Configuration

Last modified by Eleni Cojocariu on 2026/09/11 22:50

Explanation

Warning

WIP: Refactoring from Configuration.

XWiki reads its settings through the Configuration Module, which takes them from two places:

  • The configuration files of the web application, xwiki/WEB-INF/xwiki.cfg and xwiki/WEB-INF/xwiki.properties. Some settings exist only here and have no equivalent in the administration. xwiki.cfg is the historical file, and its options are progressively being moved to xwiki.properties. Stop the XWiki server before editing either file, and restart it afterwards.
  • The wiki administration, which applies the changes while the server keeps running.

The topics below cover the XWiki Directories an instance uses, the superadmin account, language configuration, statistics, the error pages a reader gets when something is missing or refused, and the Interwiki links that reach other sites through a short alias.

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The Admin Tools Application contains administration tools for managing a running XWiki instance.

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