About Properties Files

Good Intranet Server contains the following property files:

• Config.props is the default property file. It contains the most-common Server properties and defaults. This file also contains some supplemental properties for fine-tuning your server installation. These properties are commented out.
• Applicationname.props is the application properties files. These are properties files you create for your applications. Good Intranet includes a generic properties file named generic.props and it applies to all applications that do not have an application-specific properties file.
• When you first install Good Intranet Server, the server makes a backup of the server configuration file and saves it as config.props.bak. You can use this file to restore the original server defaults if desired.

Important: Only the default properties in config.props and associated application properties files (applicationname.props) are actively referenced by Good Intranet Server during startup. To use a supplemental property included in config.props, remove the comment marking (#) in front of the property.

The Default Properties File

Most configuration options described in this chapter are located in the config.props file. This file is located in:

install_dir\config.props

The table below describes major sections in the file and where to go for further information about properties included in these sections:

Sections of the Good Intranet Properties File (config.props)

Section	Description	For More Information
Client Configuration	Sets the default Good Intranet home page and internet access permissions for handhelds.	Client Configuration
Content Conversion	Enables the server to optimize content sent to handhelds by compiling and compressing content.	Content Conversion and Transformation
Application Support	Determines how applications and URLs are selected for content transformation. Controls properties files used by applications.	Application Properties Files
Host Substitution	Maps a specified hostname in a URL to a different hostname. You can also use the Good Intranet Server Console to set host substitution.	Host Substitution
URL Substitution	Maps a specified URL path to a different path. You can also use the Good Intranet Server Console to set URL substitution.	URL Substitution
Redirect	Enables Good Intranet Server (rather than handhelds) to handle URL redirection responses from the web server.	Redirected HTTP Requests
Header Management	Enables the server to modify HTTP header requests before forwarding the requests to their destination hosts.	Header Management
Differential Data	Enables the server to incrementally update documents stored on handhelds.	Differential Data
Response Size	Enables the server to limit the amount of HTTP response content sent to handhelds.	Response Size
Push Support	Enables the server to send push messages to handhelds. Also controls which hosts are allowed to initiate a push command.	Setting Push Properties
Server Console	Contains properties that control the Good Intranet Server Console. This includes properties to enable the console, setting the console port, and console login.	Good Intranet Server Console
Traffic Display	Enables the Good Intranet Server Console to display the amount of data traffic sent to and from handhelds.	Traffic Display
Log Management	Contains properties that control server logging. This includes enabling and disabling different types of logs.	Log Management
SSL Support	Enables Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communications (https) between the server and secure web sites.	SSL Support
NTLM Support	Enables NTLM authentication	NTLM Authentication

Sections of Good Intranet Properties File (config.props)

Section	Description	More Information
Log Management	Contains properties that control server logging. This includes enabling and disabling different types of logs.	Log Management
SSL Support	Enables Secure Socket Layer (SSL) communications (https) between the server and secure web sites.	SSL Support
HTTP Processing	Contains settings for HTTP connection to web servers.
Host Substitution	Maps a specified hostname in a URL to a different hostname. You can also use the Good Intranet Server Console to set host substitution.	Host Substitution
URL Substitution	Maps a specified URL path to a different path. You can also use the Good Intranet Server Console to set URL substitution.	URL Substitution

Application Properties Files

In addition to the config.props file, applications you develop for Good Intranet can have their own properties file to control such things as data transformations and header replacement. Application properties files are located in:

install_dir\app

This directory includes a generic.props file that applies to all applications that don't have an application-specific property file. You can use this file as a template for creating custom properties files for your own applications.