Configuration file ajax.ini

Overview

The configuration file WEB-INF/ajax.ini contains central parameters for LogWeb/Ajax. You usually only configure:

You require the following settings only in special cases:

Note:

User administration parameters

When you set up the user administration, you need to change the directory paths to the user profiles and group profiles. This enables easier updates and backups in the future.

Parameter Meaning
UserDatabase Determines the form of user administration:
  • Default settings: file
    The specific LOG-WEB attributes are passed on to the LOG-WEB server if necessary.
    The login name is passed to the LOG-WEB server only as a comment.
  • Alternative: logweb
    Only the Group, Password, and ChangePassword parameters as well as all general attributes that begin with underscore (_) are read from the LOG-WEB user files; all other data is ignored.
    The login name is passed on to the LOG-WEB server for verification.
UserProfiles Directory path to the user files USER.ini
  • Default settings: userdb/empty/users
  • Can also be located outside of the Web application
  • For UserDatabase = logweb, the path to the LOG-WEB user directory must be entered here, for example c:/logweb73/server/config/user
GroupProfiles Directory path to the group files GROUP.ini

Directory parameters

When you set up the directory system you need to change the directory paths to the user profiles, group profiles and custom data. This enables easier updates and backups in the future.

Parameter Meaning
CustomData Path to the custom directory with company-specific adjustments
  • Default settings: custom (empty directory)
  • Can also be located outside of the Web application
UserData Path to the directory with user-specific parameters
  • Default settings: userdb/data/userdata (empty directory)
  • Can also be located outside of the Web application
GroupData Path to your directory with group-specific parameters
  • Default settings: userdb/data/groupdata (contains test connections)
  • Can also be located outside of the Web application

WebSpool parameters

You usually do not need to change the following settings:

Parameter Meaning
SpoolRootDir Basic directory for all documents. Read and write permission is required for the Web application. The directory can have a relative or an absolute path.
SpoolCacheRefresh Period of time necessary for updating the internal cache directory
  • Default setting: 2 (seconds)
SpoolArchiveLifetime

Period of time (in minutes) that a document remains in the "archive" directory after a session ends. After this period of time expires, the document is deleted.

Period of time > 0 Document is deleted from the archive when the session has expired.
Period of time = 0 Document is not archived.
Period of time < 0 Document is archived without monitoring the time.

  • Default setting: 0 (???Keine Archivierung???)

Other parameters for LogWeb/Ajax

You usually do not need to change the following settings:

Parameter Meaning
Language Language settings for output and standard displays
  • Default settings: de (German)
  • Alternative: en (international)
KeepAlive Maximum timeout (in minutes) before a client session automatically ends, if the session does not respond to the server.
  • Default setting: 5 (minutes)
LogLevel Level for protocol output
  • Default setting: 2 (suggested value)
  • Alternatives:
    • 0: No Output
    • 1: Error messages only
    • 2: Important messages
    • 3: Include Data
    • 4: Include Program Flow
    • 5: Include Program Details
    • 6: Include internal Events
    • 7: Include Test Output
    • 8: Include Debug Output
    • 9: All Events and Data
  • Can also be defined in the connection template. This information has priority.
  • Can also be defined for individual sessions in session administration; this information has priority and is only valid for the time of an individual session.
LogHeader Comma-separated list of variables recorded for every log output.
  • Default settings:
    _SessionID, _ScreenID, _User, _RemoteAddr

Parameters for UNIX access

If you want to allow the "Park Session" function in a UNIX connection template, the cache parameters specified here may not be sufficient; in this case, you can increase the buffer size:

Parameter Meaning
VTCacheStartup The initial size of the cache to support the Park Session function.
  • Default setting: 10000 (Bytes)
VTCache The current size of the cache to support the Park Session function.
  • Default setting: 10000 (Bytes)
OfflineDirectory Directory for UNIX log files
  • Default setting: traces

Parameters for the LOG-WEB server

You usually do not need to change the following settings:

Parameter Meaning
LogWebServer IP address of the LOG-WEB server
  • Default setting: 127.0.0.1
  • Can also be defined in the connection template. This information has priority.
LogWebServerPort Port number of the LOG-WEB server
  • Default setting: 5000
  • Can also be defined in the connection template. This information has priority.
LogWebUser Login name of the LOG-WEB server
  • Default setting: (empty)
    In this case, the individual login name is automatically transferred to LOG-WEB.
  • Can also be defined in the connection template. This information has priority.
  • Example: demo
LogWebApplication Application file of the LOG-WEB server
  • Default setting: (empty)
    In this case, a selection dialog is automatically displayed in the terminal emulation if multiple applications for the LogWeb user are set up in LOG-WEB.
  • Can also be defined in the connection template. This information has priority.
  • Example: appl/demo/9750-offline-demo.ini

The following information is intended for special cases.

Parameter Meaning
LogWebHttpd HTTPD server over which the LOG-WEB server is available
  • Default setting: (empty)
    In this case, the HTTPS server that is set up for LogWeb/Ajax is used.
  • Alternative: http://servername[:port]
Timeout Maximum timeout (in seconds) before forcing an output to the client
  • Defalt setting: 0
    In this case the default value in the LOG-WEB server is used.
EmptyTimeout Maximum timeout (in milliseconds) before an empty reply from the host is transferred to the client.
  • Default setting: 100