DNA Configuration Parameters

The configuration parameters are stored in three different ways: as environmental variables, in the java property file and as an XML confguration file.

1. Environment variables.

The parameters stored as environment variables are mostly used for the local DNA installation. The DNAHOME and DNANAME variables are compulsory, all the other variables are optional :

2. Java properties.

The parameters stored in the java properties file is only used by the DNA GUI. The java properties file is always called "java.properties" and should be located in $DNAHOME/config/$DNANAME (see above). The following properties should be defined in this file:


3. XML configuration file.

The XML configuration file contains configuration parameters in XML format as defined by dna_config.xsd, below I give a brief overview of the different parameters: