Edit a configuration property so users see your changes the next time they log in,
without having to clear their web browser cache.
Before you begin
Perform this procedure if you made customization changes to the product user interface only.
Note: If you are changing a user interface feature that is not part of LCConfigService (for example,
enabling notification replies), no action is needed because the changes are restricted to the server
side.
To edit configuration files, you must use the wsadmin client. See
Starting the wsadmin client for details.
About this task
Each product web page downloads static script and style sheets that do not change often. To
optimize performance, these pages are cached for extended periods of time so that users need to
download them once per product upgrade. After you make customizations, you can instruct the server
to ensure that all web browsers download new copies of these files. To force web browsers to refresh
all cached content on the next visit, run the following command to update the product version stamp.
The version stamp is automatically updated when you install any ifixes or major product version
upgrades.
Procedure
- Use the wsadmin client to access and check out the IBM® Connections configuration files.
- Enter the following command to load the IBM Connections
configuration file: execfile("connectionsConfig.py")
If you are prompted to
specify a service to connect to, type 1 to
select the first node in the list. Most commands can run on any node.
If the command writes or reads information to or from a file by using
a local file path, you must select the node where the file is stored.
This information is not used by the wsadmin client when you are making
configuration changes.
- Enter the following command
to check out IBM Connections
configuration files:
LCConfigService.checkOutConfig("working_directory","cell_name")
- Enter the following command to increment
the value of the versionStamp property:
Note: This command is required only when a change is made to the product
user interface and the change is to a file checked out using
LCConfigService.
LCConfigService.updateConfig("versionStamp","gmt_timestamp")
where gmt_timestamp is the GMT time. You can specify an empty string for the time
stamp or provide a GMT value string. When you specify an empty string, the client calculates the
current GMT time and updates the version stamp with that value. If you choose to provide the time,
specify it using the following format: yyyyMMdd.HHmmss and specify the time in GMT.
It is best to provide an empty string and let the client format the time stamp. For example:
LCConfigService.updateConfig("versionStamp","").
- When you have made changes, you must check the configuration files
back in and you must do so during the same wsadmin session in which you checked them out for the
changes to take effect. See Applying common configuration property changes for
information about how to save and apply your changes.