Configure LikeMinds

Use a suitable database modification tool or edit the likemindsdb.properties file to configure your LikeMinds server installation. Set the following general lps_cfg parameter information for the LikeMinds server installation:

• Basic server information

• Scheduling LikeMinds events

• Server load management

• Cache behavior

• Recommendation behavior

LikeMinds stores its configuration information in the lps_cfg table of its database, which is initialized with the data in profile_root/pzn/config/runtime/likemindsdb.properties. To update this configuration, you can update this file and reload the configuration data, or you can use any database modification tool, such as SQL*Plus, if you use Oracle to modify the LikeMinds configuration parameters. To update configuration values, perform these steps:

1. Stop the WebSphere Portal server.

2. Either:

   • Edit the likemindsdb.properties file manually and run the following ANT configuration task: ConfigEngine.{bat|sh} likeminds-load-config -DWasPassword=password

   • or, use the DB modification tool to update the configuration directly.

3. Start the WebSphere Portal server.

• Estimating database size

  The size of your database depends on your application, as well as the number of users and items. View some general guidelines for estimating the size of your database, but your results may vary.

• Database performance

  View some guidelines for performance optimization in your LikeMinds database.

• Scheduling LikeMinds Events

  Use the lps.schedule setting to schedule events to be fired at specific dates and times.

• Specifying recommendation behavior

  You can configure several parameters that affect the way the LikeMinds server generates recommendations.

Parent topic:

An introduction to LikeMinds

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