Enable remote document conversion

 

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Run Document Conversion Services on a remote server.

Before running Document Conversion Services on a remote server, update the content-types.properties file

To better balance processing power, Document Conversion Services can be delegated to a remote server. Enabling this delegation requires steps on both WebSphere Portal and the remote system.

Linux on PowerPC: Document conversion services must be performed on a remote WebSphere Application Server that supports document conversion services. Local document conversion is not supported on Linux for PowerPC.

Additionally, the 64-bit zLinux platform does not support running document conversion or spell checker locally. These functions must be run on a remote server.

To enable Document Conversion Services on a remote server:

1. Install WebSphere Application Server on the remote system.

   The remote system must be supported by Stellent 8.0.1.

2. Copy the file remotedcs.zip, available on CD 5, to the remote server and unzip it in the directory of choice. Use the appropriate unzip tool for the operating system:
   • Windows: pkzip
   • AIX: unzip
   • Solaris: unzip
   • Linux for System z: unzip

3. A dcs directory is created with many files and subdirectories in it.

4. Deploy dcs.war into WebSphere Application Server using the administrative console. The war file will be found in the unzipped directory, and the user should specify a context root of dcs. You should not change the default application name dcs_war.

5. Run the config script found in the unzipped directory. It is setupdcs.bat for Windows; setupremotedcs.sh for all other systems.

6. The oiexport directory should be added in PATH as well as in the Library path.

   Platform	Library path variable
   AIX	LIBPATH
   HP-UX	SHLIB_PATH
   Linux	LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   Solaris	LD_LIBRARY_PATH
   Windows	PATH

7. Restart the server.

Once Document Conversion Services is installed on the remote server, perform the following steps:

1. Update the following property in...

   portal_server_root/config/wpconfig.properties

   DcsRemoteHost: URL of the remote host 

   ...where the value of DcsRemoteHost is the URL of the remote host that provides document conversion services. For example,...

   http://remotehost:10000/dcs/dcs

2. Run one of the following configuration tasks to delegate some or all of the document conversion functions to the remote server. The possible tasks are:
   • delegate-all-conversions
   • delegate-spreadsheet-conversions
   • delegate-text-conversions
   • delegate-presentation-conversions
   • remove-conversion-delegation

   The following command can be used to run the task:

   portal_server_root/config/WPSConfig.sh <task_name>

   For example:

   portal_server_root/config/WPSConfig.sh delegate-all-conversions

3. Restart the portal server.

You should now be able to invoke the converters through Document Manager.

 

Related tasks

Enabling Document Conversion Services
Converting document formats

 

Related reference

Files that can be viewed as HTML
Configuration task reference

 

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