Connect data providers

Profuz LAPIS allows to connect local, network, FTP, Google Drive, Dropbox, S3 and many others storages

1. Open ~/apache-tomcat/production-cofig.json file in your favorite text editor
2. Add or edit the following entry in "providers" array:
    
   

  {
      "storageId": 11,
      "className": "com.profuzdigital.data_server.database.providers.vfs.VfsDataProvider",
      "name": [ { "language": "en", "country": "US", "searchValue": "Storage Name" } ],
      "enabled": true,
      "authenticationDataProperties": {
        "public": ["domain", "username"],
        "sensitive": ["password"]
      },
      "indexPath": "data/vfs-blob-index",
      "uri": "file:///DATA/DATA/DATA/",
      "fileMonitorDelay": 3600000,
      "rootAuthentication": {
        "domain": null,
        "username": "guest",
        "password": ""
      },
      "defaultAuthentication": {
        "domain": null,
        "username": "guest",
        "password": ""
      }
  }

 
Fields explanation:

• storageId: use unique number for each additional storage. Numbers below 7 are preserved by LAPIS
• className:
  • for local file system (includded system mapped folders), SAMBA, NAS, FTP, WebDav, S3 and similar file storages use "com.profuzdigital.data_server.database.providers.vfs.VfsDataProvider"
  • for YouTube use "com.profuzdigital.data_server.database.providers.you_tube.YouTubeDataProvider"
• name: in searchValue put the name you want to see in LAPIS UI. For example change "Starage Name" to "My External Storage"
• enabled: if true it will be connected, else if false it will be skipped
• authenticationDataProperties: describe autentication parameters. In the above example both domain and username must be used and password is case sensitive.
• uri: put the uri to access your connected storage.
  • for local file system: file:///path/to/the/folder
  • for ftp: ftp://ftp.example.com/optional/path/to/folder
  • for SAMBA: smb://serveraddress/path/to/the/folder
  • for S3: s3://server.example.com/path
  • for Dropbox: dropbox:///
  • for Guugle Drive: gdrive:///
• fileMonitorDelay: value in milisecods ro rescan remote file structure if needed
• domain, username, password: authentication parameters for the remote connection
  

Save and restart tomcat to apply the changes:

sudo systemctl restart tomcat.service