Appboard/old/xml persistence

You can use XML to save all of your changes in the enPortal interface, without requiring a connection to a database.

Perform the following steps to configure XML persistence:

1. Start AppBoard and make any desired configurations to the system (create users, roles, etc.)
2. Open the file [APPBOARD_HOME]/webapps/enportal/WEB-INF/config/persist.properties and confirm that the persistence setting reads persisting=false.
3. In the portal, select Advanced -> XMLExport. Then select start. All of the system data will be saved as XML files under the folder [APPBOARD_HOME]/webapps/enportal/WEB-INF/xmlroot/server/backup/
4. Rename [APPBOARD_HOME]/webapps/enportal/WEB-INF/xmlroot/server/load-restore.txt.disabled to load-restore.txt. This will instruct AppBoard to load the saved content when it is started.
5. Rename the following files to prevent AppBoard from double-loading default content that is now being loaded from the XML backup:
   • [APPBOARD_HOME]/webapps/enportal/WEB-INF/xmlroot/server/load_defaultContent.txt to load_defaultContent.txt.disabled.
   • [APPBOARD_HOME]/webapps/enportal/WEB-INF/xmlroot/server/load_edge.appboard_pimA.txt to load_edge.appboard_pimA.txt.disabled.

After completing the above, stop and re-start AppBoard to confirm that the data is persisted.

Make sure you always run the XMLExport before shutting down AppBoard if you want the current changes to be saved to the XML files

If you have a "good" portal configuration that you want to save and keep as a restore point, you can simply make a copy of the /backup/ directory and all sub-directories. For example, you can save a copy called backup_20110324. You can restore this backup later (by renaming the directory back to "backup"), or use the directory to migrate data to another portal server.