You need to create a directory and specify permissions
for the Content Platform Engine operating
system user before you can create a storage area.
Procedure
To configure a file server based on AIX®, HPUX, HPUXi, Linux, Linux on System z®, or Solaris:
- Log on to the file server as a user with read/write access
to the device where you want to create a storage area.
- Create or designate a directory for the first storage area
where content will be stored (as in, fsa1). For example:
$ mkdir /opt/filenet/file_stores/fsa1
- Set the Content Platform Engine operating
system user as the owner of fsa1 and give group
access permission to the Content Platform Engine operating
system group. For example:
chown cpe_os_user:cpe_os_group fsa1
Tip: The UID (user ID) for cpe_os_user and
the GID (group ID) for cpe_os_group on the file
server must match the UID and GID for the same user and group on the
machine where Content Platform Engine and Content Search Engine are running. This will
normally be true if all machines use the same directory service, but
they might be different.
- Change the permissions on fsa1 so
that cpe_os_user and cpe_os_group both
have read/write/execute privileges and all other users have no privileges:
chmod 0770 fsa1
- Via NFS, export fsa1. Alternatively, if the file server will host more than one file
storage area, export the parent directory. In the latter
case, for example, export /opt/filenet/file_stores,
rather than /opt/filenet/file_stores/fsa1,
and then create a separate subdirectory to serve as the root of each
file storage area.
Tip: It is a best practice
to restrict trusted hosts to just those on which an instance of Content Platform Engine Server or Content Search Engine is executing. Root access
should also be restricted. Refer to the AIX,
HPUX, HPUXi, Linux, Linux on System z, or Solaris administrator manual
for details on exporting files in NFS.