Set up AE Environment

For DR setup, the AE environment must be set up on both Primary and Secondary data centers.

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For details on how to add the following environment variables, see the AutomationEdge Installation guide:

• Add environment variables JAVA_HOME/JRE_HOME and AE_HOME.
• Install all required components on both Primary and Secondary server.

After setting up the AE environment complete the following steps:

1. On the Primary server, start AE and sign in as System Administrator.

2. Go to Settings → System Settings and configure the URL of the system as per the Primary server.

3. Download and install agents on the Primary data center and assign workflows.

4. Start up the agents and then take backup of the Primary server database AE Backup.

5. On the Secondary server, complete the following steps:

   i. Drop the AE database, for example, vae on the Secondary server.

   ii. Create an empty database and restore the backup of the Primary database.

   iii. Start AE and sign in as System Administrator and in Settings → System Settings, configure the DR URL of the system as per the Secondary server.

   iv. Copy AE backup of Primary server.

   v. Download and install agents on the Secondary data center and assign workflows.

   vi. Take back up of the Secondary server database and restore the data on the Primary server.

   vii. Bring down services, such as Database, ActiveMQ, and Tomcat on the Secondary server.