Managing StreamServer startup arguments

Startup arguments are exported from Design Center to an argument file. The argument file is read by the StreamServer at server startup, and used when running the StreamServer application. In Design Center, you can specify arguments to add to the argument file.

Standard arguments and administrator arguments

There are two categories of arguments:

•	Standard arguments exported to the argument file start.arg. To change these arguments, you must change the arguments in Design Center, export and redeploy the Project, and restart the StreamServer application.

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Administrator arguments exported to the argument file sysadmin.arg. To change these arguments, the administrator can edit sysadmin.arg and restart the StreamServer application. Note that if you export and redeploy the Project, sysadmin.arg is recreated with the arguments exported from Design Center.

Physical Platform layer

The StreamServer application to which the Project is deployed has one working directory per physical layer (you specify which layer to use when you deploy the Project). This means you specify startup arguments for each physical layer.

Where the startup arguments are configured

The startup arguments are configured in the Configure Platform Export dialog box. In this dialog box, there is one Arguments tab for standard arguments, and one Administrator Arguments tab for administrator arguments.

Figure 46

The Configure Platform Export dialog box.

To open the Configure Platform Export dialog box

1	Activate the appropriate physical layer.

2	Right-click the Platform view and select Configure Export. The Configure Platform Export dialog box opens.

3	Select the Arguments tab or Administrator Arguments tab.

Argument lists

Each argument tab contains a list of available arguments, and each argument in the list has a check-box attached.

All arguments that you check will be included in the argument file. Some arguments, for example -langfile, have values that you must specify. To specify these values, you must select the argument and specify the values.

Figure 47

Specifying the value for the -langfile argument.

Custom arguments

The StreamServer can use special arguments that are not included in the argument lists. To add these arguments to the argument files, you must add them as custom arguments:

1	In the Configure Platform Export dialog box, click Edit Custom. The Custom Arguments dialog box opens.

2	Specify the arguments and click OK.

References

Startup argument reference