Settings in the eGuide.cfg File

The following table describes the settings contained in the Novell® eGuide configuration (eguide.cfg) file.

The eguide.cfg file is located in the ...\webapps\eGuide\web-inf\config directory.

IMPORTANT:  Both load balancing settings must be in the file and active (not commented) for either one to work.

Setting Specifies
Load Balancing

 

Load.Max.Users=n

Maximum number (n) of concurrent eGuide sessions allowed.

Load.Redirect.URL=URL

URL to the next eGuide server

Logging

 

Log.Console.Enable= true/false

Whether console logging is enabled (true = enabled).

Log.Enable=true/false

Whether file logging is enabled (true = enabled).

Log.Language=language_code

Language (two-character ISO language code) of the log file.

Log.Level=level_name

Logging level.

Valid level names are normal, verbose, and diagnostic.

Log.Max.Age=n

Number of days (n) that log files should be kept.

Log.Max.Size=n

Maximum combined size (n in kilobytes) of all files in the log directory.

The oldest file is deleted when the maximum size is exceeded.

Log.Path=path

Path to the directory where log files are written.

Log.TimeStamp=date/time format

Time format for stamping log file entries.

Refer to SimpleDateFormat in your Java documentation for details on defining a date/time format.

Security

 

Security.Timeout=n

Number of minutes of inactivity before a user session is dropped

Security.UseClientIP.Enabled=true/false

Whether user client's IP address is used in constructing how the servlet identifies the user's browser session.

The default setting is true. Set it to false only if experiencing invalid hash errors.

IMPORTANT:  You must set it to false if you are using Novell iChain® with eGuide.

Other

 

CharSet.Default=character_set

Default character set

This setting overrides character sets detected by the browser. User only for the UTF-8 character set. All other settings are auto-detected.

Config.Update.Check=n

Time in minutes between eGuide checks of the eguide.cfg file for changes

This prevents the administrator from needing to bring down the eGuide servlet to make configuration changes.

WebApp.Home.Path

Full pathname from the root to the Web application's context.