Corticon Server provides properties that specify property names and default values of user-configurable behaviors in Corticon Servers.

The settings file brms.properties is installed at the root of [CORTICON_WORK_DIR] for each Server installation. If you install Studio and Server on one machine and accept the default colocating paths, one brms.properties file is installed to be shared by Studio and Server:



About the brms.properties file

  • It is good practice to back up the file before you start to make changes.
  • When installed separately, the Studio and Server brms.properties files are identical.
  • If you delete the file, it does not get recreated at restart. However, as these are overrides to default properties, there is no loss of features or functionality when the file is not present.
  • In the absence of a brms.properties file, you can simply list property settings in a text file, and then save it to its proper location as brms.properties.
  • An update of the installation will preserve a modified brms.properties file, and will add the default file if none is present.

Enabling settings listed in the default brms.properties file

The file lists properties that users commonly want to change. Each group of properties provides descriptive comments and the commented default name=value pair.

To specify a preferred value for a listed property, edit the file, remove the # from the beginning of a property's line, and then add your preferred value after the equals sign. For example, to express a preference for decimal values displayed and rounded to two places instead of the six places preset for this property, locate the line: 
#decimalscale=6
and then change it to 
decimalscale=2

Adding unlisted settings to brms.properties file

Some locations in the documentation tell you about other property settings that you might want to add to the settings file. Or you might be directed by technical support or your Progress representative to add or change settings to provide certain behaviors or functions.
For example, to change interval of diagnostic readings from five minutes to two minutes, add the following line to the brms.properties file -- it does not matter where in the file as long as it is on a separate line: 
com.corticon.server.DiagnosticWaitTime=120000
If you add the same property more than once in the settings file, the last instance takes precedence.

Saving and applying the revised Server property settings

When your changes are complete, you can choose to save the settings file with its default name and location, but you could save a copy with a useful name, such as debuggingLogSettingsbrms.properties.

However, Server requires that the file named brms.properties, and is located at the root of the work directory. You can copy an alternative properties file to rename it, and then paste into the standard location with the expected name.

For the revised settings to take effect, save the edited file, and then restart the Corticon Server.

Note: Property settings you list in your brms.properties replace corresponding properties that have default settings. They do not append to an existing list. For example, if you want to add a new DateTime mask to the built-in list, be sure to include all the masks you intend to use, not just the new one. If your brms.properties file contains only the new mask, then it will be the only mask Corticon uses.
Note: Adminstrative APIs for certain transient property settings - A running instance of Corticon Server can modify certain properties through API method calls. While settings in brms.properties persist across Corticon Server sessions, changes applied through APIs only remain in effect for that Corticon Server session. When Corticon Server starts a new session, it will use its default settings and apply the brms.properties file.