DC 5.7 Application configuration

There are 3 levels of configuration for the Importer. This section describes the application level configuration which is in effect for all hotfolder configurations. This configuration is done in the app.config which is named Importer.exe.config when running app mode and ImportService.exe.config when running service mode.

{
  "DAMCenterDetails": {
    "BaseUrl": "https://dam.company.com",
    "SystemUsername": "ImportUser",
    "SystemPassword": "fc5e038d38a57032085441e7fe7010b0"
  },
  "Service": {
    "PollRate": 10,
    "RequestTimeout": 60,
    "RequestDelay": 2,
    "RequestRetry": 3,
    "Name": "ImportService"
  },
  "Logging": {
    "LogLevel": "Information",
    "Overrides": {
      "Microsoft.EntityFrameworkCore": "Warning"
    },
    "LogDirectory": "Logs",
    "DaysToKeepLogFiles": 30
  },
  "Jaeger": {
    "Enable": false,
    "AgentHost": "localhost",
    "AgentPort": 6831
  }
}

A note on passwords

It has been common practice to copy-paste passwords directly from the database, but that will not work with the new strong encryption type passwords. Here is the proper way to do it:

1. Create a new user for the Importer purpose or reuse an existing one.
2. Either way, make a note of the actual password.
3. Type in that password in any MD5 tool and generate a hash.
4. Use the MD5 hash for the Importers application config.

Examples of MD5 tools:

1. SQL:

   How to generate an MD5 hash in SQL

   SELECT CONVERT(NVARCHAR(255), HashBytes('MD5', 'password'), 2)

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