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settings.json

The settings.json file holds environmental information (server addresses, passwords, system properties, repository settings, etc.) for your Aspire installation.

What goes in the Settings File?

Appropriate for the settings.xml Configuration File:

  • Node configuration

  • Security configuration

  • Maven repositories

  • App Bundle properties

  • Applications to launch on startup

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Settings File Location


On startup, the Aspire application will automatically attempt to load the settings from the configured provider. Aspire by default uses Elasticsearch as a provider and the settings is expected to be in the aspire-settings index.

The settings file can be uploaded by using the aspire.bat/aspire.sh file with the command "-upload_settings <absolute_settings_path>"  or "-us<absolute_settings_path>" or in the case of using containers it will be uploaded automatically on the startup. 


Structure of settings.json


The settings.json file contains sections for automatically starting system configuration files, setting Aspire system properties, and setting Apache Felix system properties. The overall structure is as follows:

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{
  "settings": {
    "authentication": {
      "tokenExpiration": "30m",
      "refreshExpiration": "1h",
      "type": "Ldap",
      "ldap": {
        "server": "ldap://oldap:389",
        "authentication": "simple",
        "bindDN": "cn=admin,dc=accenture,dc=com",
        "searchBase": "dc=accenture,dc=com",
        "userDNQuery": "(uid={user})",
        "groupsHoldMembers": "true",
        "memberAttr": "uniqueMember",
        "connectTimeout": "3000",
        "roles": [
          {
            "dn": "cn=administrators,ou=Groups,dc=accenture,dc=com",
            "group": "true",
            "roles": [
              "ADMINISTRATOR"
            ]
          },
          {
            "dn": "cn=operators,ou=Groups,dc=accenture,dc=com",
            "group": "true",
            "roles": [
              "OPERATOR"
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "configAdmin": {
      "properties": {
        "@pid": "org.apache.felix.webconsole.internal.servlet.OsgiManager",
        "property": [
          {
            "@name": "username",
            "$": "admin"
          },
          {
            "@name": "password",
            "$": "admin"
          },
          {
            "@name": "manager.root",
            "$": "/osgi"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "repositories": {
      "defaultVersion": "5.0-SNAPSHOT",
      "allowAutoUpdate": "true",
      "repository": [
        {
          "@type": "distribution",
          "directory": "bundles/aspire"
        },
        {
          "@type": "maven",
          "remoteRepositories": {
            "remoteRepository": {
              "id": "stPublic",
              "url": "https://repository.sca.accenture.com/artifactory/st-snapshot/"
            }
          }
        }
      ]
    },
    "encryptionProvider": {
      "implementation": "com.accenture.aspire:aspire-encryption-provider",
      "jarName": "aspire-encryption-provider-5.0-SNAPSHOT.jar",
      "jarPath": "/bundles/aspire/",
      "className": "com.accenture.aspire.encryption.providers.AspireEncryptionProvider"
    },
    "properties": {
      "property": [
        {
          "@name": "sampleProperty1",
          "$": "http://localhost:8983"
        },
        {
          "@name": "sampleProperty2",
          "$": "false"
        },
        {
          "@name": "sampleProperty3",
          "$": "data/crawler"
        },
        {
          "@name": "sampleProperty4",
          "$": "data"
        }
      ]
    },
    "nodesProperties": {
      "worker": {
        "maxMemQueueSize": "1000",
        "queueSizeThreshold": "0.75",
        "cleanUpWaitTime": "300000",
        "cleanUpThreshold": "3600000",
        "maxEnqueueRetries": "5",
        "debug": "false",
        "appCleanUpWaitTime": "60000",
        "appCleanUpThreshold": "3600000",
        "tags": "",
        "entryProcessorBaseSleep": "200",
        "entryProcessorMaxSleep": "10000",
        "entryProcessorMaxIterations": "5",
        "entryProcessorMultiplier": "2",
        "batchLoaderBaseSleep": "200",
        "batchLoaderMaxSleep": "10000",
        "batchLoaderMaxIterations": "5",
        "batchLoaderMultiplier": "2",
        "connectionTimeout": "60000",
        "socketTimeout": "60000",
        "maxRetries": "3",
        "proxyHost": "",
        "proxyPort": "0",
        "proxyUser": "",
        "proxyPassword": "",
        "pingFrequency": "15000",
        "nodeFailureTimeout": "30000"
      },
      "manager": {
        "scanBatchCreatorBaseSleep": "200",
        "scanBatchCreatorMaxSleep": "10000",
        "scanBatchCreatorMaxIterations": "10",
        "scanBatchCreatorMultiplier": "2",
        "processBatchCreatorBaseSleep": "200",
        "processBatchCreatorMaxSleep": "10000",
        "processBatchCreatorMaxIterations": "10",
        "processBatchCreatorMultiplier": "2",
        "crawlProgressManagerBaseSleep": "500",
        "schedulerBaseSleep": "10000",
        "maxBatches": "1000",
        "maxBatchItems": "100",
        "connectionTimeout": "60000",
        "socketTimeout": "60000",
        "maxRetries": "3",
        "proxyHost": "",
        "proxyPort": "0",
        "proxyUser": "",
        "proxyPassword": "",
        "pingFrequency": "15000",
        "nodeFailureTimeout": "30000",
        "tags": "",
        "workerRoundRobin": "false",
        "workerRoundRobinTimeout": "600000"
      }
    },
    "autoStart": {
      "application": [
        {
          "@config": "com.accenture.aspire:app-cf-bootloader"
        },
        {
          "@enable": false,
          "@config": "com.accenture.aspire:app-admin-ui"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}

