Configuring a remote site cache

BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise 2016 Administrator's Guide

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Configuring a remote site cache

Configuring a remote site cache comprises the following tasks:

Install the site cache software on the remote web server.
Create public dynamic collections in the vaults to pre-load the cache with frequently used documents.
Configure the site cache options.
Configure the remote client PCs to use the remote site cache.

Notes

You must configure a site cache using an account that is an administrator of the server for your changes to be saved in the Windows registry.
The site cache manager requires a M--SCH license be registered in the BlueCielo License Server.

To configure a remote site cache:

On the remote site cache web server, run the Meridian Enterprise installation package and install the Site Cache component. A new application named AMSite is added to the default web site.
In each vault that you want the site cache to serve, create a shared dynamic collection of the documents that you want the site cache to preload into the cache as described in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide. On the Custom Find page of the collection, enable the Make this query available to Web Access users option.
On the remote site cache web server, In the Windows Start menu, in the BlueCielo Meridian folder, click BlueCielo Site Cache Configurator. The BlueCielo Site Cache Configurator window opens.
Click options or type values using the descriptions in the following table.

Site cache options
Option	Description
General page
Virtual directory	Accept the default of AMSite.
Cache location	Accept the default or click the folder browser button to select a different folder.
Remove from cache after	Enable this option to automatically purge documents from the cache after a specified number of days regardless of whether they have been accessed or not.
Disk space on drive C:	Accept the default or specify a different amount of disk space to allocate to the cache.
Web Servers page
Server URL	Accept the default if you are configuring the site cache on the Meridian Web Access web server and the Virtual directory option is set to AMSite. Otherwise, click New and enter the URL of the Meridian Web Access web server. Configure one URL (with Credentials and Collections options) for each Meridian web server from which you want to cache documents.
Credentials	Type credentials in Logon user and Password for an account with read access to the vault documents contained in the shared dynamic collections listed in Collections. Enable the Encrypt option to store the credentials in the Windows registry in encrypted format.
Collections	Click Configure to select the vaults and shared dynamic collections that you created in step 2 to preload into the cache. Each collection will appear in the list.
Tasks page
Common tasks	Click Schedule to create task in Windows Task Scheduler to: Cache cleanup – Purge documents from the cache that are older than specified for the Remove from cache after option. Upload documents – Send new and revised documents to the source vaults. Preload collections – Download documents in the specified collections from the source vaults to the cache. Click Now to perform the corresponding task immediately.
Credentials	Type credentials in Logon user and Password for an account with full access to the folder specified for Cache location and to create tasks in Windows Task Scheduler. Enable the Encrypt option to store the credentials in the Windows registry in encrypted format.

Click OK to save your changes. For troubleshooting, you can view the event messages that are generated by the site cache manager on the Event Log page.
The Meridian Web Client does not detect and use a remote site cache automatically. Before the cache will be used, the user must specify the location of the site cache and the file transfers that they want to use the cache as described in the BlueCielo Meridian Enterprise User's Guide. Provide all site cache users with the following:
- Site cache URL
- Advice on setting the Bypass site cache option

Related concepts

Understanding Web Access

Understanding the Web Access server privileges

Understanding Active Directory security problems

About remote site caches

Creating a web location

Configuring a Web Access location

Enabling anonymous web access