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Configuring applications centrally

For background information, see Common Configuration Manager plug-in.

In complex XBOUND environments, it is recommended to configure XBOUND applications centrally and then link to the configuration file from the client computers.

This is also the procedure to use to specify additional application servers (platform servers) to use for automatic load balancing or failover.

Use this procedure to create and use a central configuration file:

  1. Using the XBOUND Management Center, open a console containing the Common Configuration Manager.

    Note: In order to save changes in the Common Configuration Manager, you must run the Management Center as an Administrator.

  2. In the Common Configuration Manager, select File > New Enterprise Configuration File.

  3. A dialog is displayed where you can select a location and a file name. Be sure to select a location that is accessible from all client computers that you intend to configure centrally. Click Save.

    The file name is xboundConfigurationCommon.foxconfig (default location C:\Program Files\ReadSoft\xbound).

  4. A message is displayed. Click Yes to confirm that the local configuration file is to refer to this new configuration file, or select No if the local configuration file is to remain independent from this file (but other files will refer to the new configuration file – see step 7).

    The message dialog closes, and a new item, Enterprise Common Properties, is added in the navigation pane.

  5. For each (common or application-specific) setting that you want to configure centrally, take these steps:

    • Then, in the navigation pane, select Local Common Properties, or an application under it (if you are configuring an application-specific setting). Reset to the enterprise setting by emptying it (select the field contents and press Delete on your keyboard) and pressing Enter. A link appears, which leads you to where you have defined the setting (which should be the enterprise file).

      The log level is a little different: If you want the log level to be set by the enterprise file, click the different levels until you see Log level turn into a link:

      This tells you that the settings are the same. If you hover over the link, the node that the setting matches is emphasized in the Navigation pane.

  6. Distribute the local configuration file to the rest of the clients.

  7. On the client computers, open the enterprise configuration file by selecting File > Link to Enterprise Configuration File and then selecting the file.

Configuring common application settings

Configuring application-specific settings

Setting up XBOUND: Overview