Bootstrap configurations

The Configuration and Management components need their own configuration, known as bootstrap configuration. Much of the bootstrap configuration relates to connectivity and the interconnected processes of various components.

Each of the components has its own bootstrap configuration, located in the following files:
  • <Install_Home>/ManagementAgent/config/bootstrap.properties
  • <Install_Home>/ManagementConsole/config/bootstrap.properties

The configuration repository is the database where the configuration settings are stored. Bootstrap configuration of the configuration repository is included with both the management agent and the application configuration client.

  • The configuration repository is accessed by the management agent in order to maintain it.
  • The configuration repository is accessed the application configuration client (the application whose configuration we are maintaining) in order to read it and to modify its own behavior accordingly.
There are four bootstrap configuration items types: