Foglight 6.1.0 - Installing Foglight on Windows with an External MySQL Database

Foglight settings

Foglight can run with its default settings. Edit these settings if you need to change run-time parameters such as settings for running the Management Server in High Availability (HA) mode or the ports that the Management Server uses. Many Foglight settings can be changed by editing the file <foglight_home>\config\server.config, which contains settings.


	NOTE: In certain configurations the Management Server may use ports in addition to the ones that you set using server.config. See the Administration and Configuration Guide for details.

For more details, see these topics:

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Editing the server.config file

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Changing external database credentials

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Importing self-signed certificates to Foglight TrustStore

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Setting up an encrypted database connection with SSL

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Setting up an encrypted LDAP connection with SSL

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Using encryption when sending email from Foglight

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Configuring ports

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Setting the SQL Parser properties

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Setting memory parameters for the server

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Adding command-line options

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Binding the Management Server to an IP address

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Configuring Foglight to use stronger encryption

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Configuring Foglight to use the HTTPS port

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Setting the length of Foglight sessions

Editing the server.config file

The <foglight_home>\config\server.config file contains parameters for port settings, virtual memory, command-line options, and server federation. You can edit the file using a text editor. Values within quotation marks can be edited.

Changing external database credentials

Use the following method to reconfigure Foglight to start up with a new database password. The password can be updated in the server.config file.


	IMPORTANT: Do not use “<“ and “>” in your password, for example jo<anne>123. These characters corrupt the XML in the server.config file, causing Foglight to fail to start successfully.

To encrypt your database password using the keyman command:

Specify the following from the command line:

> bin\keyman -d [FGLHOME\config] encpwd "<new password>" foglight.defaultkey

The encrypted password appears.

Open the server.config file.

Replace the existing database password with the new encrypted database password on the following line:

server.database.password = "q4056753111e8a24c9a722048fc6df1f0"

Restart the Management Server.