Placing Application Security in maintenance mode

If, at any time, you need to change any server configuration settings, you can place Application Security in maintenance mode, and then make the necessary changes.

To place Application Security in maintenance mode:

  1. Sign in as an Administrator
  2. On the header, select Administration.

  3. On the navigation pane, expand Configuration, and then select Maintenance.

  4. On the Maintenance page, select the Set to maintenance mode check box, and then click SAVE.

  5. Restart the server.

    The autoconfig file is in Kubernetes secrets and cannot be deleted.

  6. Open the <fortify.home>/<app_context>/init.token file in a text editor.

  7. Copy the contents of the init.token file to the clipboard.

  8. Open a web browser window and type the web address for your Application Security instance.

  9. Click ADMINISTRATORS.

  10. Paste the string you copied from the init.token file in the Security Token field, and then click SIGN IN.

    The Application Security Setup wizard displays all of the current configuration settings. For information about server configuration, see Configuring Application Security for the first time.

  11. After you successfully complete the server configuration, restart Tomcat.

    Alternatively, you can set the following Java option to re-initialize the Setup wizard after you complete the setup: -Dcom.fortify.ssc.forceInit

If your Application Security instance appears to be stuck in maintenance mode, try one of the possible solutions described in If Application Security is stuck in maintenance mode.

To facilitate server maintenance, you can pause job execution, which allows running jobs to finish but prevents new jobs from executing. For details, see Pausing and resuming job execution.