How to determine port number, service name and server name in Informix

Determine Server Name

• Login to Informix Server
• Type echo $INFORMIXSERVER. Enter.
• From here you can see the your server name.
• e.g ol_myifxdb

Determine Service Name

• Login to Informix server
• Type cd $INFORMIXDIR/etc
• Type cat sqlhosts. Check the line that contain your server  name.
• e.g ol_myifxdb         onsoctcp        192.168.2.200      service_myifxdb
• The line will show you the server name, protocol, server address and service name.

Determine Port Name

• Login to Informix Server
• Type grep <service name> /etc/services
• e.g grep service_myifxdb /etc/services
• The line will show you the service name and port number
• e.g service_myifxdb   60200/tcp