Directories (also called folders) where Mifos (version 1.3 and later) will look for configuration files during runtime and tests. Configuration files are searched for in the following places:

• environment variable MIFOS_CONF, eg.

  set MIFOS_CONF=C:\mifos_conf

  • recommended if you don't like the next choice
• .mifos directory under user's home directory
  • this is the generally the easiest option
  • if this directory does not exist, it must be manually created
  • Windows XP
    • <installation_drive>:\Documents and Settings\<user>\.mifos
    • eg. C:\Documents and Settings\John\.mifos
    • use cmd.exe to create the .mifos folder in your home directory, like: "mkdir .mifos".
  • Linux/Mac... $HOME/.mifos
• Java System property mifos.conf – only intended for developer use
• org/mifos/config/resources on the classpath – only intended for developer use

The Mifos Configuration Location is used for:

• Database configuration
• Logging
• Application Settings
• Plugin Management

TIPS

Running more than once instance of Mifos on the same server.

To do this, use a separate tomcat startup (tomcat/bin) script for each instance, and set the environment variable MIFOS_CONF before launching the tomcat server. Alternatively, you can

• set the Java system property mifos.conf
• use different system users for each instance of Mifos

See also: http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.finance.mifos.devel/6070