Applies To

Software	Version
Acrolinx Server	4.7, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.4, 5.5, 5.6, 2018.10
If you have an earlier server version, you can download an archived version of this article here .

From 5.0 onwards, we refer to linguistic resources as a guidance package.

Your Acrolinx Server installation directory contains many files that you can update to adapt your Acrolinx installation. The most commonly updated files are the core server property file, the language server property files, and the language configuration files. You can configure your Acrolinx installation by editing overlay copies of these files in your server configuration directory. You can then update these copies with the settings that you want to change.

If you have the role "Super Administrator", you can also edit most of these files from the Dashboard on the Configuration Properties page .

The following table lists the most commonly customized configuration files. All paths are relative to the server installation directory.

Name	Description
coreserver.properties	The properties file of the core server. This file is located in the directory: \server\bin
ls-<LANGUAGE_SERVER_ID>.properties	The properties file of a language server, where <LANGUAGE_SERVER_ID> is the abbreviation "ls-" concatenated with the number of the language server. This file is located in the directory: \server\bin
configurations.properties	The master language configuration file for all language configurations. It contains settings common to all configurations and controls how the server allocates the language configurations to language servers. This file is located in the directory: \data\

For detailed information on the server properties, see the Acrolinx properties documentation acrolinxProperties.xls in the following directory:

<INSTALL_DIR>\server\www\doc\

A comment (a line starting with ##) introduces a property or a group of properties controlling the same functionality. For example:

## language dependent resources for English

The property or the properties start on the next line, for example:

name=English

Each property has the form of a name, followed by an equal sign (=) and its value.

Note: No space is required between the property name, the =, and the property value.

To disable a specific property, follow this step:

Insert a hash mark (#) at the beginning of the line.

CAUTION:

Don’t disable a required property. Disabling a required property can disable the Acrolinx Server.

Updating the Acrolinx Server Software and Guidance Package Files

You can update the Acrolinx Server software or the corresponding guidance package files .

You can also update the guidance package by modifying specific files of the software, for example, by uploading a new terminology database or an edited guideline file.

Note: Make sure that the version of the Acrolinx Server software and the version of the guidance package files that you intend to modify are compatible.

To update the Acrolinx Server software and corresponding guidance package files, follow these steps:

Create a copy of the file that you want to modify in your configuration directory .

For example, if you want to modify an English guideline, create a copy of the file in the following directory:

%ACROLINX_CONFIGURATION_ROOT%\data\en\rules

Important: Ensure that you set the encoding for every created file to UTF-8 without BOM . If you use another encoding, it’s possible that Acrolinx can’t process the file.
Modify the file.
Save your changes and restart all servers.
Check the log files to ensure that the servers started without any errors.
Test your modifications thoroughly.