Central Configuration Folder

V9.1

Overview

To expedite system configuration and customization, you can set up a folder to manage changes to configuration files from one central location. You run a PowerShell function to map the main application configuration file to the new location.

After you run the PowerShell function, any changes that you make to the configuration files located in the central configuration folder are applied to the system. 

Supported configuration files

Following is a list of the files that you can manage in the central configuration folder. 

Under Shared Resources\Components:

• \DataStreams\Config\DataStreamsAuthorization.config
• \Documentation\Config\Documentation.config
• \Flowtime\Config\Portal\Commands\Default.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\Commands\MessagesServiceMetadata.default.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\Commands\ProcessesServiceMetadata.default.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\Commands\ProcessInstancesServiceMetadata.default.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\Commands\UserInstancesServiceMetadata.default.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\DelegationServiceMetadata.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\DelegatorsServiceMetadata.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\GroupMessagesServiceMetadata.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\MessagesServiceMetadata.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\MessagesServiceMetadata.Portal.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\ProcessesServiceMetadata.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\ProcessInstancesServiceMetadata.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\SharedInstancesServiceMetadata.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\UserInstancesServiceMetadata.config
• \Flowtime\Config\ServiceMetadata\UserInstancesServiceMetadata.Portal.config
• \Flowtime\Config\Services.config
• \Flowtime\Config\Services.Portal.config
• \Forms\SnippetsV8\languages.config
• \WorkflowExplorer\Config\CommandsUI.Default.config
• \WorkflowExplorer\Config\CommandsUI.Mobile.config
• \WorkflowExplorer\Config\WorkflowExplorer.config
• \WorkflowExplorer\Config\WorkflowExplorer.Console.config
• \WorkflowExplorer\Config\WorkflowExplorer.Debug.config
• \WorkflowExplorer\Config\WorkflowExplorer.Dialog.config
• \WorkflowExplorer\Config\WorkflowExplorer.Mobile.config
• \WorkflowLog\Config\WorkflowLog.config

Under Shared Resources\Configuration:

• \MimeTypes.config

Supported locations

Setting up the central configuration folder

Prerequisites

Before you set up the central configuration folder:

• Set up the Application Pool Identity account user that will access the folder.
  The user needs to be:
  • A local user on the target server.
    For details on how to create a local user, see this article.
  • Added to the IIS_USRS group.
    For more details, see this article. 

Procedure

1. Create the central configuration folder in your network or cloud storage service.
2. Move the configuration files to the new location.

3. To map the the application's main configuration file to the new location, run this PowerShell function: Set-CoraSeQuenceSharedConfigurationLocation on all the servers where Cora SeQuence applications are deployed.