Administering Filr

For details, including screen shots, see Administering Filr in the Filr 1.0.1 Hands-on Guide for Windows.

Synchronizing LDAP Users

The Active Directory users that you created must be synchronized to Filr through an LDAP synchronization process.

  1. In the administrative browser, access the following URL:

    https://Filr-appliance-IP-address:8443

  2. Sign in as User: admin with Password: admin, then change the password as prompted.

  3. Click admin (upper right), select Administration Console, then under System, click LDAP.

  4. Click Add a New LDAP Source OK > OK.

  5. Enter the LDAP Source information.

  6. Skip to the Base DN field, then type the DN of your testusers container.

  7. Set the synchronization options: Run immediately, Synchronize user profiles, and Register LDAP user profiles automatically.

  8. Click Apply.

    All of the users in the testusers container are added.

  9. Click Close.

  10. Remove filrproxy from the list.

Setting Up My Files Folders

For details, see My Files (Personal Storage) in the Filr 1.0.1 Hands-on Guide for Windows.

  1. Under Management > User Accounts, select A Black, A Green, A Orange, and A Pink.

  2. Click More > Enable Personal Storage.

Setting Up Net Folders

Net Folders provide access to the files and folders that you prepared earlier.

Specifying Net Folder Servers

Net Folder Servers are connections to Windows Shares on your file servers.

Configuring the Home_Folders Net Folder Server
  1. Under Management, click Net Folder Servers.

  2. A caution icon indicates that a Net Folder has a problem, specifically in this case, that no proxy user is assigned.

    Click the Home_Folders$ share name next to the icon.

  3. Type the DN and password of the filrproxyuser. Then click Test Connection > OK > OK > OK.

    The warning icon should disappear.

Configuring the Other Net Folder Servers

A Net Folder Server provides access to a Windows Share through Filr.

  1. Under Manage Net Folder Servers, click Add, then supply the information for the four exercise shares, starting with Dev.

    Share

    Text

    Dev

    • Name: Development

     

    • Server path: \\windows-server-IP-address\Dev

     

    Proxy name: filrproxyuser DN

    For example: cn=filrproxyuser,ou=testusers,dc=filr-lab,dc=local

     

    Proxy password: For example: N0v3llfi!r

    IS

    • Name: IS

     

    • Server path: \\windows-server-IP-address\IS

     

    Proxy name: filrproxyuser DN

    For example: cn=filrproxyuser,ou=testusers,dc=filr-lab,dc=local

     

    Proxy password: For example: N0v3llfi!r

    Mrktg

    • Name: Marketing

     

    • Server Path: \\windows-server-IP-address\Mrktg

     

    Proxy name: filrproxyuser DN

    For example: cn=filrproxyuser,ou=testusers,dc=filr-lab,dc=local

     

    Proxy password: For example: N0v3llfi!r

    Sales

    • Name: Sales

     

    • Server path: \\windows-server-IP-address\Sales

     

    Proxy name: filrproxyuser DN

    For example: cn=filrproxyuser,ou=testusers,dc=filr-lab,dc=local

     

    Proxy password: For example: N0v3llfi!r

  2. Click Test Connection to verify that the information is typed correctly.

  3. Click OK, set the synchronization schedule, then click OK.

  4. Repeat from Step 1 for each of the exercise shares.

  5. Click Sync to populate the database with metadata for the Net Folder Servers.

Creating Net Folders and Setting Net Folder Access and Sharing Rights

Net Folders are connections to specific directories on Net Folder Servers that are similar to traditional mapped drives.

  1. In the Administration Console, under Management, click Net Folders.

  2. Click Add, then enter the information for a Net Folder (starting with reviews). Be sure to test each Net Folder connection for accuracy.

    Net Folder Name

    Server

    Relative Path

    reviews

    Development

    personnel\reviews

    comp planning

    Development

    personnel\salaries

    projects

    Development

    projects

    training

    IS

    training\quick_starts

    cool stuff

    Mrktg

    advertising\brochures

    projections

    Sales

    revenue\projections

    2013 tracking

    Sales

    revenue\quotas

  3. Enable the Net Folder for indexing and just-in-time synchronization. Indexing causes significant processing overhead, but the exercises files and folders are small.

  4. In the Rights tab, assign the following sharing rights for the user indicated.

    Name

    User

    Sharing Rights

    reviews

    • ared
    • Allow Access
    • Internal

    comp planning

    ared

    Allow Access

    projects

    ared

    • Allow Access
    • Internal
    • External

    training

    • ablue
    • Allow Access
    • Internal
    • Re-share

    cool stuff

    • ayellow
    • Allow Access
    • Internal
    • External
    • Public
    • Re-share

    projections

    • ablack
    • Allow Access
    • Internal

    2013 tracking

    • ablack
    • Allow Access
    • Internal
  5. Click OK, then repeat from Step 2 until all seven Net Folders are created.

Enabling Sharing

Allowing users to share files and folders requires that you enable sharing for the Filr site.

  1. Under System, click Share Settings.

  2. In the User or Group field, start to type all, then select All Internal Users.

  3. Click Re-share Items and Share with the Public, then click OK.

  4. Click OK.

Setting Guest Access

  1. Under System, click User Access.

  2. Select Allow Guest access and Guest access is read-only, then click OK.

Allowing the Desktop Application to Be Deployed

  1. Under System, click Desktop Application.

  2. Select Be deployed.

    In the Auto-update URL field, type the following:

    https://Filr-appliance-IP-Address:8443/desktopapp/

  3. Click OK.

(Optional) Setting Up Email Communication with the Filr VM

The basic email service functionality that Filr provides is outlined in Filr Email Notifications in the How Filr Works–Overview Guide.

If you want to do the exercises that involve email, see the setup procedures in (Optional) Setting Up Email Communication with the Filr VM in the Filr 1.0.1 Hands-on Guide for Windows.