IBM Content Navigator, Version 2.0.3     Supports:  OnDemand

Connecting and configuring IBM Content Manager OnDemand repositories

To access the content in an IBM® Content Manager OnDemand repository, you must first connect to at least one repository and configure it to use IBM Content Navigator as a web client. After you connect to and configure the repository, you must associate a desktop so that users can access the content.

Before you begin

Before you can connect to an IBM Content Manager OnDemand repository, you must configure the application-level settings for IBM Content Manager OnDemand. The settings can be configured under Content Manager OnDemand.

All of the IBM Content Manager OnDemand repositories that are configured for a single instance of IBM Content Navigator share the same instance of the Content Manager OnDemand Web Enablement Kit (ODWEK).

Before you configure the application-level settings for IBM Content Manager OnDemand, review the information in Planning for IBM Content Manager OnDemand.

Important: If ODWEK is not installed in the default directory, you must add the following custom property to your application-level IBM Content Manager OnDemand settings:
  • For the custom property name, enter ODWEK_INSTALL_DIR
  • For the custom property value, specify the fully qualified path of your Content Manager OnDemand Web Enablement Kit installation. For example, enter C:\Program Files\ODWEK\V9.0.

You must provide the database type, ID, server name, and port number to connect to a repository. If you do not have this information, contact your IBM Content Manager OnDemand administrator. Additionally, if you enable SSL for the repository, you must provide the locations of the keyring database file and the keyring stash file.

About this task

The types of repositories that you connect to depend on the repository connectors that are installed and configured on your web application server. If the IBM Content Navigator web application is not configured to support IBM Content Manager OnDemand, you cannot configure connections to IBM Content Manager OnDemand repositories.

Restriction: When you configure an IBM Content Manager OnDemand repository, you can specify the maximum number of search results that are returned to avoid performance issues. However, the limit that you specify might not be honored if the value that is set in the IBM Content Manager OnDemand folder definition is lower than the limit specified in the Search page. The actual maximum search results limit that is returned is the lowest search results value that is configured in either the folder definition or the repository Search page.

Procedure

To connect and configure an IBM Content Manager OnDemand repository:

  1. Open the administration tool in the web client.
  2. Start of changeClick Repositories > New Repository. End of change
  3. Select Content Manager OnDemand as the repository type.
  4. Click General and enter the required repository information. The repository information such as display name, ID, server name, port number, and database name are required to configure the repository. If you do not have this information, contact your IBM Content Manager OnDemand administrator.
  5. Click Connect. You can save the default configuration settings for the repository or continue to customize the settings.
  6. Click Configuration Parameters or Search to configure additional settings for the repository.
  7. Save your settings.
Parent topic: Configuring connections to repositories for IBM Content Navigator