Auto Start Section


The "autoStart" section will automatically load applications when Aspire is initialized. It contains a simple list of application files to load, for example:

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"autoStart": {
  "application": [
    {
      "@config": "com.accenture.aspire:app-cf-bootloader"
    },
    {
      "@enable": false,
      "@config": "com.accenture.aspire:app-admin-ui"
    }
  ]
}

Applications are loaded in the order specified. However, since Aspire has component-dependency checking built-in, the order of load is usually not that important.

Both Application XML/Json Files and App Bundles

Each application can be launched either from an application XML file or an App Bundle.

  • For application XML files: The @config attribute should hold the file name of the Application XML/Json file to load.
  • For App Bundles: The @config attribute should hold the Maven coordinates of the App Bundle to start.

Rename Auto-Started Applications

In general, the name of the application will be taken as the "default name" as specified at the top of the application.xml file. 

However, you can specify other names for the configuration file using the @name attribute, as shown below:

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{
  "@name": "RDBConnector2",
  "@config": "com.searchtechnologies.appbundles:cs-rdbms-connector:2.0",
  "properties": {
    "property": [
      {
        "@name": "rdbmsHasDefaults",
        "$": "false"
      },
      {
        "@name": "debug",
        "$": "true"
      }
    ]
  }
}

This lets you install the same App Bundle multiple times, but with different top-level names.

Application Properties

Finally, as shown above, applications can have a nested "properties" section which holds properties that are defined just for that application. These properties can then be used with the ${propName} substitution pattern within the application.xml file.

Repositories Section


The "repositories" identifies where to find component code to load into Aspire. 

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"repositories": {
  "defaultVersion": "5.0",
  "allowAutoUpdate": "true",
  "maxVersion": "5.0.2",
  "repository": [
    {
      "@type": "distribution",
      "directory": "bundles/aspire"
    },
    {
      "@type": "maven",
      "offline": "false",
      "localRepository": "~search/.m2/repository",
      "remoteRepositories": {
        "remoteRepository": {
          "id": "stPublic",
          "url": "https://repository.sca.accenture.com/artifactory/st-snapshot/"
        }
      }
    }
  ]
}


The following options are available for the repositories section:

Property

Type

Default

Description

defaultVersion

string

LATEST

(Strongly Recommended) Specifies the default version for all artifacts for which no version is specified. Note that this defaults to a version of "LATEST" - but unfortunately this has some odd behavior between the local and remote repositories (it only checks the local repository if the version is available on the remote repository, and the remote repository has been "scanned").

allowAutoUpdate

boolean

true

(Optional) Enables updating the artifacts to the latest minor version available. The latest version depends on the version configured in the maxVersion option 

maxVersion

string

none

(Optional) The max version supported for the artifacts.


The are two types of repositories that can be configured in the "repository" section:

Distribution Repository

The Distribution Repository will load the component Jar files in a directory within your Aspire distribution, typically the "bundles/aspire" directory.

