Configure LikeMinds

Use a suitable database modification tool or edit the likemindsdb.properties file to configure the 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

All these parameters are set in the likemindsdb.properties file. This file is located in the directory WP_PROFILE/config/runtime/likemindsdb.properties. The file is in ASCII. To edit it, use an ASCII editor.

LikeMinds stores its configuration information in the lps_cfg table of its database, which is initialized with the data in the likemindsdb.properties file. To update this configuration, we can update this file and reload the configuration data, or we can use any database modification tool, to modify the LikeMinds configuration parameters. To update configuration values, complete these steps:

1. Stop the WebSphere_Portal server.

2. Edit the likemindsdb.properties file.

3. Choose the appropriate task to update the configuration:
   likeminds-load-config -DWasPassword=foo
   • AIX SolarisLinux: ./ConfigEngine.sh likeminds-load-config -DWasPassword=foo

   • IBM i: ConfigEngine.sh likeminds-load-config -DWasPassword=foo

   • Use the DB modification tool to update the configuration directly.

4. Start the WebSphere_Portal server.

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

• LikeMinds 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.

• Configure the LikeMinds engines
  

• Specify recommendation behavior
  We can configure several parameters that affect the way the LikeMinds server generates recommendations.

Parent: LikeMinds Recommendations