Install the wire listener

If you create a server instance as a part of the installation process:

• The required wire listener configuration file, named $INFORMIXDIR/etc/jsonListener.properties by default, is automatically created with default values established for each property, except the url parameter.
• An authorized user that is named ifxjson, which has REPLICATION privilege group access, is created and added to the url parameter in the wire listener configuration file, named jsonListener.properties by default. This user ID is used by the wire listener to connect to Informix®.
• The wire listener is automatically started and connected to the MongoDB API and the database server with the default operational instance. If you want to use the REST API, you must modify the listener.type parameter in the wire listener configuration file and restart the wire listener.

Creating a server as a part of the installation process reduces the complexity of installation and maintenance of the Informix server and installs the required extensions for using BSON and JSON types.

If you create the Informix server instance outside of the installation process you must configure and start the wire listener:

• Wire listener configuration after installation