It is configured as follows:

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{
  "@type": "distribution",
  "directory": "bundles/aspire"
}

On startup, Aspire will scan through the entire directory looking for bundles to load. If at any time you add new bundles (or update bundles) in this directory, then click on "Check for Updates" on the Aspire application home page. This will cause Aspire to re-scan the directory so that the new files are available. The "directory" tag identifies the directory where the bundles can be located.

Maven Repository

The Maven Repository loads the component Jar files directly from Maven. The Maven Repository allows Aspire to share the same Jars as Eclipse and the Maven command-line program. Therefore, any newly 'install'ed or 'deploy'ed Jar file artifacts will be automatically available to Aspire.

It is configured as follows:

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{
  "@type": "maven",
  "offline": "false",
  "localRepository": "~search/.m2/repository",
  "remoteRepositories": {
    "remoteRepository": {
      "id": "stPublic",
      "url": "https://repository.sca.accenture.com/artifactory/st-snapshot/"
    }
  }
}

The following options are available for the maven repository:

Property

Type

Default

Description

localRepository

string

(user home directory)/.m2/repository

(Optional) Specifies the location of the Maven local repository, where Jars will reside locally once they are downloaded from the remote repository. This is also the location where Maven "install" will install new or updated artifacts.

defaultVersion

string

LATEST

(Strongly Recommended) Specifies the default version for all artifacts for which no version is specified. Note that this defaults to a version of "LATEST" - but unfortunately this has some odd behavior between the local and remote repositories (it only checks the local repository if the version is available on the remote repository, and the remote repository has been "scanned").

offline

boolean

false

(Optional) Specifies if the system is "offline" - in which case the Maven repository will only ever look to the local repository for artifacts, and never the remote repositories.

Use Specific Versions of Bundle

If required, you can force the Maven repository to give you a specific version of a bundle if you don't specify it in the factoryName in application.xml files or in the config attribute in the autoStart section of the settings file.

Normally in Aspire, if references to Maven artifacts to not give the version, then the defaultVersion (see above) is used. However, you may add a bundleVersions section to the settings file to give more precise control over the versions of bundles loaded. The parameters are shown below:

Property

Type

Default

Description

bundleVersions\bundle\@groupId

String

com.accenture.aspire

(Optional) The group id for the bundle to version

bundleVersions\bundle\@artifactId

String


Required: The artifact id for the bundle to version

bundleVersions\bundle\@version

String


Required: The version of the bundle to request from Maven

Note

If a requested bundle is not configured in the bundleVersions section, then the defaultVersion (as configured above) of that bundle will be requested.

Note

If the version specified is not located in Maven, an error will occur.

Example:

The following snippet will load all requested bundles at version 5.0, except the three specified, which will be loaded at the requested version

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"bundleVersions": {
  "bundle": [
    {
      "@artifactId": "aspire-tools",
      "@groupId": "com.accenture.aspire",
      "@version": "5.0.0.2-SNAPSHOT"
    },
    {
      "@artifactId": "aspire-dbserver-source",
      "@groupId": "com.accenture.aspire",
      "@version": "5.0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"
    },
    {
      "@artifactId": "aspire-adobe-experience-source",
      "@groupId": "com.accenture.aspire",
      "@version": "5.0.0.1-SNAPSHOT"
    }
  ]
}


Proxy Settings

You can configure Maven remote repositories to use a HTTP proxy for outgoing communications. This is useful when your Aspire server has restricted access to the Internet, and you want to be able to fetch bundles as normal from the configured repository. To do this add a <proxy> section to your remote repository and set the following properties:

Property

Type

Default

Description

host

string

null

(Optional) Proxy server hostname or IP address.

port

string

0

(Optional) Proxy server port number.

user

string

null

(Optional) User required for authentication against the proxy server.

password

string

null

(Optional) Password for authenticating against the proxy server. You can encrypt it following the instructions here.

