On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 8:58 PM, Harsha Thirimanna <[email protected]> wrote:

> Hi All,
>
> I think we feel like both pros and cons because of these data file are
> located under the configurations. These are not actually config files and
> as Kasun said if these are under the config folder then anyone can feel to
> change and expect the changes in system after restarting. And same as Johan
> said, we can explain in the documentation clearly about the behaviour.
>
> As an alternative solution, can't we have such files in some different
> root folder but not under the config or deployment ,because of these files
> are not either deployable artifact or configs. Then users will not
> misunderstand about these files and there can be its own behaviour as what
> we have now.
>

> *Harsha Thirimanna*
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> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 5:21 PM, KasunG Gajasinghe <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Johann,
>>
>>
>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 3:22 PM, Farasath Ahamed <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi,
>>>
>>> email-admin-config.xml has the default email templates that are used for
>>> Email notifications.
>>> Since we have a UI to add/update new Email templates I don't think the
>>> user has to go to the registry and do any modifications.
>>>
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Farasath
>>>
>>> Farasath Ahamed
>>> Software Engineer, WSO2 Inc.; http://wso2.com
>>> Mobile: +94777603866
>>> Blog: blog.farazath.com
>>> Twitter: @farazath619 <https://twitter.com/farazath619>
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>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 26, 2017 at 1:30 PM, Johann Nallathamby <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi Kasun,
>>>>
>>>> I don't think we need to do this because,
>>>>
>>>> 1. This is the model we follow for some other files as well.
>>>> claim-config.xml
>>>> identity-event.properties
>>>>
>>>>
>> Yes, I think Isura mentioned the same. Let me revise my original query.
>> The problem I was trying to address is:
>>
>> 1. There is a config file under repository/conf/ which is only read
>> during start-up. Since it is read once, should it really be in the
>> repository/conf/?
>>
>> 2. If a config file is there under repository/conf/, then users expect
>> any changes to it will be visible to users. It is not that intuitive for a
>> first time user IMO.
>>
>
>> As the product is quite matured, I think it may be better to look into
>> these aspects to make the first time user experience better.  Hence, the
>> request for $subject.
>>
>
Agreed. We may be able to improve this.


>>
>>
>>> 2. This content goes not only to the super tenant but also to tenants as
>>>> default email templates. So if we change it in the middle tenants created
>>>> until then will have a different default template and the ones created
>>>> after that will have a different default template.
>>>>
>>>>
>> Yes, this is the current behavior, isn't it?
>>
>
Yes. This is the current behavior.


>
>> Thanks for your feedback.
>>
>>
>>> I don't think we have any problems with current model. If we do this we
>>>> need to change our migration, etc. If the issue here is clarity for the
>>>> users it is better we explain it using better wordings in the docs.
>>>>
>>>> Regards,
>>>> Johann.
>>>>
>>>> ---------- Forwarded message ----------
>>>> From: Kasun Gajasinghe (JIRA) <[email protected]>
>>>> Date: Wed, Jul 19, 2017 at 1:54 AM
>>>> Subject: [jira] (IDENTITY-6167) Need to honor modifications to
>>>> email-admin-config.xml file
>>>> To: [email protected]
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Kasun Gajasinghe
>>>> <https://wso2.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=kasung%40wso2.com>
>>>> *created* an issue
>>>>
>>>> WSO2 Identity Server <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/IDENTITY> / [image:
>>>> Improvement] <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/IDENTITY-6167> IDENTITY-6167
>>>> <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/IDENTITY-6167>
>>>> Need to honor modifications to email-admin-config.xml file
>>>> <https://wso2.org/jira/browse/IDENTITY-6167>
>>>> Issue Type: [image: Improvement] Improvement
>>>> Affects Versions: 5.3.0-GA
>>>> Assignee: Johann Nallathamby
>>>> <https://wso2.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=johann%40wso2.com>
>>>> Created: 19/Jul/17 1:53 AM
>>>> Fix Versions: 5.4.0-GA
>>>> Priority: [image: High] High
>>>> Reporter: Kasun Gajasinghe
>>>> <https://wso2.org/jira/secure/ViewProfile.jspa?name=kasung%40wso2.com>
>>>>
>>>> At the moment, we save the email-admin-config.xml in the registry
>>>> during the very first server startup. After that, changes to the file are
>>>> not picked up. So, users are forced to go to the registry to update the
>>>> config.
>>>>
>>>> This is a bit confusing since a user probably expects that the changes
>>>> to the file will be honored especially since it is located under
>>>> repository/conf folder.
>>>>
>>>> We can do some hashing mechanism and verify whether the contents in the
>>>> registry and the file matches. And, then we can update the registry
>>>> accordingly.
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>>>>
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>>>> Thanks & Regards,
>>>>
>>>> *Johann Dilantha Nallathamby*
>>>> Senior Lead Solutions Engineer
>>>> WSO2, Inc.
>>>> lean.enterprise.middleware
>>>>
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>>>
>>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> *Kasun Gajasinghe*Associate Technical Lead, WSO2 Inc.
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