Setting Up an Outgoing Provider on the Source Server

In Content Server, a provider is an API (Application Programming Interface) that establishes a connection between two or more content servers. To replicate a Web site, you must create an outgoing provider on the source server that establishes a connection between it and the target server.

After you configure the target server (see Configuring the Target Server for Replication), you are ready to set up an outgoing provider on the source server.

To set up an outgoing provider on the source server, perform these steps:

1. Log in to the content server as an administrator.

2. Click Providers.

   The Providers page is displayed.

3. Under Create a New Provider, click Add beside the "outgoing" provider type.

   The Add Outgoing Provider page is displayed

4. Enter the following information:

   • Provider Name: A name to identify the provider. The name appears in the providers list on this page (after you add one), and it becomes a subdirectory in the [CS-Dir]/data/providers on the source server.

   • Provider Description: A friendly description for the provider.

   • Provider Class: Enter intradoc.provider.SocketOutgoingProvider (the name of the Java class for outgoing providers).

   • Connection Class: Enter intradoc.provider.SocketOutgoingConnection (the name of the Java class that implements provider connections).

   • Configuration Class: May be left empty (this identifies a Java class for additional configuration settings, useful for database providers).

   • Server Host Name: The name (typically, the system name or IP address) of the target server. A socket connection is made to this host.

   • HTTP Server Address: May be left empty (this is the http address of the target server, which is not necessary for this type of connection).

   • Server Port: The port (typically, 4444) used to communicate with the target server. You can determine the port by viewing the server output when starting the content server.

   • Instance Name: The name (IDC_Name) of the target content server.

   • Relative Web Root: The relative web root for the target content server (for example, /root/) You can skip the remaining options as they are not required for this type of connection.

5. Click Add to save the provider information and return to the Providers page. (You see your outgoing provider in the providers list.)

6. Restart the content server.

To test the provider and make sure it was properly set up, return to the Providers page and click Test beside the outgoing provider.

In addition to setting up the outgoing provider, you may still must configure the server IP address filter on the target system so that the source server is allowed to communicate with the target server (for more information, see the Content Server documentation).

If there is a firewall in place, you must allow connections from the source server to the target server on the port defined in step 4.

The next step is to create an import archive (see Setting Up the Import Archive on the Target Server).