Accessing the File Exchange web page

Overview

The VISULOX File Exchange frontend can be reached via web access from an internal server using a browser.

The user can connect to every VISULOX node, using the internal WEB browser and a known URL. The WEB Access PIN is needed to see the Transit Zone.
Now the user is able to upload and download files from the Transit Zone. ( The File Exchange service has to be enabled by the administrator).

It may be necessary to add the URL for File Exchange to the trusted sites in the browser.

Configuration

Enable the File Exchange service

CODE

visulox config -name layout.<logical server name>.fileexchange=true
visulox restart -service monitor

File Exchange URL

The transit URL must be known by the File Exchange users and is displayed via the Links button in Workspace / Transit Zone.

The transit URLs can be entered with the following configuration parameter:

CODE

visulox config -name transit.info.0="File Exchange URL:https\://%HOST%\:%SSLPORT%/transitloginpage?fxpin=%PIN%"

To change the transit.url.info.x entry it is necessary to use a backslash "\" before the ":" within the URL, because ":" is used as delimiter.

Format of the configuration value

The value has two elements: the name, which is displayed in the selection dialog and the value of the clipboard. Both elements can have place holders.

Placeholders	Used in	Description
%NODE%	name	Name of the node, where the File Transfer GUI is running
%HOST%	value	Physical FQDN hostname
%HOSTSHORT%	value	Short hostname
%PINFMT$	value	Formated PIN
%PIN%	value	RAW format of the PIN
%PORT%	value	The unsecure port (if used)
%SSLPORT%	value	The SSL port
%OWNER%	value	Owner of the session
%OWNERID%	value	Owner ID
%OWNERSHORT%	value	Short form of the owner

More configuration options

CODE

visulox config -name fileexchange. -info

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    | changed | key                     | value                         |                            shortinfo |                  defaultvalue |
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    |         | fileexchange.accesslog  |                               |                            accesslog |                               |
    |         | fileexchange.banner     | %LICENSE%                     |     Banner line on fileexchange page |                     %LICENSE% |
    |         | fileexchange.cafile     |                               |               CA for transit service |                               |
    |         | fileexchange.certfile   | visulox.self.pem              |     ssl certfile for transit service |              visulox.self.pem |
    |         | fileexchange.connection | From %RIP% on %NODE% (%HOST%) | Connection line on fileexchange page | From %RIP% on %NODE% (%HOST%) |
    |         | fileexchange.interface  | 0.0.0.0                       |    interface for incomming requestes |                       0.0.0.0 |
    |         | fileexchange.keyfile    | visulox.self.key              |      ssl keyfile for transit service |              visulox.self.key |
    |         | fileexchange.port       |                               |                  the listening ports |                               |
    |         | fileexchange.sslport    | 1443                          |                  the listening ports |                          1443 |
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