How Do You Install the Hybris Commerce Suite License?

This is a quick tutorial that describes how to install the Hybris Commerce Suite License. This article also assumes you have the SAP Hybris license information in your possession. Open the command prompt Go to your Hybris config directory: cd <HYBRIS_HOME_DIR>/config Create a new file in this directory. The filename you choose doesn't matter. For example, you could create a file called SAPHybrisLicense.txt vi SAPHybrisLicense.txt Once the vi editor is displayed, copy and paste the Hybris license you received from the SAP License Management portal. The license will resemble the following: ----- Begin SAP License ----- SAPSYSTEM=PRD HARDWARE-KEY=XXXXXXXX INSTNO=XXXXXXX BEGIN=XXXXXXX …

How Do You Disable Hybris Backoffice Cockpits' Pre-Populated Logins and Default Passwords?

Prior to moving your  Hybris Commerce implementation into production, it's important to disable the login auto-fill feature and the default passwords for the backoffice cockpits. To eliminate this potential security risk, set the pre-populated values to empty in the local.properties file. ############################################################### # The following disables default user/password for login cockpit pages and hmc ############################################################### productcockpit.default.login= productcockpit.default.password= cmscockpit.default.login= cmscockpit.default.password= cscockpit.default.login= cscockpit.default.password= hmc.default.login= hmc.default.password=

How Do You Disable Tomcat's Development Mode?

Disabling Tomcat's development mode is an important step before moving your Hybris Commerce application into production. Why is this an important pre-production step? When Tomcat is in development mode, it checks JSPs (Java Server Pages) timestamps for modifications. When a modification is detected, Tomcat will then recompile the JSP in the background. This process is wonderful for development as it helps with debugging, but will degrade production performance. Here are the steps to disable Tomcat's development mode: 1. Open and the web.xml (config/tomcat/conf/web.xml) 2. Once the file is open, please ensure your web.xml file has its development parameter value set to …

How Do You Prevent Tasks From Running On Hybris Commerce Front-End Storefront Nodes?

Answer Go to your local.properties file in the hybris/bin folder.  Enter the following: task.excluded.cluster.ids=1,2 This entry will prevent nodes 1 and 2 (front-end nodes in my case) from processing tasks. Additional Background With OOTB Hybris Commerce, all nodes are eligible to process tasks from the task queue. In production, front-end storefront nodes should be configured to process customer traffic only, and not used to process backoffice tasks, which tend to require a significant amount of system resources at times.

Hybris Commerce 6.5 is Now Available!

Today, SAP announced the release of Hybris Commerce 6.5. This release includes customer experience enhancements and backoffice manageability improvements. Overall, Hybris Commerce 6.5 is packed with enough new features that any new or existing Hybris client should consider implementing. There's one particular feature within the Hybris 6.5 Order Management area that caught my attention. A feature I have implemented on several client engagements, Self Service Return Labels. I've been patiently waiting for a Self Service Return Label OOTB offering from Hybris for a while now. Let's review this new feature in detail. With Hybris Commerce 6.5, Storefront customers may download product return …

Why Should You Learn Hybris?

The SAP Hybris job market is hot. Actually it's sizzling hot! Hybris business analysts, developers, and architects are some of the most sought after IT professionals today! Personally, I receive three new Hybris job opportunities in my LinkedIn messages inbox per day! If you are interested in becoming a highly marketable Hybris developer or architect, email me at info@hybrisarchitect.com today. I will create a customized Hybris training plan for you, and show you how to land any Hybris job!

How Do You Allocate Additional Storage to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (RHEL) Volume Group?

I recently ran out of storage space on my development server that has both Hybris and Adobe Experience Manager (AEM) installed. A quick df -h command confirmed my suspicion: Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/mapper/vg_system-opt 7.0G 7.0G 20K 100% /opt After installing a new disk. the operating system identified this new disk as /dev/sdb.  Since this is a brand new disk, no partitions exist. The following are the steps required to add additional space to a Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Volume Group. 1. Convert this new disk into a physical volume: # pvcreate /dev/sdb Physical volume "/dev/sdb" successfully created 2. …