Setting up a fallback file system storage location to use if the license is invalid

If your license for database storage is expired or missing, you can configure Content Delivery to store content on the file system as a fallback scenario.

Procedure

  1. Open cd_storage_conf.xml, located in the config\ subdirectory of your combined Content Deployer microservice or of your Content Deployer Worker microservice.
  2. In the <Storages> element, find the <Storage> subelement that has the Type attribute set to filesystem and the defaultFilesystem attribute set to true, that is, this element:
    <Storage Type="filesystem" Class="com.tridion.storage.filesystem.FSDAOFactory" Id="defaultDataFile" defaultFilesystem="true" defaultStorage="true">
      <Root Path="${rootPath}/data"/>
    </Storage>
  3. E nsure the existence of a system environment variable called rootPath, set to a folder (either on the server itself or in a local network folder) in which you intend to store this fallback content.
  4. Close cd_storage_conf.xml.