Override default properties in cal.properties
Inside the .defaults directory, next to your configuration directory, you'll find a file named cal.properties. cal.properties is referenced during the Bedework build and during deployment. You can override any of those properties by creating a cal.properties in your configuration directory and editing in the overrides. cal.properties is divided into sections with different property prefixes.
Under Install Options, prune the org.bedework.install property
org.bedework.install defines which applications are built and deployed to jboss. For each name on the list, there should be a corresponding section prefixed with “org.bedework.app.<name>” and also a corresponding section in the options file.
Copy org.bedework.install to your override file, and remove any applications that you don't need. For example, if you're using Bedework for public events (and not for personal calendars), you can remove UserCal from the list. You probably want to remove " SoEDept", too; it's an example. When you remove an application from the list, you can also remove the corresponding stanza further down the file, but it isn't necessary. Those lines won't be referenced.
Review the Global Section of the file
The section prefixed “org.bedework.global” defines properties global to the whole deployment process. The values set in this section work for most sites.
Review the Application Section of the file
This is where the per-application properties are set. The values set in these in this section also work for most sites.
Multiple versions of each application type may be deployed, each configured differently. You can see how this works by comparing the stanza for the "Demo departmental public Web Client" to the stanza for the "Public Web Client".
Edit .defaults/cal.options.xml
cal.options.xml contains run time properties and is divided into sections much like the properties file. Most of the options are used to set field values in named classes so that the application will load the settings only once with a single call.
It is important to set the “system” properties for a new Bedework installation. These are found in the “syspars” section of the cal.options.xml file. A number of options can be left with the default values and some are not yet implemented. The three values it is particularly important to set (and their default settings) are:
Set the default timezone: tzid property
Look for:
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<tzid>America/New_York</tzid> |
The tzid is the default timezone to be used for times and dates.
Set the system ID: the systemid property
Look for:
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<systemid>demobedework@cal.mysite.edu</systemid> |
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