Example:

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"remoteRepository": {
  "id": "stPublic",
  "url": "https://repository.sca.accenture.com/artifactory/st-snapshot/",
  "proxy": {
    "host": "127.0.0.1",
    "port": 8888,
    "user": "PROXY-USER",
    "password": "PROXY-PASSWORD"
  }
}

Properties
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Properties are specified as name/value pairs. For example:

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"properties": {
  "property": [
    {
      "@name": "sampleProperty1",
      "$": "http://localhost:8983"
    },
    {
      "@name": "sampleProperty2",
      "$": "false"
    },
    {
      "@name": "sampleProperty3",
      "$": "data/crawler"
    },
    {
      "@name": "sampleProperty4",
      "$": "data"
    }
  ]
}

Once specified in the settings.xml file, these properties become available for use in Application XML files. Careful use of such properties will make your system configuration files portable to multiple Aspire installations without modification.

You can use these properties from the UI when configuring content sources, services and workflow applications.

For example, you might use "http://localhost:8080" as your SOLR server on your personal laptop, but then use "http://customer.searchtechnologies.com:8983" for the production site. Using a property will allow the exact same system configuration file to be tested on one machine and then installed on another machine without modification.

Properties & Environment Variables in Application XML Files

Properties declared in the settings.xml file can be used in application XML files with the ${propertyName} syntax. As an example:

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<component name="feed2Solr" subType="default" factoryName="aspire-post-xml">
  <postXsl>config/aspire2solr.xsl</solrXsl>
  <postUrl>${solrServer}/solr/update</postUrl>
</component>

In the above example, the "solrServer" property was defined in the settings.xml file and then referenced with ${solrServer} in the application XML file.

This property value substitution occurs automatically on the component configurations by the Component Manager. It does not require any further intervention or programming on the part of any individual component.

The ${XXX} syntax can also be used for substitution of environment variables and Java system properties (i.e., those defined on the command line with -Dxxx=yyy). Substitution prefers properties defined in the settings.json file. If the property is not found in the settings.json file, the system properties are checked and if still not found, the system environment is checked. Also, in these versions, properties may be defined from other properties:

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"properties": {
  "property": [
    {
      "@name": "baseDir",
      "$": "/home/user/aspire"
    },
    {
      "@name": "configDir",
      "$": "${baseDir}/cfg"
    }
  ]
}

Note: Property references for properties that are not in the settings.xml file will be left as-is. This allows for other configurations that use the same syntax (specifically, the Groovy Scripting component) to continue to operate properly.

Property Escaping (for Groovy Scripts)

If you need to insert a property into a Groovy script, assigning it to a String that contains the \ character (such as ${aspire.home} would), will cause Groovy to raise an error as it sees invalid escaped characters. To avoid this, you can prefix the property name with escape: and any \ characters in the contents of the property will be replaced with \\.

For example:

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"properties": {
  "property": [
    {
      "@name": "file",
      "$": "c:\top-directory\directory\file.html"
    }
  ]
}

and

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<config>
 <file>${file}</file>
 <escapefile>${escape:file}</escapefile>
 <fileattr attr="${file}">somevalue</fileattr>
 <escapefileattr escapeattr="${escape:file}">somevalue</escapefileattr>
</config>

expands to

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<config>
 <file>c:\top-directory\directory\file.html</file>
 <escapefile>c:\\top-directory\\directory\\file.html</escapefile>
 <fileattr attr="c:\top-directory\directory\file.html">somevalue</fileattr>
 <escapefileattr escapeattr="c:\\top-directory\\directory\\file.html">somevalue</escapefileattr>
</config>

Properties for Applications


You can specify properties that apply to a specific application (rather than the properties above which apply to all components).

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<autoStart>
  <application config="config/system.xml">
    <properties>
      <property name="debug">true</property>
      <property name="managerExternalRDB">false</property>
      <property name="managerRDB">CSRDB</property>
    </properties>
  </application>
  <application config="com.searchtechnologies.appbundles:cs-manager:4.0">
    <properties>
      <property name="debug">true</property>
      <property name="managerExternalRDB">false</property>
      <property name="managerRDB">CSRDB</property>
      <property name="managerExternalJDBCUrl"></property>
      <property name="managerExternalJDBCDriverJar"></property>
      <property name="managerExternalJDBCUser"></property>
      <property name="managerExternalJDBCPassword"></property>
    </properties>
  </application>
</autoStart>


These properties are passed to all components (and only those components) that exist "under" the component manager. If the same property names are used both at the global level and the component manager level, the component manager definition will be used for components "under" that manager, whilst the global value would be used for other components.

