Updating the teamserver.properties file manually

Whenever modifying the teamserver.properties through the application’s Advanced Properties page is not feasible. You can manually update the teamserver.properties file for the Engineering Lifecycle Management instance.

About this task

You can modify various application server properties by updating the teamserver.properties. Use any one of the following methods to update the team properties manually:

By using Red Hat OpenShift Container Platform web console

Procedure

  • Go to the namespace where Engineering Lifecycle Management is installed and select the pods list by using Workloads > Pods
  • Select the application pod for which the teamserver.properties file needs to be modified.
  • Go to Terminal tab for the selected application pod.
  • Go to conf folder where teamserver.properties file is present
    cd /elm/server/conf/jts
  • Use the vi editor to open and modify the teamserver.propreties file
    vi teamserver.properties

By using Red Hat OpenShiftCLI

Procedure

  • List the application pod for which teamserver.properties file needs to be modified
    oc get pod -n <NAMESPACE_NAME> -l app=ibm-elm-<APP_NAME>
    For example
    oc get pod -n example-namespace -l app=ibm-elm-jts
  • Note the pod name from the result of the command that is run in step a. Use the following command to get a shell terminal into the application pod:
    oc exec --stdin --tty <APP_POD_NAME> -- /bin/bash
    For example
    oc exec --stdin --tty ibm-elm-jts-0 -- /bin/bash
  • Navigate to the conf folder where teamserver.properties file is placed
    cd /elm/server/conf/jts
  • Use the vi editor to open and modify the teamserver.properties file
    vi teamserver.properties

By using Kubernetes CLI

Procedure

  • List the application pod for which teamserver.properties file needs to be modified
    kubectl get pod -n <NAMESPACE_NAME> -l app=ibm-elm-<APP_NAME>
    For example
    kubectl get pod -n example_namespace -l app=ibm-elm-jts 
  • Note the pod name from the result of the command that is run in step a. Use the following command to get a shell terminal into the application pod:
    kubectl exec --stdin --tty <APP_POD_NAME> -- /bin/bash
    For example
    kubectl exec --stdin --tty ibm-elm-jts-0 -- /bin/bash
  • Navigate to the conf folder where teamserver.properties file is placed
    cd /elm/server/conf/jts
  • Use the vi editor to open and modify the teamserver.properties file
    vi teamserver.properties