Elements Configuration Utility
Overview
The most common configuration items can be easily set with the Elements configuration utility. The utility is a tabbed
application. There is one tab for the server configuration, and a separate tab for each installed web application.
The configuration utility is located in the top level Elements installation directory. You can start it by invoking
config.bat (Windows) or config.sh (Unix).
Server
Server
- port
- The TCP port the server uses to listen for the start and stop command. This is the way
the web server process is shutdown.
- compression
- Turns content compression on and off. Generally this is turned on, and specific mime types are chosen
for compression in the compressableMimeTypes setting. Compression saves bandwidth, and transmission time.
- port
- The port the server uses for listening for the HTTP protocol. By default this set to port 8082, but the
usual default port for HTTP is port 80 (which may be used if no other web server is running on the computer).
- compressableMimeTypes
- A comma separated listed of mime types which will be compressed. The default settings will work best in most
situations. Do NOT include SVG in this list.
- bufferSize
- The amount of data (in bytes) that the server will try to send at one time.
- maxPostSize
- The maximum amount of data that can be submitted through HTTP POST. The default value of -1 is unlimited, which
is best for application usage. If denial of service protection policies mandate, this value can be set (in kilobytes).
- Server URL
- The url which a client will use to access the web applications.
Run
- Start Console
- Start the server in console mode. The normal mode for unix, and useful for Windows if the service is not installed.
- Stop Console
- Stops the server running in console mode.
- Service
- Windows only. Brings up the control dialog for the Windows service that runs the web server.
Application
Database
- Database
- The alias defined in the tnsnames.ora file for the database this application will use.
- JDBC User Name
- The user, normally the schema owner, the application uses to connect to the database for administrative
purposes.
- JDBC User Password
- The password for the above user, this password is obfuscated before storing in the configuration file.
If you change this value, you will be prompted to connect to the database to issue the appropriate
command to change the password in the database as well.
- License File
- The name of the file containing the license for this web server/database. The default is Lic.dat, but any name may
be used. The file must be stored in the $ELEMENTS_HOME/webapps/$WEBAPPLICATION/WEB-INF directory.
Parameters
- Schema Owner
- The database user that created and 'owns' the schema for this application.
- Row Prefetch
- The number of rows the JDBC driver will fetch in one network round trip when performing a query.
- Connection Pooling
- Turns connection pooling on and off. Off -- dedicated connections give better performance but will not support a large
user community. On -- OCI connection pooling supports a very large user base, but with a slight reduction in
performance.
License
- License State
- Current state of the license such as Ok, expired, invalid, etc.
- Maximum Users
- The maximum number of concurrent users.
- Expiration
- The date this license will expire.
- Check License
- Uses the selected database and license file to check the validity of the license. Checking the license will
also enable the edit and request buttons if necessary.
- Edit License
- Edit the values in the currently indicated license file.
- Request License
- Retrieves the information necessary to request a license and provides instructions for submitting the request.