Communities configuration properties
Configuration properties control various features within Communities and also help in the optimization of server performance. They require a Communities application or server restart to take effect.You can check out and modify the following configuration properties in the communities-config.xml file. The properties are listed in alphabetical order.
activeContentFilter.enabled
When enabled, this property prevents the addition of active content (JavaScript™) in any text input field.
This property takes a Boolean value: true or false.
Note: Disable this filter introduces vulnerability to cross-site scripting (XSS) and other type of malicious attacks. See Securing applications from malicious attack for additional information.
descriptionSummary.size
This property determines the maximum number of characters in a community description to display in the Public Communities or My Communities view.
This property takes an integer value.
pagingSupport.communityListTags.pageSize
Determines the maximum number of tags displayed on the Public Communities and My Communities tabs.
This property takes an integer value.
pagingSupport.dbNameTypeAhead.pageSize
Determines the maximum number of matching names to display in the type-ahead suggestion field when users start typing the names of people to add to a community. These names are retrieved from the SNCOMM.MEMBERPROFILE database table.
This property takes an integer value.
pagingSupport.defaultPageSize
This property determines the maximum number of communities displayed on a page. The default value is 10.
This property takes an integer value.
Decrease the number to speed paging.
pagingSupport.ldapNameSearch.pageSize
Determines the maximum number of LDAP users returned when users click Search Directory to search the LDAP directory for a name when adding members to a community.
pagingSupport.memberNameTypeAhead.pageSize
Determines the maximum number of users displayed by the type-ahead application when users click Search Directory to search the LDAP directory for a name when adding members to a community.
pagingSupport.tagNameTypeAhead.pageSize
Determines the maximum number of tags displayed by the type-ahead application when users add new tags to a community.
show.StartCommunity.To.Unauthenticated
When enabled, this property displays the Start a community button to unauthenticated users.
This property takes a Boolean value: true or false.
task.EventLogCleanup.enabled
Enables or disables the event log cleanup task.
This property accepts the following values: true or false.
task.EventLogCleanup.interval
Specifies the interval at which the event log cleanup task runs.
This parameter is specified using Cron format. For more information about using the Cron format, see Scheduling tasks.
When you change the interval property, the new schedule is registered the next time that Communities is started on any server in the Communities cluster (if there is one).
task.LifecycleRetryQueuedEvents.enabled
Enables or disables the life-cycle retry queued events task.
This property accepts the following values: true or false.
task.LifecycleRetryQueuedEvents.interval
Specifies the interval at which the life-cycle retry queued events task runs.
This parameter is specified using Cron format. For more information about using the Cron format, see Scheduling tasks.
When you change the interval property, the new schedule is registered the next time that Communities is started on any server in the Communities cluster (if there is one).
Parent topic
Change Communities configuration property valuesRelated concepts
Securing applications from malicious attack
Scheduling tasks
Related tasks
Protecting against malicious active content
Apply property changes in Communities
IBM Connections configuration property values
Apply common configuration property changesRelated reference
Communities administrative commands
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