nuxeo.xml file does not reflect nuxeo.conf parameter change.

[yginieys_]

Using nuxeo 5.5, I changed the SMTP configuration in the Admin console, but it has no effect (even after restart). The default configuration is still used (mail.smtp.host=localhost).

The nuxeo.conf file includes the correct SMTP parameters (mail.smtp.host=<correct_smtp>).

The issue is with the nuxeo.xml configuration file located in NUXEO_HOME/conf/Catalina/localhost which contains the old default parameter.

This file is left unchanged by the restarts. I guess the nuxeo.xml file should be rewrited at each restart to include nuxeo.conf updated values.

Is it right ?

What is the the correct value to be found in the live nuxeo.xml ?

Something like :

<Resource auth="Container" name="Mail" type="javax.mail.Session"
        mail.store.protocol="pop3"
        mail.pop3.host="pop3.nosuchhost.nosuchdomain.com"
        mail.pop3.user="nobody"
        mail.transport.protocol="smtp"
        mail.smtp.host="localhost" mail.smtp.port="25"
        mail.smtp.starttls.enable="false"
        mail.smtp.auth="false"
        mail.smtp.user="anonymous"
        password="password" mail.from="noreply@nuxeo.com"
        mail.debug="false" />

Or something like :

<Resource auth="Container" name="Mail" type="javax.mail.Session"
        mail.store.protocol="${mail.store.protocol}"
        mail.pop3.host="${mail.pop3.host}"
        mail.pop3.user="${mail.user}"
        mail.transport.protocol="${mail.transport.protocol}"
        mail.smtp.host="${mail.smtp.host}" mail.smtp.port="${mail.smtp.port}"
        mail.smtp.starttls.enable="${mail.smtp.usetls}"
        mail.smtp.auth="${mail.smtp.auth}"
        mail.smtp.user="${mail.smtp.username}"
        password="${mail.smtp.password}" mail.from="${mail.from}"
        mail.debug="${mail.debug}" />

Thanks

[Julien_Carsique · Accepted solution]

You're right.

At startup (or simply by running ./bin/nuxeoctl configure), the file conf/Catalina/localhost/nuxeo.xml must be overwritten by templates/default/conf/Catalina/localhost/nuxeo.xml with the values you customized in nuxeo.conf.

Which configuration templates do you use (what is the value of nuxeo.templates)?

[yginieys_]

Here are the templates we are using

[Julien_Carsique]

As suggested by Benjamin, check the value of nuxeo.force.generation.

[yginieys_]

I've found something interesting.

[Julien_Carsique]

Ok, that's the issue. It comes from the "target" path used by templates. Look into templates/default/nuxeo.defaults, there must be

[Julien_Carsique]

With the default target value, the wrong path should be nxserver/conf/Catalina/localhost/nuxeo.xml, whereas server/default/deploy/... looks like a JBoss path, I wonder where it comes from. Didn't you mixed Tomcat and JBoss packages or templates? Or don't you have some JBoss properties in /etc/init.d/nuxeo?

[yginieys_]

Thanks Julien.

[Julien_Carsique]

The *.target property in each nuxeo.defaults file must be named accordingly to its container template. Here, it must be named "stepnet.target" so it won't override the one of the "default" template.

[Alice_]

I have got the same problem and I have noticed the following thing