From d7c603e2013ef7af97ce090866db72c88164b0ba Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jake Smith <jake.smith@lexisnexisrisk.com>
Date: Thu, 30 Nov 2023 13:09:53 +0000
Subject: [PATCH] HPCC-30948 Ensure dafilesrv starts if config is missing

Signed-off-by: Jake Smith <jake.smith@lexisnexisrisk.com>
---
 fs/dafilesrv/dafilesrv.cpp | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/fs/dafilesrv/dafilesrv.cpp b/fs/dafilesrv/dafilesrv.cpp
index efbf863e5a6..5aa551bf8fe 100644
--- a/fs/dafilesrv/dafilesrv.cpp
+++ b/fs/dafilesrv/dafilesrv.cpp
@@ -656,8 +656,13 @@ int main(int argc, const char* argv[])
     throttleSlowQueueLimit = throttleQueueLimit;
 #endif
 
+    Owned<IPropertyTree> dummyDafileSrvInstance;
     if (nullptr == dafileSrvInstance)
-        throw makeStringException(-1, "dafilesrv: configuration section missing");
+    {
+        PROGLOG("WARNING: no dafilesrv configuration, default settings will be used");
+        dummyDafileSrvInstance.setown(createPTree());
+        dafileSrvInstance = dummyDafileSrvInstance;
+    }
     maxThreads = dafileSrvInstance->getPropInt("@maxThreads", maxThreads);
     maxThreadsDelayMs = dafileSrvInstance->getPropInt("@maxThreadsDelayMs", maxThreadsDelayMs);
     maxAsyncCopy = dafileSrvInstance->getPropInt("@maxAsyncCopy", maxAsyncCopy);