Setting Up an External MashZone NextGen Configuration Folder

Most configuration for MashZone NextGen and most of the extensions that you add for your organization’s use are stored in the MashZone NextGen Repository. However, some MashZone NextGen configuration and extensions are file based.

By default, MashZone NextGen keeps configuration and extensions in the MashZone NextGen Server web application in these folders:

You can move most of these configuration and extension files to folders that are external to the MashZone NextGen Server.

Important: MashZone NextGen documentation refers to all of these folders as MashZoneNG-config.

Using external configuration folders for MashZone NextGen is a best practice as they simplify deployment and upgrades of the MashZone NextGen Server. They also simplify configuration management for clustered environments. External configuration folders are not required, however.

To create and use an external configuration folder for MashZone NextGen