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Anonymous
July 20, 2010
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How to implement a remote applications folder?

  • July 20, 2010
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I've got Flash Media Server 3.5 up and running on a development server and now want to start customizing the install.

The first thing I want to do is to move the applications folder to a remote server/NAS. This is a failsafe so that if for some reason the Flash Media Server goes kaput all the flv files aren't wiped as well.

Can I configure Flash Media Server so that the applications folder points to a remote network drive (via UNC paths) without causing any permissions problems? How do I do this?

Thanks

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    Anonymous
    July 21, 2010

    I found my answer in the FMS 3.5 Configuration and Administration Guide on page 32 under Configuring content storage.

    Amazing what happens when you pick up a manual and read...

    Thanks for the help.

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    Anonymous
    July 21, 2010

    Hi,

    Congrats for getting it done . Also in that case, can you please let us know what had gone wrong in the first case, i.e, when it was not working even with correct configurations

    Thanks,

    Abhishek

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    Anonymous
    July 21, 2010

    Actually, I've got it working up to a point... I can stream files from the server with out a problem but now that the applications folder resides on a remote server, when I try to record a stream to the server, it fails with a NetStream.Record.NoAccess Error. This was working when the applications folder was located on the same box with Flash Media Server.

    Is this a permissions problem? How do I fix this?

    Thanks

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    Anonymous
    July 21, 2010

    So you have set a network drive it seems to point to a location on the network. Now you can go to the <FMS install folder>/conf and edit fms.ini. In fms.ini you will find a tag VHOST.APPSDIR. Change the value to point to the desired location.

    Let's say you have mapped a remote location to a Z: drive and you want to use applications under this folder as your apps directory. Then set

    VHOST.APPSDIR = Z:\applications

    Save the file, and restart fms.

    Make sure you have the write permissions to the remote folder.

    Please revert back if you face issues or something is not clear to you.

    Thanks,

    Abhishek

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    Anonymous
    July 21, 2010

    AbhishekSinha thank you for the reply.

    I have indeed mapped a drive on the Flash Media Server that points to a remote storage location on the network and would now like my applications to reside at Z:\fms_applications.

    I've opened and edited the fms.ini as you've suggested by changing the VHOST.APPSDIR = Z:\fms_applications and restarted Flash Media Server but it still seems to be pulling the applications from the original applications directory "C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3.5\applications". The reason I say that is because after I restart the server and click the "Applications" tab for the server I still see all the same applications that were in the original applications folder (C:\Program Files (x86)\Adobe\Flash Media Server 3.5\applications) and no applications from the new folder (Z:\fms_applications). Also, when I try to connect to any applications at the new location the connection fails and is rejected.

    Which user account/s needs read/write permissions to the shared drive?

    Thanks

    EDIT:

    I found my answer in the FMS 3.5 Configuration and Administration Guide on page 32 under Configuring content storage.

    Amazing what happens when you pick up a manual and read...

    Thanks for the help.

    Message was edited by: webdev_ryan123

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