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Configuring a User-Generated Content Server to interact with Legacy Content Delivery servers

In a content distribution model using Legacy Content Delivery servers, you should configure one server (either an existing Collaborative Review or Legacy Content Delivery server, or a separate server) to be the user-generated content server.

Before you begin

Each Legacy Content Delivery server needs to be configured to use a user-generated content server. Once configured, each server will read their user-generated content from this single user-generated content server, and write all of their new user-generated content to this server as well, instead of storing it locally. This allows a group of Legacy Content Delivery servers to present a single, consistent set of user-generated content to your user community. The best way to share this configuration amongst your delivery servers is to include it in a configuration package to be pushed by your content distribution profile.

Your load balancer settings may be combined with your user-generated content server settings into a single configuration package.

Define the following configuration in the configuration package being used for your content distribution profile.

Procedure

  1. Define and export a new configuration package specifically to distribute your user-generated content server settings. Do not include any skins, publications, or configuration items in this configuration package. See Defining a Configuration Package.
    1. In the Administration Tools pane, click Manage Application.
      The Manage Application application appears.
    2. Click Global Config.
    3. Add a new custom config item named proxy.ugc.url. Leave its value field blank. See Adding Global Config Settings.
    4. Under Distribution Center click Packaging , and create a configuration packaging profile.
    5. Click Global Config, add only the proxy.ugc.url to the configuration package. Check the proxy.ugc.url configuration item, to include it in your configuration package.
    6. In the proxy.ugc.url item, type the fully qualified domain name, protocol, and port of the user-generated content server.
      For example, https://ugc.lc.example.com/ (where lc refers to an example related to output, and ugc specifies it further as a server dedicated to user-generated content)
    7. Click Save.
    8. Export the configuration package.
  2. Create a new content distribution profile. See Creating a Content Distribution Profile.
    1. In the Configuration Package drop-down, select the new package containing the user-generated content settings (proxy.ugc.url).
    2. On the Content Delivery Servers tab, add each of your servers.
    3. Click Enable Synchronization.
    4. Save the distribution profile.
    5. Return to the Distribution Center, select the profile then click Synchronize Selected.
  3. When this configuration package is pushed to your Legacy Content Delivery servers, they will immediately start to use the user-generated content server as the central repository for all user-generated content.