topic Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT in Management & Governance

Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

hugo_andrade — Thu, 24 Mar 2016 19:20:54 GMT

Good Day Everyone!

We have a D drive attached to our Qlik Sense server. It is HUGE, but our C drive is pretty limited. So it drives the need of having the Content Libraries in another disk.

Is there a setting we add to make this change? I know this option is not configurable over QMC.

Thank you for your help!

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 07:27:32 GMT

Perhaps this post helps: Sense Server 2.1 File Storage Locations.

Or maybe you can use windows junctions: Hard Links and Junctions (Windows)

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

hugo_andrade — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 18:55:59 GMT

Gysbert, thank you for your reply! Really appreciate it.

But it is not what I am looking for. I already have the applications being stored on a custom location. What I really need is to change the location of the Content Libraries.

Set a new default location for the Content libraries instead of

C:\ProgramData\Qlik\Sense\Repository\Content\

Please see what I am referring to:

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

Gysbert_Wassenaar — Fri, 25 Mar 2016 19:06:13 GMT

Yes, I know what you're referring to. And you cannot change that in the QMC. You can change for example the app folder using the settings.ini file. Maybe that's also possible for the content folder. And if it isn't (and it's not recommended any way) you can probably use junctions.

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

JonnyPoole — Sat, 26 Mar 2016 02:03:56 GMT

In 2.2 , the apps location can now be changed on the 'engine' properties in QMC without use of an INI... so things are moving in the right direction.

For the content library ? Nothing that i know of but i'll see if i can ask around and get some direction on that.

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 01:03:33 GMT

Hi Jonathan, in my (multi-node) installation of 3.2 SR4, it seems that the "App folder" setting is on the Service Cluster properties in QMC.

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

JonnyPoole — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 15:23:00 GMT

You got it ! Capabilities have been updated and this can now be done (rightfully) in the QMC.

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 17:55:37 GMT

Should it be editable? The UI (with its "Apply" button) and this conversation suggest I should be able to change the App folder location for example; but the field is ng-disabled for my user (logged in as RootAdmin).

So I'm not sure why...

I would understand if it's something that can only be changed when installing... do I need to uninstall/reinstall?

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

JonnyPoole — Tue, 21 Feb 2017 22:03:50 GMT

Did you install Qlik Sense with Synchronized Persistence or Shared Persistence ? It asks you during the install

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

Tue, 21 Feb 2017 23:10:22 GMT

Damn, should've mentioned it sooner: Shared Persistence.

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

JonnyPoole — Wed, 22 Feb 2017 16:45:12 GMT

That must be it. The earlier section of this thread was when 'synchronized persistence' was the only option. Are you looking for steps to move your shared persistence folder ? Are you running multinode ?

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

Wed, 22 Feb 2017 17:38:51 GMT

Are you looking for steps to move your shared persistence folder ?

Yep

Are you running multinode ?

Yep

I thought I remember a separate but similar thread where someone explained a process involving adjusting the settings.ini, restarting stuff, etc etc

Unrelated question: (I know I'm turning this into a "support" thread. Please advise if I should transplant elsewhere)

It looks like the Postgres Database has the AppContent hashed and stored in the PostgreSQL. Does anyone know what hashing algorithms are used?

CREATE TABLE "AppDataSegments" (

"ID" uuid NOT NULL,

"MetaDataObject" text NOT NULL,

"Name" character varying(256),

"EngineObjectId" text,

"ContentHash" text,

Re: Change location of Content Libraries in Qlik Sense 2.0.7 - IMPORTANT

kinahan7 — Thu, 19 Dec 2019 14:44:02 GMT

Why isn't it recommended to change the location of the content folder?