Reference Implementation installation parameters for Windows OS
When carrying out a Windows installation of the Reference Implementation, use this listing of the parameters with descriptions and examples to understand what you are doing
| Parameter | Description | Example | Mandatory (M) or Optional (O) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ClientId | The user id used for authenticating to the Content Delivery system. | cduser | M |
| ClientSecret | The password used for this client id to connect to the Content Delivery services. This needs to be a valid System.Security.SecureString . | In this PowerShell example, a plain text password is converted to a secure string format.$clientSecret = "****" | ConvertTo-SecureString -AsPlainText -Force | M |
| Context | The Tomcat context path to deploy the website. Defaults to "/". | /staging | O |
| DiscoveryUrl | The URL of the Discovery service (CIS). If you are using Content Delivery hosted by SDL, then you can obtain the Discovery Service URL value from SDL Customer Service. | http://mycompany.com:8082/discovery.svc | M |
| EnableFeatures | A comma-separated list of features that you wish to enable in the web app. For now, the only feature that can be included in this list is commenting. | commenting | O |
| LogLevel | Log level, possible values are ALL, TRACE, DEBUG, INFO, WARN, ERROR, OFF. Default value is WARN. Either lower case or upper case values are acceptable. | INFO | O |
| LogDirectory | The directory where the log files are stored. Default location is inside the tomcat installation folder (for example C:/Program Files/Apache Software Foundation/Tomcat 8.5/webapps/ROOT/logs/DXA). | c:/temp/web-app/logs | O |
| TomcatServiceName | Windows Service name of the Tomcat installation. When not specified looks for a service with the name "Tomat8" or "Tomcat9". | Tomcat8 | O |