WebDAV network storage

The WebDAV (Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning) network storage option allows you to use an existing WebDAV server as additional storage space.

Adding the WebDAV network storage

In the desired domain, navigate to the ACCOUNTS > Network Storage module. Click on the Add button, or right click anywhere in the grid area and select Add from the pop-up menu. In the Add Network Storage dialog window, select WebDAV as the Protocol, then click on OK. The Add "WebDAV" Network Storage dialog will appear as depicted in the image below.

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Basic

Name - Unique name for this network storage.

Connection

Host/IP - The remote hostname or IP address for this network storage.

Port - The remote port number for this network storage.

Use SSL - If checked, enables SSL protection for this network storage.

Authentication

Enter credentials - If selected, enables the administrator to specify a static Username and Password for all users

Replay credentials - If selected, uses the current user's credentials instead of a static Username and Password. Note: This feature will not work for users who authenticate to the SFTP service via public key authentication

Domain - The Domain name.

Path - The path for the WebDAV service.

Advanced

Remote directory - If selected, maps the local virtual path to a specific remote path on the target server.

Map current local directory to remote directory - If selected, maps the local virtual path to remote path having the same name as the local virtual path.  For example, if network storage is mapped to virtual path /path, then when connecting to the network storage, it will drop the user in /path directory on target server.

Debug log directory -  If checked, this is the directory where debug logs will be stored for this network storage.

Tags

Tags - If specified, this is the one or more tags that are used to limit which administrators have access to the network storage.