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Configure the UNIX Executive

For UNIX, the Policy Server and Health Monitor processes are monitored by a single executive. The executive reads its settings from the following configuration file:

installation_path/config/siteminder.conf

You can edit this file to change the following settings:

POLICYSERVER_ENABLED

Indicates the state of the Policy Server process when the executive starts running. Set this parameter to YES to enable the process at executive startup.

MONITOR_ENABLED

Indicates the state of the health monitor process when the executive starts running. Set this parameter to YES to enable the process at executive startup.

SMEXEC_UPTIME_THRESHOLD

Indicates the minimum amount of time (in seconds) a Policy Server service must run after startup before the associated executive stops monitoring for frequent crashes. The default value for this parameter is 60.

SMEXEC_RESTART_THRESHOLD

Indicates the maximum number of times the executive attempts to restart a service in the time specified by the SMEXEC_UPTIME_THRESHOLD parameter. If a service crashes more than the number of attempts specified by this parameter, the executive stops attempting to restart the service. The default value for this parameter is five attempts.

To change any of the UNIX Executive parameters

1. Edit the installation_path/config/siteminder.conf file.
2. From a command line, run the following script:

   installation_path/siteminder/bin/stop-all
   

   The Policy Server processes stop.

3. From a command line, run the following script:

   installation_path/siteminder/bin/start-all
   

   The UNIX executive restarts using the new settings in the siteminder.conf file.