Use server name as download folder name

To prevent multiple downloads, you can use the server name as download folder name instead.

If a user starts an ARIS download client, all files are downloaded to a local directory. By default, the ARIS server's IP address is used as folder name. The folder size is about 200 MB per download. If you use dynamic IP addresses, every time an ARIS user starts a download client, the same download will appear multiple times for the same server.

Warning

If you change settings in the arisloader.cfg file, the settings will be lost after an update setup.

Prerequisite

You have write access to the ARIS installation directory.

Procedure

  1. Open the arisloader.cfg file (<ARIS installation path>\server\bin\work\work_abs_<s, m or l>\base\webapps\abs\downloadClient\config).
  2. Set the value of UseServerNameAsDownloadFolderName to true:

    UseServerNameAsDownloadFolderName=true

  3. Save the changes.

    Warning

    When performing an update setup all modifications made manually in CFG or XML files will be lost.

    Save modified configuration files locally and document your modifications. After an update installation you can easily compare your saved file and copy the modified line into the updated configuration file.

The target folder, where the download client files are downloaded to, will have the ARIS server's name instead of the IP address.