Help - Sharing the Project Folder on the Server

Sharing the Project Folder on the Server

Scenario: After a server installation using SMC, you have created a project and the project folder is available on the server computer. You want to share the project folder with the logged on Windows users on a client/FEP or remote web (IIS) server computer.

It is recommended to share the Server project folder to which you want to connect to before creating the project on the client/FEP. This is because, you need provide the path of the shared Server project folder at the time of client/FEP project creation.

The local client and the Web Server on the Desigo CC Server do not need a file share, only the access rights on the folders in the project directory have to get configured. Note that you do not need to explicitly assign them.

You can share the project folder either from Windows or from SMC on a server using the Project Shares expander. Read the following procedure for sharing a server project folder using SMC. To share a project folder externally using Windows, see Sharing the Project Folder Using Windows.

▷: After the server is installed, you have launched SMC on server.

▷: You have created a project using SMC on server.

▷: You have a list of logged on users on the client/FEP or remote web server who are going to run Desigo CC.

▷: The project that you want to share is stopped in SMC.

▷: The Project Shares expander is available in the Project Settings tab.

1.: In the SMC tree, select Projects > [project].

2.: Click Edit .

3.: Open the Project Shares expander and perform following steps:
a. Select Share Project check box.
b. Edit the Share Name, if required. By default, the selected project’s name displays.
c. Click Add to add users from the domain that need permission to access the project from the various clients. These are Windows domain users in the Active Directory.
d. In the Select User or Group dialog box, enter the user name or group from your system who need access to the project either from the Current station or Other Domains.
e. Click Check name.
f. Click OK.

⇨: The user or user group is added in the Project Shares expander.

4.: Click Save Project .

⇨: The project folder is shared and security is configured in it.

Tips:

●: If sharing the project folder fails and on opening the SMC log located at
C:\GMSProjects\GMSMainProject\log, the SetPermissions exception displays, see the troubleshooting section Unable to Set Security Permissions on Websites/Projects Folder.

●: You have changed from domain environment to workgroup but the old sharing is not visible in the Project Shares expander in SMC. The same is applicable if you are working in workgroup and change to domain environment. Refer the troubleshooting section Troubleshooting the Environment Change for Already Shared Projects.