Where to find smarttarget_conf.xml

The Experience Optimization configuration file, smarttarget_conf.xml, is used in several locations in your SDL Tridion Sites installation.

Configure smarttarget_conf.xml in one location and copy it over to the other locations:
Content Delivery
In your Content Delivery Server environment, smarttarget_conf.xml is located in the configuration location of the following Roles:
  • Experience Optimization Management service
  • Experience Optimization Query service
  • Content Deployer
  • (Session-enabled) Content Service
Presentation Server
On the Presentation Server, smarttarget_conf.xml is located in one of the following directories:
  • in a Java Web application, in the WEB-INF/classes directory
  • in a .NET Web application, in the bin\config directory

The Web application also has either the API (RESTful) or the API (in-process) Role installed.