Content Server URLs Online vs. Offline Servers

7-4 Oracle Fusion Middleware Users Guide for Desktop Integration Suite

7.4 Content Server URLs

When creating a content server connection, you must provide the WebDAV URL for that server, and possibly its CGI URL depending on the server type. Please note that each defined content server connection must have its own, unique WebDAV URL. You cannot have two server connections on your computer that use the exact same WebDAV URL. Oracle Content Server Oracle Content Server instances Oracle UCM servers require both a WebDAV URL and CGI URL. The WebDAV URL typically has the following form: http[s]:host-name:[port]web-rootidcplgwebdav For example: http:server:7044idcidcplgwebdav http:server.example.com:16200csidcplgwebdav https:servercsidcplgwebdav The CGI URL is typically the same as the WebDAV URL, without webdav, for example: http:server:7044idcidcplg http:server.example.com:16200csidcplg https:servercsidcplg See Section 7.16, Identifying the URLs for Oracle Content Server for a way to find out what the URL of an Oracle Content Server instance is. You can also ask your system administrator what URLs to use. If clients should connect to an Oracle Content Server 11gR1 instance using basic authentication rather than form-based authentication that is, using a login dialog, then _dav should be added to the servers WebDAV URL and HTTPS should be used, for example: https:server.example.com:16200_davcsidcplg WebDAV URLs with _dav are not supported in Oracle Content Server 10gR3 and 7.5.2. Oracle Content DB Servers and WebDAV Servers Oracle Content DB servers and other WebDAV servers require only a WebDAV URL. What this URL looks like is entirely dependent on the server location and configuration. You may want to ask your system administrator what URLs to use.

7.5 Online vs. Offline Servers

A content server can be in online or offline state. If a content server is online, there is a live connection to that server after providing your login user name and password and you can view and interact with the folders and files on the content server, based on your server permissions. Note: You may not need to set up server connections for Desktop Integration Suite on your own computer, as this is often handled by system administrators. Working With Content Server Connections 7-5 If a content server is offline, there is no live connection to the server, but you can still access the files from that server that are in your local cache see Section 8.2.3, Local Caching of Content Files . You can specifically designate content files and entire folders to be available offline see Section 8.23.2, Making Folders and Files Available Offline . Copies of the latest file revisions are then retrieved from the content server and put in the local cache on your computer. Working with a content server in offline mode may be useful if you want to access some files on that server when no connection to the server is available for example, outside of the workplace. To work with a content server in offline mode, right-click that server in the integration hierarchy or the content pane, and choose Work Offline in the context menu. The server icon then changes to include an offline indicator Figure 7–1 . In addition, the Work Offline option in the servers context menu is preceded by a check mark. To cancel the offline status, simply select the Work Offline option in the context menu again. Figure 7–1 Offline Icon

7.6 Server Context Menus