Configuring Startup Properties

The initial installation and configuration process established values for the properties on the Startup page. This property set represents the absolute minimum required for IBM Alphablox to start up.

1. Log into the IBM Alphablox home page as the admin user or as a user who is a member of the Administrators group.
2. Click the Administration tab. The General page appears.
3. In the General Properties section of the page, click the Startup link to view and modify IBM Alphablox startup properties:

   On the Startup page, you can provide values for the following startup properties:

   Property Name	Default Value	Description
   Instance Name	AlphabloxAnalytics	The name for this instance of IBM Alphablox. This name is determined during installation and cannot be changed unless you reinstall IBM Alphablox. Note: This is NOT the domain name (DNS) of the IBM Alphablox machine.
   Log File Name	Server.log	The name of the log file for this session of IBM Alphablox. It resides in the <repository>/servers/<instanceName>/logs directory.
   Command File Name	abc.console	The name of an optional command file. IBM Alphablox looks for a file by this name during startup, and reads from it a series of IBM Alphablox commands. The commands in this file use the same syntax as those entered through a IBM Alphablox Console.
   Default Message Level	INFO	The minimum (least severe) level of messages to display (and write to the log file). Valid values, in increasing severity, are: DEBUG, VERBOSE, INFO, SYSTEM, WARNING, ERROR, and FATAL. For a description of the message levels, see Message Levels.
   Enable IBM Alphablox Log	Yes	Whether to enable IBM Alphablox to write messages to the log.
   IBM Alphablox Idle Duration	15 minutes	Specifies the number of minutes of IBM Alphablox inactivity before IBM Alphablox suspends. Suspending is a state where IBM Alphablox uses less resources. Any request automatically resumes server activity.
   IBM Alphablox Console Default Message Level	FATAL	The minimum (least severe) level of messages to be sent to System.out (for IBM Alphablox Apache Tomcat implementations, the output is displayed to the Tomcat console). Valid values, in increasing severity, are: DEBUG, VERBOSE, INFO, SYSTEM, WARNING, ERROR, and FATAL.
   Load All User Objects	enabled	Load into memory all user objects. By default, the User Manager stores user objects in the IBM Alphablox Repository. Used in conjunction with the "Keep Users Loaded (in minutes)" setting in the System properties, can be used for more efficient memory management and faster User Manager startup when you have many users.

4. Enter the required values for these properties.
5. Click the Save button to apply the changes.