Manage the application server

This section contains information relating to managing the application Server, as well as information regarding general Java management tools.

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Change the Heap Memory Size

After you install OpenText Application Quality Management, you may need to change the heap memory values. For example, you may want to increase the heap size if there is an increase in the number of active projects, or an increase in the number of concurrent user sessions.

To change the heap memory size:

1. Verify that all users have logged out of projects and stop the service.

   OS	Steps
   Windows	In the system tray, right click the OpenText Application Quality Management icon and choose Stop Application Lifecycle Management.
   Linux	Navigate to the <ALM deployment path>/wrapper directory, and run the following command: HPALM stop.

2. In the deploymentpath, open the wrapper.conf file.

3. Change the wrapper.java.maxmemory value as necessary.

4. Restart the service.

   OS	Steps
   Windows	In the system tray, right click the OpenText Application Quality Management icon and choose Start Application Lifecycle Management.
   Linux	Navigate to the <Deployment path>/wrapper directory, and run the following command: HPALM start.

Change the Application Server Port Number

After you install, you may need to change the application server port number.

It is possible that the default application server port may be in use by another application that is running on the same machine. In this case, you can either locate the application that is using the port and stop it, or you can change the application server port on the machine.

To change the application server port number:

1. Verify that all users have logged out of projects and stop the service.

   OS	Steps
   Windows	In the system tray, right click the OpenText Application Quality Management icon and choose Stop Application Lifecycle Management.
   Linux	Navigate to <Deployment path>/wrapper directory, and run the following command: HPALM stop.

2. Navigate to the <Deployment path>/server/conf/jetty.xml file.

3. Change the jetty.port value.

4. Start the service.

   OS	Steps
   Windows	In the system tray, right click the OpenText Application Quality Management icon and choose Start Application Lifecycle Management.
   Linux	Navigate to the <Deployment path>/wrapper directory, and run the following command: HPALM start.

Configure Secure Access

You can configure a secure connection to and from OpenText Application Quality Management. For more details, see Configure secure access on Windows systems or Configure secure access on Linux systems.

Configure Secure Database Access

This section describes how to configure a secure connection, such as Secure Socket Layer (SSL), from the OpenText Application Quality Management server to the database server. For more details, seeConfiguring secure database access.

Application Server Management Tools

The OpenText Application Quality Management Application Server is Java-based. Therefore, we recommend the following Java tools for effective application server management:

• JConsole

• JStack

• JMap

• JVisualVM