Apache Felix Configuration


Some Apache Felix configuration parameters can also be placed in the settings.xml file, as follows:

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"configAdmin": {
  "properties": {
    "@pid": "org.apache.felix.webconsole.internal.servlet.OsgiManager",
    "property": [
      {
        "@name": "username",
        "$": "admin"
      },
      {
        "@name": "password",
        "$": "admin"
      },
      {
        "@name": "manager.root",
        "$": "/osgi"
      }
    ]
  }
}

Although, before using this approach, check to see if these parameters can be stored in the Apache Felix system properties file (called "felix.properties" for most Aspire installations). That may be the better location for these properties.

Inside <configAdmin>, each <property> tag contains a "pid" attribute which is the "persistent ID" of the configuration element. The nested properties are the OSGi Configuration properties

See the following for more information about OSGi and Apache Felix configuration properties:

Security Configuration


This is the configuration to use the Login page. 

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"authentication": {
  "tokenExpiration": "30m",
  "refreshExpiration": "1h",
  "type": "Ldap",
  "ldap": {
    "server": "ldap://oldap:389",
    "authentication": "simple",
    "bindDN": "cn=admin,dc=accenture,dc=com",
    "bindDNPassword": "password",
    "searchBase": "dc=accenture,dc=com",
    "userDNQuery": "(uid={user})",
    "groupsHoldMembers": "true",
    "memberAttr": "uniqueMember",
    "connectTimeout": "3000",
    "readTimeout": "5000",
    "roles": [
      {
        "dn": "cn=administrators,ou=Groups,dc=accenture,dc=com",
        "group": "true",
        "roles": [
          "ADMINISTRATOR"
        ]
      },
      {
        "dn": "cn=operators,ou=Groups,dc=accenture,dc=com",
        "group": "true",
        "roles": [
          "OPERATOR"
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
} 

Aspire uses a token-based security to access the Rest API. These are the general configuration.

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription
tokenExpirationString30m(Optional) The access token expiration time
refreshExpirationString4h(Optional) The refresh token expiration time. This value is recommended to be greater than the tokenExpiration
typeString
Required: Currently only "Ldap" or "OIDC" authentication is supported.

Ldap Configuration

Ldap is configured as bellow

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"type": "Ldap",
"ldap": {
  "server": "ldap://oldap:389",
  "authentication": "simple",
  "bindDN": "cn=admin,dc=accenture,dc=com",
  "bindDNPassword": "password",
  "searchBase": "dc=accenture,dc=com",
  "userDNQuery": "(uid={user})",
  "groupsHoldMembers": "true",
  "memberAttr": "uniqueMember",
  "connectTimeout": "3000",
  "readTimeout": "5000",
  "roles": [
    {
      "dn": "cn=administrators,ou=Groups,dc=accenture,dc=com",
      "group": "true",
      "roles": [
        "ADMINISTRATOR"
      ]
    },
    {
      "dn": "cn=operators,ou=Groups,dc=accenture,dc=com",
      "group": "true",
      "roles": [
        "OPERATOR"
      ]
    }
  ]
}

These are configuration properties for the Ldap authentication:

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription
serverString
Required: The Ldap server to use
authenticationStringanonymous(Optional) The authentication type, "simple" and "anonymous" are supported
bindDNString
Required: User DN to authenticate with. Not required if the authentication is anonymous
bindDNPasswordString
Required: The password of the User DN. This value is recommended to be passed using the property aspire.ldap.bind.dn.password as a JVM parameter or as an environment variable instead of using the settings file. Not required if the authentication is anonymous 
searchBaseString
Required: The base used to search the users to log in
userDNQueryString
Required: The query used to search for the user.
groupsHoldMembersStringfalse(Optional) If true the groups in ldap contain the members
memberAttrStringmemberOf(Optional) If groupsHoldMembers is true, this the group attribute that contains the members. If groupsHoldMembers is false, this is the user attribute that contains the groups
connectTimeoutString1m(Optional) Ldap server timeout in ms or using the ms, s, m, h units notation
readTimeoutString5m(Optional) Ldap read timeout in ms or using the ms, s, m, h units notation
rolesArray
Required: List of groups or users associated with roles.
roles/dnString
Required: The user or group dn
roles/groupStringfalse(Optional) Flag to determine if it is a user or a group
roles/rolesArray
Required: The roles for this user or group. The supported roles ADMINISTRATOR or OPERATOR



OIDC Configuration (SSO)

OIDC (SSO) is configured as bellow

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Is needed to set an environment variable named ASPIRE_JWT_SECRET with a random strings consisting of alphabetic characters value of 32 characters length in every aspire node (with the same value) in order to avoid issues of invalid token between nodes.

