GetEnv Api To Retrieve The Instance Name

[MichaelCatalani]

Does anyone know of an environment variable name that I could use on the getenv api to retrieve the server instance name? For example, I have an instance named 'PROVATOSYS', which points to 75.149.125.34. I can use the variable "SERVER_NAME", but that will return the IP address. I can also use the "DOCUMENT ROOT", which returns "/www/provatosys/htdocs"

I was hoping for a variable that would return the actual instance name of PROVATOSYS.

[FaStOnE]

Re: GetEnv Api To Retrieve The Instance Name

Instance_id??

[MichaelCatalani]

Re: GetEnv Api To Retrieve The Instance Name

Instance_id??

I tried that, as well as Instance_Name and Sever_Instance with no luck.

Somewhere I had a list of all the environment variable names, and I cant find it to save my life.

[MichaelCatalani]

Re: GetEnv Api To Retrieve The Instance Name

I finally located the list of environment variables, and it's not listed. I found another post from someone who was trying to do the same thing, and it looks like they struck out as well.

The Server_Name variable says that it will return the instance name OR ip address, but it always returns the ip address. I even added the instance name to the DNS file and restarted the servers, and it's still returning the ip address.

I found a work-around. I can use the PATH_NAME to return the path ( /www/provatosys/htdocs ) and then strip out the instance name. It works if the default path is used in the apache configuration, as it will use /www/ (instance name ) / htdocs. It wont work if the default is changed from the instance name.

[littlepd]

Re: GetEnv Api To Retrieve The Instance Name

Or you could search through all the members in the QUSRSYS/QATMHINSTC file looking for the string returned by the SERVER_ROOT environment variable. When you find it, the member name will be the instance name. You just have to remember to put SERVER_ROOT in all your configs just like DOCUMENT_ROOT.

[MichaelCatalani]

Re: GetEnv Api To Retrieve The Instance Name

Or you could search through all the members in the QUSRSYS/QATMHINSTC file looking for the string returned by the SERVER_ROOT environment variable. When you find it, the member name will be the instance name. You just have to remember to put SERVER_ROOT in all your configs just like DOCUMENT_ROOT.

Thanks! That would do the trick!