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Example Value:

/dspace

Informational Note:

Root directory of DSpace installation. Omit the trailing '/'. Note that if you change this, there are several other parameters you will probably want to change to match, e.g. assetstore.dir .

Example Value:

dspace.hostname = dspace.mysu.edu

Informational Note:

Fully qualified hostname; do not include port number.

Example Value:

http://dspacetest.myu.edu:8080

Informational Note:

Main URL at which DSpace Web UI webapp is deployed. Include any port number, but do not include the trailing '/'.

Example Value:

dspace.url = ${dspace.baseUrl}/jspui

Informational note

DSpace base URL. URL that determines whether JSPUI or XMLUI will be loaded by default. Include port number etc., but NOT trailing slash. Change to /xmlui if you wish to use the xmlui (Manakin) as the default, or remove "/jspui" and set webapp of your choice as the "ROOT" webapp in the servlet engine.

Example Value:

dspace.oai.url = ${dspace.baseUrl}/oai

Informational note:

The base URL of the OAI webapp (do not include /request).

Example Value:

dspace.name = DSpace at My University

Informational Note:

Short and sweet site name, used throughout Web UI, e-mails and elsewhere (such as OAI protocol)

Example Value:

db.name = postgres

Informational Note:

Both postgres or oracle are accepted parameters.

Example Value:

db.url = jdbc:postgresql://localhost:5432/dspace_-services

Informational Note:

The above value is the default value when configuring with PostgreSQL. When using Oracle, use this value: jbdc.oracle.thin:@//host:port/dspace

Example Value:

db.username = dspace

Informational Note:

In the installation directions, the administrator is instructed to create the user "dspace" who will own the database "dspace".

Example Value:

db.password = dspace5

Informational Note:

This is the password that was prompted during the installation process (cf. 3.2.3. Installation)

Example Value:

db.schema = vra

Informational Note:

If your database contains multiple schemas, you can avoid problems with retrieving the definitions of duplicate objects by specifying the schema name here that is used for DSpace by uncommenting the entry. This property is optional.

Example Value:

db.maxconnections = 30

Informational Note:

Maximum number of Database connections in the connection pool

Example Value:

db.maxwait = 5000

Informational Note:

Maximum time to wait before giving up if all connections in pool are busy (in milliseconds).

Example Value:

db.maxidle = -1

Informational Note:

Maximum number of idle connections in pool. (-1 = unlimited)

Example Value:

db.statementpool = true

Informational Note:

Determines if prepared statement should be cached. (Default is set to true)

Example Value:

db.poolname = dspacepool

Informational Note:

Specify a name for the connection pool. This is useful if you have multiple applications sharing Tomcat's database connection pool. If nothing is specified, it will default to 'dspacepool'