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"type": "OIDC",
"tokenExpiration": "150000",
"clientId": "7a908761-123f-65g7c3fca7b3",
"discoveryURI": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/{tenant}/v2.0/.well-known/openid-configuration",
"logoutURI": "https://login.microsoftonline.com/common/oauth2/v2.0/logout",
"rolesClaim": "roles",
"scope": "openid email profile",
"userNameClaim": "name",
"roleMapping": [
  {
    "original": "Administrator",
    "role": "ADMINISTRATOR"
  },
  {
    "original": "Operator",
    "role": "OPERATOR"
  }
]


These are configuration properties for the OIDC authentication:

PropertyTypeDefaultDescription
clientIdString
Required: Your app registration's Application (client) ID
discoveryURIString
Required: OpenID configuration URI
logoutURIString
Required: OpenID logout URI
rolesClaimString
Required: Unique roles for both internal and external users.
scopeString
Required: a space-separated lists of identifiers used to specify what access privileges are being requested, "openid" is a required scope
userNameClaimString
Required: Unique username for both internal and external users.
roleMappingArray
Required: List of groups or users associated with roles.
roleMapping/originalString
Required: The original user or group to map to the role
roleMapping/roleString
Required: The roles for this user or group. The supported roles ADMINISTRATOR or OPERATOR

Encryption provider


Aspire encryption tasks are managed with a plug-able provider. Clients can now have their own encryption methods if they wish to do so, by providing an implementation and configuring the settings file accordingly.

Default Encryption Provider

A default encryption provider is configured with the Aspire installation; additional configuration is only required if a different provider is to be used.

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      "implementation": "com.accenture.aspire:aspire-encryption-provider",
      "masterKeyFilePath": "config/encryptionKey"
    }

The default povider uses AES-256 with a key of 32bytes for encryption. Theses are the properties used to configure the default encryption provider

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
implementationStringcom.accenture.aspire:aspire-encryption-providerRequired: The maven coordinates to the encryption provider implementation
masterKeyFilePathString

(Optional) Path (including file name) where encryption key is located, if not provided a default in-memory key will be used, for production installations it must be always provided. This can also be passed as a JVM parameter or as an environment variable aspire_encryption_key_file (see Encryption properties)

This should be a 32 byte file, if longer, the first 32 bytes will be used as the encryption key.

Grant read access to the Aspire user only (chmod 400 <file>)

This file could be generated randomly

$ head -c 32 /dev/urandom > encryption.key

AWS KMS Encryption Provider

If the AMS KMS Encryption Provider should be used, change the settings file to:

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  "encryptionProvider": {
      "implementation": "com.accenture.aspire:aspire-aws-kms-encryption-provider",
      "roleARN": "arn:aws:iam:[account_id]:role/[role_id]",
      "keyARN" : "arn:aws:kms:[region]:key/[key_id]",
      "region" : "us-east-1",
      "accessKey" : "[ACCESS_KEY]",
      "secretKey" : "[SECRET_KEY]"
    }

The AWS KMS Encryption Provider uses KMS to hold the encryption keys and to encrypt/decrypt secrets. More information at AWS KMS Encryption.

ParameterRequiredDefaultDescription
roleARNnonull

(Optional) If the KMS service must be accessed through the assumption of an IAM role, specify the role ARN.

keyARNyesN/AThe KMS key ARN. See Aspire KMS encryption for more information about creating a KMS key for Aspire.
regionyesN/AThe AWS region on which the KMS service will be used
accessKeynonull(Optional) Specify the access key if static credentials must be used. If this is not specified the Default Credential Provider Chain will be used.
secretKeynonull(Optional) Specify the secret key if static credentials must be used. If this is not specified the Default Credential Provider Chain will be used.

Nodes Properties


The nodes properties are the configuration parameter to use for the worker and manager nodes.

