Run IXIA CCMS Output Generator in debug mode

You can enable the IXIA CCMS Output Generator to run a transformation scenario in debug mode.

Note: In a dedicated SaaS deployment, your access to the Output Generator is limited. Some tasks require the use of the Output Generator Access Tool (OGAT).

The debug mode is enabled through the outgen-init-debug.xml file. If the CCMS Output Generator finds this file when it starts a transformation job, it sets the debugging properties configured in this file. If it doesn't find it, all the debugging properties are disabled by default.

A file called outgen-init-debug.xml.orig exists by default within the CCMS Output Generator data folder. Simple remove the trailing .orig to turn debugging on. To disable debug mode, rename the outgen-init-debug.xml file to outgen-init-debug.xml.back.

Any property set in the outgen-init-debug.xml file will overwrite debugging properties set locally in the transformation scenario. The debug mode sets the following properties:
  • outgen.job.keep.temp="yes": Keeps the CCMS Output Generator temporary job directory (i.e., %OutputGenDir%/temp/<job_id>).
  • outgen.job.keep.topicfo="yes": Returns the topic.fo file and the images in the zip file.
  • outgen.job.clean.ot.temp="no": Keeps the DITA-OT temporary working directory (i.e., %OutputGenDir%/temp/<job_id>/temp). This property has no effect if the CCMS Output Generator job directory is deleted (i.e., if outgen.job.keep.temp="no"), since the DITA-OT temporary working directory is stored in the job directory.
  • outgen.job.clean.outputdir="no": Returns the following DITA-OT files in the zip:
    • Configuration/*
    • Customization/*
    • dita.list
    • dita.xml.properties