Working with Configuration Manager

You can use the Configuration Manager commands, icons, and panes to work with your profiles and configuration tasks.

Configuring a Content Platform Engine instance
You can use the Configuration Manager graphical user interface to configure a Content Platform Engine instance.
Setting the password save preference
By default, the Configuration Manager password save preference is set to not save passwords to a file. If your site security requirements permit you to save passwords to a file, you can change the password save preference setting.
Creating a profile for a new installation
You must create a new configuration profile for each Content Platform Engine application that you deploy.
Creating a profile for an upgrade
You use the upgrade configuration profile to deploy the updated EAR file. To create an upgrade profile, the Content Platform Engine installation program must have detected an existing Content Platform Engine installation.
Opening and closing an existing profile or task
You can save a profile, and open it later to edit the saved settings or to run tasks.
Editing the application server properties
You initially provide the application server properties when you create a new profile. You can open the application server properties for editing at any time, but you cannot change the application server type for an existing profile. The application server properties must be set before you run any tasks.
Editing the properties for a specific task
You must provide the required property values for each task in your profile before you run the task.
Applying the property settings by running a specific task
You must run a task to apply the values that you provided.
Adding or saving a task to a profile
A profile can contain an unlimited number of Configure Object Store JDBC Data Sources tasks and Configure LDAP tasks, but no more than one of any other task type. You can add a new task for a task type that you do not already have in the profile. Also, you can save your changes to a profile or task settings at any time.
Deleting a task from a profile
You can delete any unneeded tasks from your profile.
Running all tasks at the same time
You can run all the tasks in a profile at the same time. Disabled tasks do not run.
Running a single task
You can run each configuration task individually. Disabled tasks will not run.
Checking the task status
Task execution messages are displayed in the console pane when you run a task, and you can view the status of a specific task at any time.
Viewing the session log
The session log contains information about the tasks that were run in the current session of Configuration Manager. As you run additional tasks for the same or a different profile, new messages are added to the log. When you exit Configuration Manager, the session log is cleared.

Parent topic: Configuration Manager user interface reference