Sun Java System Portal Server 7.1 Technical Reference

Parameters

The parameters available in the search.conf file and their descriptionare:

search.conf File Parameters

csid=x-catalog://$ HOST:$PORT/$N ICK

Defined at installation. Server identifier string, mainly for backward compatibility with Search Server.

bindir=$CSBIN

Defined at installation. Location of binaries.

database-directory=$CSROOT/db

Defined at installation. Location of database (used by server).

database-root=$CSROOT/db

Defined at installation. Location of database (used by indexer).

database-max-concurrent=8

Limits the number of server threads that can access the database at any one time. You can change this value for performance reasons, but it should be set to about 1.25 times the number of index threads for best performance.

database-name=default

The logical database name. You can change this value to another database including an external one.

database-logdir=db

Directory where database transaction logs are kept.

security-mode=OFF

Enables or disables document level security. Can be reset in the administration console under Server Settings.

security-manager=com.sun.porta l.search.rdms erver.DSameSe curityManager

Security manager class name. Do not edit.

security-dsame-group=OFF

Whether to use group in addition to user role for security control.

debug-logfile=$CSROOT/logs/rdmserver.log

Logs internal server activity. Defined at installation. Can be reset in the administration console under Server Advanced Settings.

debug-loglevel=1

Sets the default log level. Can be reset in the administration console under Server Advanced Settings.

filters-check-dns=on

Checks for number of servers aliased to the same address. Can be reset in the administration console under Robot Simulator.

filters-check-redirect=on

Checks for any server redirects. Can be reset in the administration console under Robot Simulator.

import-config=$CSROOT/config/import.conf

Defined at installation. Contents generated by the Search server when you define an import agent in the administration console under Database Import.

libdir=$CSLIB

Defined at installation.

logfile=$CSROOT/logs/rdm.log

Log of RDM server requests. Defined at installation. Can be reset in the administration console under Server Advanced Settings.

disable-rdm-log=false

Disables RDM request logging. Can be reset in the administration console under Server Advanced Settings.

classification-stats-durin g-browse=true

If true, server records how many documents are found in each browse category.

browse-root-classification=false

Whether to browse for documents at the root of the category tree.

search-logfile=$CSROOT/logs/ searchengine.log

Search engine logfile. Defined at installation. Can be reset in the administration console under Server Advanced Settings.

search-max-index-batch=2000

Maximum number of documents in each index batch.

search-query-threads=6

Number of search query threads. Should be set to 3-6 threads per CPU that you wish to utilize.

search-index-threads=1

Number of search index threads. Usually left at 1.

search-index-type=AWord

The format of the search engine index. Do not edit.

search-index-partition-size=32

The blocking factor used during index merges. Do not edit.

search-dictionary-type=partial

Format of the search dictionary. Do not edit.

search-lookup-limit=-1

Controls the timeout (milliseconds) of slow wildcard searches.

-1 means unlimited.

search-highlights=true

Enable search result highlighting.

search-max-passages=3

Maximum number of dynamic summary passages to generate.

search-passage-context=6

Size of context (in words) around each highlight passage.

#search-field-multipliers="title 1.0"

Search weights assigned to different document fields. Can be a comma separated list.

rdmgr-logfile=$CSROOT/logs/ rdmgr.log

Log file for the indexer process. Defined at installation. Can be reset in the administration console under Server Advanced Settings.

schema-description=$CSROOT/config/schema.rdm

The default Search Engine Schema. Defined at installation.

server-description=$CSROOT/config/server.rdm

The RDM server description returned by server description requests. Defined at installation.

server-root=$CSROOT

Server instance root directory. Defined at installation. Can be reset in the administration console under Server Settings.

taxonomy-database-name=taxonomy

The logical name of the taxonomy index database.

taxonomy-description-refre sh-rate=3600 -> 60

Polling interval for automatic taxonomy reloads.

taxonomy-description=$CSROOT/config/taxonomy.rdm

The RDM Taxonomy definition. Edit using the Category Editor under Categories. Defined at installation.

tmpdir=$CSROOT/tmp

Defined at installation. Can be reset in the administration console under Robot Crawling.

robot-refresh=30000

Number of milliseconds between refreshes of the Robot Control page of the administration console.

admin-category_editor_node s_per_page=25,50,100,250 ,500,-1

List of available choices, defining the maximum number of categories displayed per page.

-1 = display all tree.

admin-category_editor_max_ combo_element=10

Maximum number of elements in the category editor drop down select list of target categories.

The following parameters are not used:

filters-check-virtual

Filters Check Virtual.

multiple-classifications

Multiple Classifications.

reports-exclude-gv-queries

Reports exclude gv queries.

reports-exclude-browse

reports exclude browse.

rdmgr-pidfile

rdmgr pidfile.

rlog-max-logs

rlog max logs.