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Copy the PhixFlow Webapp into Tomcat

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The PhixFlow webapp must be configured to give access to the database user that has been created to hold the PhixFlow data.

  1. Copy phixflow-datasource.xml.<database>.example to phixflow-datasource.xml

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  2. Edit the properties for <bean id="dataSource".....

For example:

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languagexml
<property name="url">
	<value>[CONNECTION STRING]</value>
</property>
<property name="username">
	<value>[USERNAME]</value>
</property>
<property name="password">
	<value>[PASSWORD]</value>
</property>

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Initially, simply copy the example file phixflow-instance.xml.example to phixflow-instance.xml.

Configure phixflow-login.xml
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phixflowDomainsXmlInstall
phixflowDomainsXmlInstall
 
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phixflow-login
phixflow-login

The PhixFlow webapp can be configured to authenticate users’ usernames and passwords against an external Domain / Active Directory or SAML Single Sign-on server e.g. Active Directory Federation Services server.

Initially, simply copy the example file phixflow-login.xml.example to phixflow-login.xml.

See also Configure Login Forms.

Configure logback.xml 
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logging
logging
 
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logback
logback

The logback.xml file controls detailed event/error logging on the server.

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For instructions on how to change the name of the log file generated, see below.

Please contact PhixFlow Support for instructions on how to integrate this into other logging frameworks (e.g. Google Cloud's stackdriver).

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If it is ever necessary to change the logback.xml, those changes will take effect within a minute or so, without having to restart the Tomcat server.

Configure phixflow-logging.

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phixflow-logging
phixflow-logging

The phixflow-logging.xml file contains a list of directories that contain log files, and is used when downloading log files from the GUI.

Initially, simply copy the example file phixflow-loginlogging.xml.example to phixflow-loginlogging.xml.

It is not necessary to make any further changes to this file unless so instructed by PhixFlow Support.

Using Your own Logo in PhixFlow

Optionally, you can configure PhixFlow to display your own company logo. You need a vector graphic .svg file of your logo, renamed as customerLogo.svg (case sensitive). Add the file to  $TOMCAT/webapps/phixflow/gui/images/

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