7.6 Setting the URL for Desktop Client Downloads and Updates
In order for desktop clients (Windows and Mac) to be deployed and updated, the must be set to where the clients are hosted. This is a global setting and applies to all users in the Filr system.
Although the default URL points to the Filr appliance itself, Novell recommends hosting the desktop clients on a separate web server, as documented in Configuring a Separate Web Server to Deploy the Filr Desktop Application
in the Novell Filr 1.0.1 Administration Guide.
For example, if the server host name is myserver.example.com, then a URL similar to the following would need to be set in the Web Administration Console (port 8443). Click in the left frame.
The desktop clients can also be hosted on Filr appliances, as documented in Configuring the Filr Desktop Application for All Users or for Individual Users and Groups
in the Novell Filr 1.0.1 Administration Guide, provided that the appliances are not fronted by an L4 or L10 switch.
For more information on configuring the desktop applications, see Configuring the Filr Desktop Application to Access Files
in the Novell Filr 1.0.1 Administration Guide.