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    "nodesProperties": {
        "worker": {
          "maxMemQueueSize": "1000",
          "queueSizeThreshold": "0.75",
          "cleanUpWaitTime": "300000",
          "cleanUpThreshold": "3600000",
          "maxEnqueueRetries": "5",
          "debug": "false",
          "appCleanUpWaitTime": "60000",
          "appCleanUpThreshold": "3600000",
          "tags" : "",
          "entryProcessorBaseSleep" : "200",
          "entryProcessorMaxSleep" : "10000",
          "entryProcessorMaxIterations" : "5",
          "entryProcessorMultiplier" : "2",
          "batchLoaderBaseSleep" : "200",
          "batchLoaderMaxSleep" : "10000",
          "batchLoaderMaxIterations" : "5",
          "batchLoaderMultiplier" : "2",
          "connectionTimeout" : "60000",
          "socketTimeout" : "60000",
          "maxRetries" : "3",
          "proxyHost" : "",
          "proxyPort" : "0",
          "proxyUser" : "",
          "proxyPassword" : "",
          "pingFrequency" : "15000",
          "nodeFailureTimeout" : "30000"
        },
        "manager": {
          "scanBatchCreatorBaseSleep" : "200",
          "scanBatchCreatorMaxSleep" : "10000",
          "scanBatchCreatorMaxIterations" : "10",
          "scanBatchCreatorMultiplier" : "2",
          "processBatchCreatorBaseSleep" : "200",
          "processBatchCreatorMaxSleep" : "10000",
          "processBatchCreatorMaxIterations" : "10",
          "processBatchCreatorMultiplier" : "2",
          "crawlProgressManagerBaseSleep" : "500",
          "schedulerBaseSleep" : "10000",
          "maxBatches" : "1000",
          "maxBatchItems" : "100",
          "connectionTimeout" : "60000",
          "socketTimeout" : "60000",
          "maxRetries" : "3",
          "proxyHost" : "",
          "proxyPort" : "0",
          "proxyUser" : "",
          "proxyPassword" : "",
          "pingFrequency" : "15000",
          "nodeFailureTimeout" : "30000",
          "tags": "",
          "workerRoundRobin": "false",
          "workerRoundRobinTimeout": "600000"
        }
    }

Worker properties

These properties will be used by all worker nodes in the cluster. 

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
maxMemQueueSizeString1000(Required) The maximum number of items to keep in the in memory queue
queueSizeThresholdString0.75(Required) The capacity threshold of the in memory queue before requesting more items to the managers
cleanUpWaitTimeString300000(Required) The wait time in ms for the thread that checks the connectors clean up threshold
cleanUpThresholdString3600000(Required) The time in ms for a connector to be idle before being removed from memory
maxEnqueueRetriesString5(Required) The number of retries to enqueue a item into the framework pipeline
debugStringfalse(Required) Enables the debug mode for the node
appCleanUpWaitTimeString60000(Required) The wait time in ms for the thread that checks the workflow applications clean up threshold
appCleanUpThresholdString3600000(Required) The time in ms for a workflow application to be idle before being removed from memory
tagsString
(Optional) The tags of the worker node. These tags will determine which items this node can process
entryProcessorBaseSleepString200(Required) The base sleep time in ms for the thread in charge of enqueueing received items into the connector framework pipelines
entryProcessorMaxSleepString10000(Required) The maximum sleep in ms for the thread in charge of enqueueing received items into the connector framework pipelines
entryProcessorMaxIterationsString5(Required) The number of iterations without enqueueing items before in increasing the sleep time
entryProcessorMultiplierString2(Required) The multiplier used to increase the sleep time after the specified iterations without enqueueing items
batchLoaderBaseSleepString200(Required) The base sleep time in ms for the thread in charge of requesting batches to the manager nodes
batchLoaderMaxSleepString10000(Required) The maximum sleep in ms for the thread in charge of requesting batches to the manager nodes
batchLoaderMaxIterationsString5(Required) The number of iterations without receiving batches from the managers nodes before in increasing the sleep time
batchLoaderMultiplierString2(Required) The multiplier used to increase the sleep time after the specified iterations without receiving batches from the managers nodes
connectionTimeoutString20000(Required) The connection timeout for requests to other aspire nodes
socketTimeoutString20000(Required) The socket timeout for requests to other aspire nodes
maxRetriesString3(Required) The number of retries for requests to other aspire nodes
proxyHostString
(Optional) The proxy host to use for requests to other aspire nodes
proxyPortString
(Optional) The proxy port to use for requests to other aspire nodes. Must be provided if the proxyHost is configured
proxyUserString
(Optional) The proxy user to use for requests to other aspire nodes
proxyPasswordString
(Optional) The proxy password to use for requests to other aspire nodes.
pingFrequencyString15000(Required) The ping timeout used to determine if a node is not working. The node will be marked as failed in this case and the node eventually will shutdown itself
nodeFailureTimeoutString30000(Required) The frequency for the node to ping to Elastisearch. The pings are used to determine if a node is alive and working properly

