Changing Default Configuration Settings
When you install IBM® Cognos® components, the installation
uses default configuration settings. If you have any reason not to
use these default values, such as a port is being used by another
process, use IBM Cognos Configuration to change the value.
If you change the value of a property, you must save the configuration and then restart the IBM Cognos service to apply the new settings to your computer.
For distributed installations, ensure that you configured all computers where you installed Content Manager before you change default configuration settings on other IBM Cognos computers. For example, you can
- change a URI
- manage the configuration group
- configure cryptographic settings
- configure IBM Cognos components to use IBM Cognos Application Firewall
- configure temporary file properties
- enable and disable services
- configure fonts
- save report output to a file system
- change the location of map charts for Reporting
- change the notification database
After you change the default behavior of IBM Cognos components to better suit your IBM Cognos environment, you can , configure an authentication provider, and install and configure Framework Manager.