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Configure the Stages Server

General Configuration of Stages

Configuration File

Stages can be configured in the <StagesInstallDir>/tomcat/webapps/pkit/WEB-INF/conf/ PKitConfig.xml configuration file. In its properties section some parameters can be configured by introducing name-value pairs. For information about existing configuration parameters and their effect please contact the Stages support.

The following code configures a value of “value.of.property” for the configuration property “name.of.property”:

<properties>
 <property name="name.of.property" value="value.of.property"/>
</properties>

Configuration of Stages Service Parameter

Stages service can be configured in the tomcat service configuration GUI<StagesInstallDir>\tomcat \bin\tomcatw.exe. To start the tomcat GUIplease run the following command in MS-DOS shell:

bin>tomcatw.exe ESprojectkit

In the Java tab you can configure additional Java start parameter for Stages that are listed below:

  • Xmx (Max memory pool): 1024 MB
  • Xms (Initial memory pool): 512 MB
  • Remote monitoring of Stages application via JConsole or SVisualVM
    • ​​​Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.port=8055
    • Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.authenticate=false
    • Dcom.sun.management.jmxremote.ssl=false
  • Set Option for not garbage collected Java heap size, the so called permanent generation:
    • XX:MaxPermSize=256m
    • XX:PermSize=256m