Error: 'Sd_ApiInit Error Failed to Connect to the serv DB /path/ace/data/sdserv'
Originally Published: 2001-08-17
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Authentication Manager 6.0
Microsoft Windows 2000
Microsoft Windows Server 2003
RSA ACE/Server Administration API
test.tcl
Sample program
Issue
Sample TCL script does not run on RSA ACE/Server
Error: "Can't read "env(VAR_ACE)": no such element in array" when making Sd_ApiInit call
Cause
The environment variable VAR_ACE is not set
Resolution
For Sd_ApiInit, you don't have to specify the exact location of the database. You can call it using the following syntax:
Sd_ApiInit "" "" 1
This will use the default location of the ACE/Server databases.
NOTE: Remember that the ACE/Server brokers must be running. In situations where the brokers are not running, you would use the Sd_ApiInitSingle call and, as the name suggests, must connect in single-user mode.
In the example of getting this error running test.tcl, simply set a variable called VAR_ACE before running TCL, for example
C:\ace\utils\tcl\BIN>set VAR_ACE=c:\ace\data
C:\ace\utils\tcl\BIN>tcl-sd
% source test.tcl
Connected User: aceadmin on Host:ace1.rsa.net
ace1.rsa.net
dc1.rsa.net
webserver.rsa.net
C:\ace\utils\tcl\BIN>
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