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Miscellaneous Dari configuration

You can configure the following Dari features in the Tomcat context.xml file, where options are expressed as name-value pairs.

Signed cookies

The following table lists available context.xml configuration values for signed cookies.

KeyTypeDescription
dari/cookieSecretjava.lang.StringUsed by the JspUtils class to implement secure signed cookies. Enter a reasonably long random string of characters.

Caching filter

The following table lists available context.xml configuration values for caching filters.

KeyTypeDescription
dari/isCachingFilterEnabledjava.lang.BooleanUsed by CachingDatabaseFilter to create or not create an instance of CachingDatabase.

Mail provider

The following table lists available context.xml configuration values for outgoing mail servers.

KeyTypeDescription
dari/defaultMailProviderjava.lang.StringSpecifies the default email provider configuration. (For information about default configurations, see Configuration identifiers, key prefixes, and defaults.)
dari/mailProvider/{id}/classjava.lang.StringMail provider class that implements the MailProvider interface. Set the value to the fully qualified class name. You can specify a custom class or SmtpMailProvider provided with Brightspot. For the default class, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultMailProvider.
dari/mailProvider/{id}/hostjava.lang.StringHost on which your mail provider runs. For the default host, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultMailProvider.
dari/mailProvider/{id}/portjava.lang.StringPort number on which the outgoing mail server is running. For the default port, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultMailProvider.
dari/mailProvider/{id}/usernamejava.lang.StringUsername for the outgoing mail server. For the default username, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultMailProvider.
dari/mailProvider/{id}/passwordjava.lang.StringPassword for the outgoing mail server. For the default password, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultMailProvider.

The following snippet configures a default outgoing mail server with ID mymailserver.

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<Environment name="dari/defaultMailProvider" type="java.lang.String" value="mymailserver" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mymailserver/class" type="java.lang.String" value="com.psddev.dari.util.SmtpMailProvider" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mymailserver/host" type="java.lang.String" value="mysmtpserver.amazonaws.com" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mymailserver/port" type="java.lang.String" value="8080" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mymailserver/username" type="java.lang.String" value="handsome" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mymailserver/password" type="java.lang.String" value="evenmorehandsome" />

SMS provider

The following table lists available context.xml configuration values for outgoing SMS services.

KeyTypeDescription
dari/defaultSmsProviderjava.lang.StringSpecifies the default SMS provider configuration. (For information about default configurations, see Configuration identifiers, key prefixes, and defaults.)
dari/smsProvider/{id}/classjava.lang.StringSMS provider class that implements the SmsProvider interface. Set the value to the fully qualified class name. You can specify a custom class or TwilioSmsProvider provided with Brightspot. For the default class, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultSmsProvider.
dari/smsProvider/{id}/accountSidjava.lang.StringYour account ID with the SMS provider. For the default account ID, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultSmsProvider.
dari/smsProvider/{id}/authTokenjava.lang.StringAuthentication token for you SMS account. For the default token, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultSmsProvider.
dari/smsProvider/{id}/defaultFromNumberjava.lang.StringDefault "from" number appearing on recipients' devices. For the default number, replace \{id\} with the value that you set for dari/defaultSmsProvider.

The following snippet configures a default outgoing mail server with ID mysmsprovider.

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<Environment name="dari/defaultSmsProvider" type="java.lang.String" value="mysmsprovider" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mysmsprovider/class" type="java.lang.String" value="com.psddev.dari.util.TwilioSmsProvider" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mysmsprovider/accountSid" type="java.lang.String" value="ACXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mysmsprovider/authToken" type="java.lang.String" value="myauthenticationtoken" />
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<Environment name="dari/mailProvider/mymailserver/defaultFromNumber" type="java.lang.String" value="+15017122661" />

Overriding configuration values

Almost every <environment> element in context.xml includes a Boolean override attribute.

  • If true, the corresponding setting in the webapp’s web.xml takes precedence over the setting in context.xml.
  • If false, the setting in context.xml takes precedence over the corresponding setting in the webapp’s web.xml.

For example, the following stanza appears in web.xml.

Configuration in web.xml

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<env-entry>
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<env-entry-name>cms/tool/isAutoCreateUser</env-entry-name>
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<env-entry-type>java.lang.Boolean</env-entry-type>
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<env-entry-value>true</env-entry-value>
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</env-entry>

The following corresponding element appears in context.xml.

Configuration in context.xml

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<Environment name="cms/tool/isAutoCreateUser" type="java.lang.Boolean" value="false" override="false" />

In this scenario, the value false in "Configuration in context.xml" takes precedence over the value in "Configuration in web.xml," because the override attribute is set to false.

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