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Back up the server configuration files

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The server stores its configuration files in the conf directory.

The conf directory is at Windows:

<Root install dir>\conf

For example, C:\Program Files\McAfee\Trellix database security\conf\

The configurations stored in these files include listening ports, cluster configuration, external database configuration, and customer-specific custom configurations. Changes in the configuration files are made manually. We recommend backing up all configuration files each time a configuration change is made.

The server also stores a unique server identifier in the file unique.txt at Windows:

<Root install dir>\webapps\ROOT\WEB-INF\config\application

This file is generated when the server runs for the first time.