How to set the cache control in ALM to no-cache

  • Document ID:KM03265864
  • Creation Date:09-Oct-2018
  • Modified Date:15-Jun-2020
    • Micro Focus Products:
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Summary

For security reasons it may be necessary to set ALM to no-cache.

Question

For non-ssl situations it may, for security reasons, be necessary to set ALM to no-cache.

Mind that if SSL is implemented cache control is already set to no-cache.

Therefore this only applies to non-ssl implementations.

Answer

Procedure...

1) Navigate to the following default path...

Windows: C:\ProgramData\HP\ALM\webapps\qcbin\WEB-INF

Linux: /var/opt/HP/ALM/webapps/qcbin/WEB-INF

2) Open the file "web.xml" for editing

3) Locate the following block of text...

<servlet>
        <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.hp.alm.platform.web.ALMDefaultServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>dirAllowed</param-name>
            <param-value>false</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>

4) Add the following text in red...

<servlet>
        <servlet-name>default</servlet-name>
        <servlet-class>com.hp.alm.platform.web.ALMDefaultServlet</servlet-class>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>dirAllowed</param-name>
            <param-value>false</param-value>
        </init-param>
        <init-param>
            <param-name>cacheControl</param-name>
            <param-value>no-store</param-value>
        </init-param>
    </servlet>

5) Save changes

6) Bounce the ALM service