Using WebDAV with WebSphere Portal

WebSphere® Portal provides a Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) implementation that individual services can use by plugging into. WebDAV is a set of extensions to the HTTP protocol that allows you to collaborate on editing and managing files on remote Web servers. Caching Proxy supports WebDAV methods used by Microsoft Exchange Server, and user-defined (customized) methods. These methods are hard coded and managed by the Enable and Disable directives. Administrators can also use the corresponding method-mask defined in the PROTECT directive to authorize the use of these methods.

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Examples of such services are:
  • WebDAV for managing pages and static content.
  • WebDAV filestore. For example, this is used by portal themes.
  • WebDAV for Web Content Manager.
Note: WebDAV does not support secure connections, such as, HTTPS. For specific WebDAV client version compatability, refer to the detailed systems requirements documentation and the Tech Note about WebDAV clients for accessing IBM WebSphere Portal.
  • Configuring the WebDAV file store
    By default only administrative users can perform write operations on specific folders of the WebDAV file store. This affects public and user owned folders. You can enable write access for all authenticated users on WebDAV file stores folders.
  • Using WebDAV file store
    You can use WebDAV to work with the portal themes.
  • Serving HTTP OPTIONS requests to the server context root by WebDAV clients
    Some WebDAV clients send an HTTP OPTIONS request to the server context root ( / ) to check whether the server supports WebDAV. To support these clients, the portal provides a web application called wp.webdav.options.war that you can enable. This application responds to such requests with a confirmation that the portal supports WebDAV.
  • Working with WebDAV clients
    WebDAV is an HTTP extension framework with a plug point for the access and management of hierarchical data, for example, in content management systems. WebDAV stores the data in collections and allows you to work with the data in a user interface view that is similar to that of a file system. Various tools are available for integrating WebDAV resources into the client file system, known as WebDAV clients. To use WebDAV for WebSphere Portal, you must first set up your WebDAV clients.
  • Task webdav-deploy-zip-file
    Use this configuration task to manage theme artifacts and to deploy iWidgets. This task uploads archive or compressed files to portal WebDAV folders.
  • Parent topic: Administering
    • Related concepts:
  • Virtual portals
    • Related tasks:
  • Using WebDAV to manage pages and static content
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  • Using WebDAV file store

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