The general configuration of ELOxc is saved in XML format. It consists of a large number of individual XML fragments that you assign a type to using an XML schema definition (see REST API/"confdefs"). The first fragment that is evaluated when the service is started is ELOxc.xml, which is located in the ELOxc installation directory. This fragment contains the base parameters of the ELOxc service and the registered ELOxc instances. The parameters for an ELOix connection, which are used to determine the instance configuration in the corresponding ELO repository, are required for each instance. The main part of the instance configuration is always located in the repository under //Administration//ELOxc Base//SERVICE.

ELOxc is usually connected to just one repository, but it is also possible to link an instance to an ELOix instance to allow for distributed instances. However, if you do link an instance to an ELOix, this also determines the repository that is used as the archiving target during processing. This connection therefore inevitably affects all processing steps in the repository. You should therefore be careful about which target repositories you select and how many.