SecureSpan Bridge / VPN XML Client: Adjust Placement of the .l7tech directory for the Bridge/XML VPN Client

Products

• STARTER PACK-7
• CA Rapid App Security
• CA API Gateway

Issue/Introduction

Question: 

 

How do I to adjust the placement of the .l7tech directory for the Bridge/XML VPN Client?

 

Environment:  

 

All Windows and Linux operating systems.

 

Answer: 

 

On Windows:

- For SecureSpan XML VPN Client (version 3.7 & 4.0)

 

The location for where .l7tech is stored can be configured by modifying the ¿SecureSpan XML VPN Client.ini¿ file located in the SecureSpan XML VPN Client directory. Modify the ¿commandline¿ entry to include "-Duser.home=<directory location>".

- For SecureSpan Bridge (version 3.4-3.6.5)

 

The location for where .l7tech is stored can be configured by modifying the ¿SecureSpan Bridge.ini¿ file located in the SecureSpan Bridge directory. Modify the ¿commandline¿ entry to include "-Duser.home=<directory location>".

Example: commandline=javaw -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=10 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=10 -Dcom.l7tech.proxy.listener.maxthreads=300 -Duser.home=c:\home\test -Xms96M -Xmx96M -Xss256k -jar Bridge.jar


On Linux:

- For SecureSpan XML VPN Client (version 3.7 & 4.0)

 

The location for where .l7tech is stored can be configured by modifying the ¿Bridge.sh¿ lfile ocated in the SecureSpan XML VPN Client directory. Modify the
¿extra¿ entry below the "#include startup options" section to include "-Duser.home=<directory location>".

- For SecureSpan Bridge (version 3.4-3.6.5)

 

The location for where .l7tech is stored can be configured by modifying the "Bridge.sh" file located in the SecureSpan Bridge directory. Modify the
"extra" entry below the "#include startup options" section to include "-Duser.home=<directory location>".

Example: extra="-server -Dcom.l7tech.proxy.listener.maxthreads=300 -Dcom.l7tech.proxy.processor.logPosts=false -Dcom.l7tech.proxy.processor.logResponses=false -Dsun.net.inetaddr.ttl=10 -Dnetworkaddress.cache.ttl=10 -Dfile.encoding=UTF-8 -Duser.home=/data/ssg"

 

Additional Information:

 

None.

Environment

Release:
Component: APIGTW