The following section has been added to the aspera.conf file for configuring your node machine(s). The aspera.conf file can be found in the following location:
/opt/aspera/etc/aspera.conf
IMPORTANT NOTE: Most of the settings shown below require that you restart the asperanoded, asperacentral, and asperahttpd services if you change their values. To restart these services, run the following commands:
# /etc/init.d/asperanoded restart # /etc/init.d/asperacentral restart # /etc/init.d/asperahttpd restart
<server>
<server_name> <!-- hostname or IP address -->
your_hostname
</server_name>
<http_port> <!-- integer (1 - 65535) -->
9091
</http_port>
<https_port> <!-- integer (1 - 65535) -->
9092
</https_port>
<enable_http> <!-- true | false -->
false
</enable_http>
<enable_https> <!-- true | false -->
true
</enable_https>
<cert_file> <!-- full pathname; .chain file same /path/filename -->
/opt/aspera/etc/aspera_server_cert.pem
</cert_file>
<max_response_entries> <!-- max # of entries to return in a response -->
1000
</max_response_entries>
<max_response_time_sec> <!-- max amount of time to wait for a long-running operation -->
10
</max_response_time_sec>
<db_dir> <!-- path to directory, where the DB file will be saved -->
/opt/aspera/var
</db_dir>
<db_port> <!-- integer (1 - 65535) -->
31415
</db_port>
<proxy>
...
</proxy>
</server>
| Setting | Description | Default Value |
|---|---|---|
| Server name | Hostname or IP address. Note that you must RESTART the asperanoded service (not reload), as per the instructions above, to implement any changes to this setting. | The hostname of the system |
| HTTP Port | HTTP service port. Note that you must RESTART the asperanoded service (not reload), as per the instructions above, to implement any changes to this setting. | 9091 |
| HTTPS Port | HTTPS service port. Note that you must RESTART the asperanoded service (not reload), as per the instructions above, to implement any changes to this setting. | 9092 |
| Enable HTTP | Enable HTTP for the Node API services. Note that you must RESTART the asperanoded service (not reload), as per the instructions above, to implement any changes to this setting. | false |
| Enable HTTPS | Enable HTTPS for the Node API services. Note that you must RESTART the asperanoded service (not reload), as per the instructions above, to implement any changes to this setting. | true |
| Cert File | Full pathname of SSL certificate (.pem and existing support for .chain). Note that you must RESTART the asperanoded service (not reload), as per the instructions above, to implement any changes to this setting. | /opt/aspera/etc/aspera_server_cert.pem |
| Maximum response entries | Maximum number of entries to return in a response. For this setting, you can perform a reload operation using asnodeadmin (which takes several seconds). The command is asnodeadmin --reload. | 1000 |
| Maximum response time in seconds | Maximum amount of time to wait for a long-running operation. For this setting, you can perform a reload operation using asnodeadmin (which takes several seconds). The command is asnodeadmin --reload. | 10 |
| DB directory | Path to the directory where the database file is saved. Note that you must RESTART the asperanoded service (not reload), as per the instructions above, to implement any changes to this setting. | /opt/aspera/var |
| DB port | Database service port. Note that you must RESTART the asperanoded service (not reload), as per the instructions above, to implement any changes to this setting. | 31415 |
For <proxy/> settings, see the topic "Aspera Proxy Server."