IBM Content Navigator, Version 2.0.3     Supports:  FileNet P8, OnDemand

Configuring the IBM FileNet Content Federation Services viewer plug-in

After you configure the IBM® FileNet® Content Federation Services viewer plug-in, you can open and view documents that are federated to IBM FileNet Content Manager from IBM Content Manager OnDemand.

Before you begin

You must have IBM FileNet Content Federation Services for Content Manager OnDemand installed and configured.

About this task

The IBM FileNet Content Federation Services viewer plug-in only enables users to view federated content. Users cannot complete authoring actions, such as downloading documents. If you do not want users to see authoring actions, you can optionally:

Procedure

To configure the IBM FileNet Content Federation Services viewer plug-in:

  1. In the IBM Content Navigator administration tool, click Plug-ins, and then click New Plug-in.
  2. Enter the location of the deployed cfsplugin.jar file:
    • Enter the fully qualified URL of the JAR file with the following format:http://host_name:port_number/IBM_Content_Navigator_installation_directory/plugins/cfsplugin.jar

      If the JAR file is on a remote server, you must enter the URL of the plug-in file.

    • Enter the fully qualified path of the JAR file on your local file system. For example:
      • On AIX, Linux, and Linux for System z, the default directory is /opt/IBM/ECMClient/plugins/cfsplugin.jar.
      • On Windows, the default directory is C:\Program Files\IBM\ECMClient\plugins\cfsplugin.jar.

      Highly Available ClustersIf you use the fully qualified path of the plug-in file, you must add a copy of the plug-in file to each node in your cluster.

  3. Enter the user name and password for an IBM Content Manager OnDemand server that is federated to an IBM FileNet Content Manager server with IBM FileNet Content Federation Services .
  4. Save the plug-in configuration.
  5. Click Repositories and ensure that the IBM Content Manager OnDemand server that is federated to the IBM FileNet Content Manager server is included in the list of repositories.
    Important: The value that you entered for the Server name field matches the server name of your IBM Content Manager OnDemand fixed content device.
  6. Click Viewer Maps and create a new viewer map or edit an existing custom viewer map to add the IBM FileNet Content Federation Services viewer to the mapping:
    1. Click New Mapping.
    2. In the Repository type field, select FileNet Content Manager.
    3. In the Viewer field, select IBM Content Federation Services OnDemand Viewer.
    4. Add the application/vnd.ibm-OnDemand MIME type to the list of selected MIME types.
    5. Click OK.
  7. On the Viewer Map page, specify the order in which the IBM FileNet Content Federation Services viewer is used in relation to the other viewers.
  8. Save your changes to the viewer map configuration.
  9. Click Desktops and select the desktop from which you want users to use the IBM FileNet Content Federation Services viewer.
  10. On the General page, specify the viewer map that includes the IBM FileNet Content Federation Services viewer.
  11. Save your changes to the desktop configuration.