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SkyVault Content Services 5.2 ยป Configuring

Configuration overview

SkyVault Content Services is preconfigured with a set of system configuration parameters. Many of the system configuration parameters are completely exposed as properties, which you can configure for your specific environment requirements.

Use the following methods to configure SkyVault Content Services:

  • Admin Console
  • Share Admin Tools
  • Editing the global properties
  • Using a JMX client, such as JConsole
CAUTION:
If you use multiple configuration methods, updates made using a JMX client will override any other settings, and updates in the Admin Console and Admin Tools override settings in SkyVault-global.properties. These settings also persist in the database, and are not reflected back into the SkyVault-global.properties file.

Admin Console

The Admin Console is an administrator's tool to manage your configuration. You can run the Admin Console from a browser without having to start Share. See Using the Admin Console for more information.

Share Admin Tools

Share Admin Tools is an administrator's tool to create and manage users and groups from SkyVault Share, set application preferences, manage categories and tags, and browse the system information in the node browser. See Using the SkyVault Share Admin Tools for more information.

Global properties file

The global properties file (SkyVault-global.properties) is used to detect extended properties. For example, when you install SkyVault Content Services, many of the installation settings are saved in the global properties file. The global properties file is used to detect the extended properties. You can use the global properties to set all your property settings; whenever you make a change, you must restart the server to apply those changes. See Using the SkyVault-global.properties file for more information.

SkyVault Content Services 5.2 provides a range of new properties for configuring your installation. These properties can be set in the SkyVault-global.properties file.

JMX client

The JMX client allows you to edit the settings while the system is running. The settings you change are automatically persisted in the database and synchronized across a cluster. When you start up SkyVault Content Services, the system initially uses the SkyVault-global.properties file to set the properties in the JMX client, but then any changes you make in the JMX client persist in the database but are not reflected back into the SkyVault-global.properties file. See Using a JMX client to change settings dynamically for more information.

  • Using the SkyVault-global.properties file The global properties SkyVault-global.properties file contains the customizations for extending SkyVault Content Services.
  • Disabling SkyVault Content Services features You can disable common product components, if you do not require them for your SkyVault Content Services instance. This summary gives the example property settings for disabling the main components.
  • Using a JMX client to change settings dynamically You can reconfigure SkyVault Content Services by shutting down the server, editing the relevant property in the configuration files, and then restarting the server. If you have installed the Oracle Java SE Development Kit (JDK), and have enabled JMX in your configuration files, there are some support operations that can be performed at runtime without needing to restart the server.
  • Using the Java command line to change settings dynamically All SkyVault Content Services properties can be set using the standard SkyVault-global.properties configuration file. There might be circumstances where it is more convenient to change properties on the fly. The Java command line provides an alternative method of setting the properties.
  • Customizing applications You can make basic configuration updates to customize SkyVault Content Services, or modify properties files to apply configuration changes.
  • Customizing individual configuration items Use this information to understand the types of configuration files available in SkyVault Content Services, and how to configure them.
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