14. Customizing Portal.Node web application

Sometimes it might be necessary to customize settings in the Portal.Node web application directory. Examples for this are modifications to the web.xml to customize security roles, install new servlet filters, etc.

[Warning]Warning

Customizing the Portal.Node.war is generally discouraged and should only be used as a last resort. For example in tomcat it is possible to define global servlet filter in the global tomcat/conf/web.xml file.

It is important to understand that any customizations could lead to a much harder time when updating Gentics Portal.Node

If you still need to do modifications to the Portal.Node webapplication it is recommended to write scripts which make those modifications to the Portal.Node.war right before deployment.

Please see the SDK Guide for information on customizing the Portal.Node web application in the Gentics Portal.Node SDK