Connecting to the WebDav folder to customize Heritage Process Portal spaces

You can use web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) to make and deploy custom theme changes to pages in Heritage Process Portal spaces. WebDAV provides a network protocol for creating interoperable, collaborative applications.

Before you begin

Various third-party clients are available that support the WebDAV protocol. Ensure that you have a WebDAV client installed; other clients might not work in your environment. For more information about the recommended clients and the versions that are supported, see the detailed system requirements for IBM® Business Process Manager Advanced.

Tip: If customizing Heritage Process Portal spaces with WebDAV does not work, you might need to adjust the following security configuration settings:

In the administrative console, open the Global security page by clicking Security > Global security.
Expand Web and SIP security and click General settings.
Make sure that Default to basic authentication is selected. Then click OK and save the configuration.
Restart the server to apply changes.

About this task

Because WebDAV works over HTTP, you get all the benefits of HTTP that FTP cannot provide, such as strong authentication, encryption, proxy support, and caching.

Procedure

Regardless of the WebDav client that you use, ensure that you configure the client to use the HTTP/SSL protocol. In addition, include the following information in the configuration settings.

The host name of the IBM BPM server that hosts the Heritage Process Portal spaces.
The SSL port of the IBM BPM server, for example, 9443.
Tip: To check which SSL port to use, in the administrative console go to Servers > Server Types > WebSphere application servers > server_name > Ports, and use the value in the WC_defaulthost_secure field.
The administrator user name and password that were used during profile creation.
The path to be used for the WebDav folder: /mum/mycontenthandler/mm/dav/filestore