After you extend the repository definition of the PublishingFileRepository to support new item types, you must configure a custom VFS on the asset management server to expose items of those new types as files. Later, you configure a custom VFS at the same Nucleus location on the deployment target(s). The files exposed via the asset management server-side VFS are deployed to each VFS at that Nucleus location on the target site.
To configure the custom VFS on the asset management server, create a configuration file for the VFS. The VFS must be an instance of class atg.vfs.repository.ContentRepositoryVFSService, which is a VFS implementation that enables items stored in a content repository to be accessed as if they were stored in a file system.
The following table describes each property you should configure:
Property | Description |
|---|---|
| The content repository to expose as a file system. Always set this property to |
| A comma-separated list of item descriptor names that are viewable and accessible through the VFS. Note: Each item descriptor can be exposed via just one VFS. An item descriptor specified in this property for a given VFS cannot be specified in this property for another VFS. |
| The item descriptor in the repository specified in the Always set this property to |
Place the configuration file for the custom VFS at a Nucleus location in the config directory of your versioned module. (Later, you must configure a VFS at the same Nucleus location on your production target.)
In the FTPFileSystem example, you create the actual VFS component on the asset management server, locating it in Nucleus at /mycompany/FTPFileSystem. The configuration file for FTPFileSystem looks like this:
$class=atg.vfs.repository.ContentRepositoryVFSService contentRepository=/atg/epub/file/SecuredPublishingFileRepository itemDescriptorNames=ftpTextFileAsset,ftpBinaryFileAsset mutableFolderDescriptorName=fileFolder
Note: Because ftpTextFileAsset and ftpBinaryFileAsset are exposed via FTPFileSystem, they must not be exposed via any other VFS in the content development environment.
