FAQs
How to set the language of Studio?
Studio currentlly is translated in three languages: English (en), French (fr) and German (de). When starting Studio, the language setting of your operation system is used to determine the language of Studio (On linux, the LC_CTYPE environment variable is used to determinate the default language).
However it is possible to force another language. Add the following content to the ApacheDirectoryStudio.ini file (before the “-vmargs” line):
-nl
en
Please notice the line break between -nl and the language.
When browsing and expanding an entry, Studio only shows 1000 child entries.
Studio uses a client-side count limit when browsing the DIT. This limit is defined in the connection properties. See Connection Properties how to change it.
How to set the Java VM to use?
Add the following content to ApacheDirectoryStudio.ini file (before the “-vmargs” line):
-vm
<path to java executable>
Please notice the line break between -vm and the path.
Studio requires Java 11 or newer.
MacOS note: You can find out the Java home directories with /usr/libexec/java_home -V, append /bin/java to the path
How to increase the heap memory?
Add the following content to ApacheDirectoryStudio.ini file:
-vmargs
-Xms128m
-Xmx512m
Please notice the line breaks.
Location of ApacheDirectoryStudio.ini file
- On Linux: in the installation folder
- On macOS:
/Applications/ApacheDirectoryStudio.app/Contents/Eclipse/ApacheDirectoryStudio.ini - On Windows: in the installation folder
Location of Apache Directory Studio settings
The settings are located per default in your home directory under the directory .ApacheDirectoryStudio.
The file containing all connections is:
~/.ApacheDirectoryStudio/.metadata/.plugins/org.apache.directory.studio.connection.core/connections.xml
The file containing all searches and bookmarks is:
~/.ApacheDirectoryStudio/.metadata/.plugins/org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.core/browserconnections.xml
The file containing the history of the connection wizard (recently used hosts and bind users) is:
~/.ApacheDirectoryStudio/.metadata/.plugins/org.apache.directory.studio.connection.ui/dialog_settings.xml
The file containing the history of search settings (recently used DNs, filters, returning attributes) is:
~/.ApacheDirectoryStudio/.metadata/.plugins/org.apache.directory.studio.ldapbrowser.common/dialog_settings.xml
There are some more dialog_settings.xml files in the other plugins directories.
Note: the location of the settings directory could be configured by changing the parameter “osgi.instance.area.default” in configuration/config.ini.