Manager properties

These properties will be used by all manager nodes in the cluster. 

ParameterTypeDefaultDescription
scanBatchCreatorBaseSleepString200(Required) The base sleep time in ms for the thread in charge of creating batches from the scan queue
scanBatchCreatorMaxSleepString10000(Required) The maximum sleep in ms for the thread in charge of creating batches from the scan queue
scanBatchCreatorMaxIterationsString10(Required) The number of iterations without creating new scan batches before in increasing the sleep time
scanBatchCreatorMultiplierString2(Required) The multiplier used to increase the sleep time after the specified iterations without creating new scan batches
processBatchCreatorBaseSleepString200(Required) The base sleep time in ms for the thread in charge of creating batches from the process queue
processBatchCreatorMaxSleepString10000(Required) The maximum sleep in ms for the thread in charge of creating batches from the process queue
processBatchCreatorMaxIterationsString10(Required) The number of iterations without creating new process batches before in increasing the sleep time
processBatchCreatorMultiplierString2(Required) The multiplier used to increase the sleep time after the specified iterations without creating new process batches 
crawlProgressManagerBaseSleepString200(Required) The base sleep time in ms for the thread in charge of monitoring active crawls
schedulerBaseSleepString10000(Required) The base sleep time in ms for the thread in charge of executing seeds based on the configured schedules
maxBatchesString1000(Required) The maximum number of batches the manager will keep in memory
maxBatchItemsString100(Required) The maximum number of documents per batch
debugStringfalse(Required) Enables the debug mode for the node
connectionTimeoutString20000(Required) The connection timeout for requests to other aspire nodes
socketTimeoutString20000(Required) The socket timeout for requests to other aspire nodes
maxRetriesString3(Required) The number of retries for requests to other aspire nodes
proxyHostString
(Optional) The proxy host to use for requests to other aspire nodes
proxyPortString
(Optional) The proxy port to use for requests to other aspire nodes. Must be provided if the proxyHost is configured
proxyUserString
(Optional) The proxy user to use for requests to other aspire nodes
proxyPasswordString
(Optional) The proxy password to use for requests to other aspire nodes.
pingFrequencyString15000(Required) The ping timeout used to determine if a node is not working. The node will be marked as failed in this case and the node eventually will shutdown itself
nodeFailureTimeoutString30000(Required) The frequency for the node to ping to Elastisearch. The pings are used to determine if a node is alive and working properly
tagsString
(Optional) The tags of the manager node. These tags will determine which seeds this node can process. Should be a comma separated list of tags.
workerRoundRobinStringfalse(Optional) If round robin should be applied when serving workers with batches
workerRoundRobinTimeoutString600000(Optional) The time in ms after which the worker is considered timed out when round robin is used.

Specifying properties for a specific node

Is possible to configure some or all properties of a specific Aspire worker or manager node with specific values the following way

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        "worker": {
          "maxMemQueueSize": "1000",
          "queueSizeThreshold": "0.75",
          "cleanUpWaitTime": "300000",
          "cleanUpThreshold": "3600000",
          "maxEnqueueRetries": "5",
          "node_hostname": {
            "cleanUpWaitTime": "150000",
            "cleanUpThreshold": "1800000"
          }
        },
        "manager": {
          "maxBatches" : "1000",
          "maxBatchItems" : "100",
          "node_hostname": {
            "maxBatches": "2000",
            "maxBatchItems": "150"
          }
        }

This way the specified node will use the specific values over the general ones.

Info

All properties, with the exception of the debug flag, can be passed as JVM parameters or environment variables.