MOVEit Automation Web Admin uses the information that is specified in the config.properties file to process configuration information.

The config.properties file is in the <HOME>\MOVEit\MOVEit Automation Web Admin\Tomcat\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\classes\ directory.

Where <HOME> is the MOVEit Automation directory that is created during installation.

To access and edit the config.properties file you must have administrative access.

To edit the config.properties file:

  1. Open the config.properties file in a text editor "As Administrator".
  2. Edit the property as required.
  3. To save the config.properties file, close the file and restart MOVEit Automation Web Admin service in Services or Task Manager.
    Tip: If your Web Admin login page is not updated after the restart, clear your browsing data to force an update.

For example, to add additional hosts, edit the comma-separated central.hosts property list. If the central.hosts property lists the following servers, the Web Admin Server host can connect to Server001, Server002, or Server003.

central.hosts=Server001,Server002,Server003

Property

Description

central.hosts=_CENTRAL_HOSTS

A comma-separated list of the Automation Server hosts to which users can connect.

Edit the list to add or remove hosts from the list of hosts to which users can connect.

central.maxLogsEachPoll=100

The number of log entries per poll from the Automation server.

The default is 100. Edit this number to increase or decrease the number of log entries per poll from the Automation server.

security.auth.accessTokenExpiresInMinutes=5

The number of minutes after which an access token expires.

The default is 5. Edit this number to increase or decrease the number of minutes after which an access token expires. You can increase the default value for convenience or decrease the value to enhance security.

The access token timeout cannot exceed the refresh token timeout.

security.auth.refreshTokenExpiresInMinutes=15

The number of minutes after which a refresh token or the Web Admin UI user session expires.

The default is 15. Edit this number to increase or decrease the number of minutes after which a refresh token expires. You can increase the default value for convenience or decrease the value to enhance security.

Important:

If you increase the Web Admin refresh token time‑to‑live (TTL) from the default value of 15 minutes, you must also update the corresponding registry value on the MOVEit Automation server.

Set the CommandReceiveTimeoutMinutes registry key in the HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Standard Networks\MOVEitCentral registry location to a value that is equal to or greater than the refresh token TTL configured by security.auth.refreshTokenExpiresInMinutes.

If the registry value is lower than the configured refresh token TTL, the Web Admin authentication thread may be closed prematurely, which can result in authentication‑related error messages and unexpected session termination.

After updating the registry, restart the MOVEit Automation services for the change to take effect.

api.defaultListPageSize=20

The number of items per page returned by the REST API.

The default is 20. Edit this number to increase or decrease the number of items per page returned by the REST API.