Configure the Application After First Deployment

Introduction

Goal

Configure the Hippo CMS application after installation and first deployment.

Background

After the Hippo CMS application has been deployed in an environment for the first time, the configuration of a number of services is required to ensure proper and secure operation.

Services to Configure

Configuration settings are managed using the Console web application.

Delivery Tier Configuration

• Configure Virtual Hosts in an Environment

Relevance Data Stores (Hippo DX

• Request, Statistics and Visitors (SQL Database)
• Visits (Elasticsearch)

CMS Security

• Login Page (Captcha, Auto-Completion)
• Password Safety Validation and Password Expiration
• Create Users and Groups
  Make sure to either delete the default user accounts ( admin, editor, author, webmaster) or change their passwords!

Channel Manager

• Configure Channel Manager to use Delivery Application deployed as ROOT.war
  (only required if delivery application is deployed as ROOT.war)

Automatic Maintenance Jobs

• Event Log Cleanup
• Form Data Cleanup