Use the Server Options tab to configure miscellaneous properties for Progress Application Server.

Property Default value Description
Shutdown port – Specify the port number to shutdown the server that is running.

The values can range from 1024 to 65535. To disable the shutdown port, set the value to -1.

You must specify a value in Windows, but this is optional in UNIX.

Shutdown password SHUTDOWN Specify a private shutdown port access code to prevent one server instance from being shutdown by anyone.
Note: If the shutdown port is specified, you must change this value to avoid insecure configuration.
Stuck session valve ON –
Stuck thread threshold (seconds) 600 Specify the maximum amount of time, in seconds, an active HTTP request can be running before it is considered as HUNG and is reported in the server log file.
Max threads 300 Specify the maximum number of OS process threads the PAS server can use.
Minimum spare threads 10 Specify the number of spare threads the server will reserve for future client operations.
Web application directory webapps Specify the location of the directory where the web applications are to be deployed. If not specified, the Tomcat's default directory webapps is used.

If a relative path is specified, it will be relative to the instance's root directory. If an absolute path is used, it must conform to a single platform type.
Common library path – Specify a comma-delimited list of library paths.

The delimiter is platform dependent, and the format of the path must conform to the Tomcat's common library path format (https://tomcat.apache.org/tomcat-9.0-doc/class-loader-howto.html).
Auto deploy WAR files false Select the checkbox to enable the security settings used by the tomcat server for deploying web applications.

The default value depends on whether the PAS instance is created as a development or a production security configuration. In a production configuration, the default is false. In a development configuration, the default is true.
Unpack WAR files true Select the checkbox to allow unpacking of web archive (.war) files when the PAS instance is started.
Version logger ON Use the ON/OFF toggle switch to enable or disable logging the command line arguments passed to Java when Tomcat is started.
Log command line arguments true Select the checkbox to log the command line arguments passed to Java when Tomcat is started.
Log environment variables false Select the checkbox to log the current environment variables when Tomcat is started.
Log java system properties false Select the checkbox to log the current Java system properties when Tomcat is started.