Removing an FME Server resource folder

Out of curiosity, why was it necessary to manually add the resources in the configuration files, rather than in the GUI?

Did you try removing the resources in the FME Server GUI as well?

We prefer having this kind of customizations stored in a file. And also this way new resources are like any other 'system' resource, not editable nor removable, so you cannot 'mistakenly' remove the resource in the GUI.

So using the GUI to remove the resource is not an option.

Interesting arguments, thanks for sharing!

My hunch would be stale records in the system database, in particular look in following 3 tables in the FME Server database:

• fme_sharedres
• fme_sharedres_type
• fme_sharedres_props

Hi @david_r​ ,

I also faced the same issue. I found two records in the pstgresql db related to a resource that, removed from the fmeserverconfig file, still exists in the GUI. Is it safe to delete the two records (fme_sharedres and fme_sharedres_props tables)? We are working with configuration file instead of GUI because in the 2020.1 we found a bug that makes not possible to display files content.

Thanks!

It's impossible for me to say, unfortunately, it's a bit of a black box. Once you're manually manipulating these tables all bets are off.

I recommend you do a complete backup of the the entire FME Server installation before touching the contents, just in case.

Thanks. Sure a complete backup is a good suggestion. I hope the bug will be solved soon in order to avoid working on the fmeserverconfig file.

regards

Roberto

Another workaround is to update the 'is updatable' field to true in the FME Server database "fme_sharedres" table and then delete the shared resource from Web UI.

Of course as david_r said do a complete backup before proceding.

Thanks @afavaccio​ ,

it works and resource can then be removed from the GUI.