Server.xml file

Spotfire Server is implemented as a Tomcat web application. For this reason, it uses a standard Tomcat web application configuration file, server.xml, to store information it needs when starting. This file is stored in the <installation dir>/tomcat/conf/ directory.

In general, there are two reasons that an administrator might edit this file:
  • To change port numbers after installation.
  • To tweak Tomcat behavior.
Note that each Spotfire Server in a cluster has a server.xml file.
Note: The variable [SpotfirePort] is set when running the Spotfire Server installer. The variable [ServerHostname]-srv is automatically set by the installer by adding the strings -srv to the server's hostname. This variable must not contain any characters that need escaping, such as "."

For details about the server.xml syntax, see Apache Tomcat documentation at http://tomcat.apache.org/.

For information on editing the file, see Manually editing the server.xml file.

Server hostname example

spotfireserver1.example.com

Note: By default Spotfire Server has three pre-configured connectors. Connectors with connectorType="registration" and connectorType="backend" should not be touched. The public connector (it has no connectorType specified explicitly) can be modified or commented out for load balancing and other purposes.
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