1.9 Configuration & Connection files (Revision #14)

Application - Settings

Aqua Data Studio stores all configurations in the \.datastudio directory. Where USER_HOME is the home directory of the current user logged into the Operating System.

Windows = C:\Documents and Settings\USER_HOME\.datastudio
Linux = /home/USER_HOME/.datastudio
OSX = /Users/USER_HOME/.datastudio

The user may easily backup user settings by copying the full contents of this directory to an external storage device.

All of the Application's settings within File -> Options are contained within the datastudio.properties file. Copying this file to another machine duplicates the all of the current options.

All of the connection configuration is stored in the \.datastudio\Connection directory and sub-direcotires, with a connection file for each server in the appropriate directory. Users may exchange and share server connections by transfering individual files for each server.

 To Copy Server Registrations from one machine to another machine :

• Locate the .datastudio connections folder
  Windows: ’Documents and Settings\username\.datastudio’
  OS X: /Users/username/.datastudio  (only visible through terminal command "ls -a" as OS X does not show hidden directories through the Finder)
  linux: /username/home/.datastudio
• Within the  ’connections’ folder are any server registrations you have created. If you've made folders to group connections within the schema browser, they show up as directories. Individual server connections appear as files with the file name corresponding to the server name entered in the Server Properties settings during registration. Connections have the file extension .conn
• Copy the 'connections' folder's contents and transfer it to the corresponding .datastudio/connections directory of the 2^nd machine.

Open Aqua Data Studio in the 2^nd machine and all the Server Registrations will be available.

Note: Passwords are not copied, as they are encrypted during creation. They must be reentered once the connections are moved to the second computer.