your
migrated code against some reference data. A few samples might not be a problem,
but some hundred GB of data for testing might be.  

A possible step could be to have your fresh code in IRIS but leave your huge datastore on Caché and connect both environments over ECP.  I have created a demo project that gives you the opportunity to try this based on 2 Docker images with IRIS and with Caché connected over ECP.

Attention:  

• Both Docker images require a personal license for MultiServer to enable ECP 
• The default Community License doesn't allow ECP and can't be used for Caché.
  As a customer with a support contract, you may get loan licenses directly from WRC.

Scenario:

Caché acts as ECP Server while IRIS acts as ECP Client
In IRIS you have a namespace SAMPLES.
Globals are in remote database SAMPLES on Caché
Routines (and Classes) are in database USER
The classes were just migrated by drag/drop from Cashé Studio to Iris Studio
Data-Globals are in remote database SAMPLES on Caché

This setup allows you to have local data in namespace USER
and remote data in namespace SAMPLES and run your test queries or other exercises.

Installation:

• Get the external IPV4 address of the machine that runs your docker environment (example =10.10.1.99 )
  This is required to establish access between both containers
• Download CrossECP-Caché from OEX
• Copy your (loan) license key into cache.key
• From the download directory run: 
  docker-compose up -d --build    and you are done with Caché.
  It uses -p 41773:1972 for the Caché super server and -p 42773:57772  for the webserver 
  Your actual directory is mapped to /external to allow file exchange with docker environment
  .
• Next Download CrossECP-IRIS from OEX
• Copy your (loan) license key into iris.key
• From the download directory run:  
  docker-compose up -d --build
  It uses these port mapings -p 45773:1972 -p 46773:52773 -p 47773:53773
  Your actual directory is mapped to /external to allow file exchange with docker environment
• To complete installation feed your Docker host IP address (10.10.1.99) and start operation run:
  docker-compose exec iris iris session iris initECP

Server status 1 Not Connected 
Continue anyway ? (nNyY) [Y]: Y 
Enter Host-IP-Adress of Docker (nn.nn.nn.nn) [192.168.0.6]: 10.10.1.99
Connect to ECP sever on 10.10.1.99 now ? (nNyY) [Y]: Y   
Server status 5 Normal   

This last step is just for your comfort. Of course, you can do this also from SMP
by System > Configuration > ECP Settings > ECP Data Servers

Now you are ready for testing.

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