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Customize the Configuration for CA IAM CS

Previous versions of this connector server were named Java CS or JCS. From CA IdentityMinder 12.6 onwards, the connector server is named CA IAM CS At the same time, we changed the way configuration is handled.

The configuration for CA IAM CS is stored in five configuration files, which are described in Configuration Files for CA IAM CS.

When you upgrade CA IAM CS, any changes you made to the XML configuration files are lost. This loss happens whether you are upgrading from Java CS or from CA IAM CS.

However, any changes you made to the following files are preserved:

• cs_home\conf\override\server_jcs.properties
• cs_home\conf\override\server_ad.properties
• cs_home\conf\override\server_shared.properties
• cs_home\conf\override\server_ui.properties
• cs_home\conf\override\server_common.properties
• cs_home\conf\override\server_ccs.properties

The settings in these files override the settings in the XML configuration files.

For this reason, we recommend that you do not change the settings in the XML configuration files. Instead, add any settings that you want to configure to the properties files in the override folder.

Note: Each XML configuration file has a matching override file. However, the filenames of the override files do not contain _osgi. Otherwise they match. For example, server_ad.properties is the override file for server_osgi_ad.xml.

Follow these steps:

1. If the properties file does not exist, copy the matching sample file and change its name.
2. Open the properties file in a text editor.
3. Edit the values for any of the settings already in the file.
4. If you want to customize other settings, add them to the properties file.

   Ensure that you use property names that match the nested structure of the entries in the XML configuration files.

5. Save the edited properties file.
6. Restart CA IAM CS.