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WebSpeed Administration : WebSpeed Security : Changing WebSpeed applications from development mode to production mode : Set the agent application mode to production
 
Set the agent application mode to production
You must set the value of your agent application mode to production to prevent unwanted exposure of several WebSpeed components. The default setting is development. Therefore, you must take explicit action to change to production mode before you deploy and run your WebSpeed applications.
The following table details the differences between production and development modes.
Table 60. Agent application mode descriptions
When the agent application mode is set to . . .
Then this property . . .
Production
*Prohibits Web objects specified in the URL with the path install-path\src\web\ from being run
*Disables these utility commands: debug, reset, and ping
*Disables access to WebTools
*Restricts the utility command ping so that it only indicates that the WebSpeed agent is available; it does not display any other information about the agent's environment
*Ignores debugging via the URL, ?debug=xxx, even if the Debug mode is enabled
Development (default)
*Allows unlimited access to run Web objects specified in the URL with the path install-path\src\web\
*Enables these utility commands: debug, reset, and ping
*Enables access to WebTools
*Allows users to access specific development files
*Enables debugging via the URL, ?debug=xxx, if Debug mode is enabled
You can use OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer to change the value of the Agent application mode from development to production.
Another method of changing the application mode from development to production is to edit the ubroker.properties file.
* Changing the application mode with OpenEdge Management or OpenEdge Explorer
* Changing the application mode using the ubroker.properties file