Edit the CSEnvironment.properties file

To modify any Lotus Collaborative Services environment properties, stop the portal server, locate the file in a location specific to your platform, back up the file before editing it, use a text editor to open and modify it, and then restart the server.

1. Use the following commands to stop WebSphere Portal:

   1. Open a command prompt and change to the following directory:

      • Windows: profile_root\bin

      • UNIX: profile_root/bin

      • i5/OS: profile_root/bin

   2. Enter the following command to stop the WebSphere_Portal server, where WebSphere_Portal is the name of the WebSphere Portal server:

      • Windows: stopServer.bat WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password

      • UNIX: ./stopServer.sh WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password

      • i5/OS: stopServer WebSphere_Portal -username admin_userid -password admin_password

   profile_root is the name of the WAS profile where WebSphere Portal is installed; for example, wp_profile.

2. Open the CSEnvironment.properties file in a text editor. The file is located in the following directory:

   • Windows: profile_root\PortalServer\config\config

   • UNIX: profile_root/PortalServer/config/config

   • i5/OS: profile_root/PortalServer/config/config

3. Before making any changes, make a backup copy of the CSEnvironment.properties file.

4. Edit the CSEnvironment.properties file to include the desired values.

5. Remove the comment tag (#) from the beginning of each edited line.

6. Save the changes.

7. Use the following commands to restart the portal server:

   1. Open a command prompt and change to the following directory:

      • Windows: profile_root\bin

      • UNIX: profile_root/bin

      • i5/OS: profile_root/bin

   2. Enter the following command to start the WebSphere_Portal server, where WebSphere_Portal is the name of the WebSphere Portal server:

      • Windows: startServer.bat WebSphere_Portal

      • UNIX: ./startServer.sh WebSphere_Portal

      • i5/OS: startServer WebSphere_Portal

   profile_root is the name of the WAS profile where WebSphere Portal is installed; for example, wp_profile.

Parent topic:

Collaborative Services environment properties

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