Configuring Redwood Server for Active Archiving

Redwood Server can make use of the Archive Module to offload output to a Active Archive, a separate web application. You need to provide Redwood Server with the following pieces of information:

  • URL - the URL to the Active Archive
  • Catalog - the catalog you specified in the Active Archive setup, the default is default.
  • Folder - Folder in the catalog where you want your Chains and processes to be stored; the folder structure will be <Folder>/Jobs/<partition>/<definition>/<item>
  • Credentials - a username and password to authenticate with the Active Archive

Prerequisites

  • An Active Archive has been installed and configured
  • Active Archiving Server requires a specific license key.
  • Redwood Server version 2023.2.0 or higher
  • Active Archive Process Definitions (You might already have these, when you purchased the license for the Active Archive)

Procedure

  1. Navigate to Definitions > Processes.
  2. From the context menu of Archive_Feeder_Configure.
  3. Fill in the parameters, see the table below.
  4. Choose Submit and Submit again.

Values

Parameter Description Value
pServer Server Name Archive
pServerURL Server URL http://archive.example.com:50200/archive-server
pCatalog Catalog default
pUsername Username archive
pPassword Password archive's bad secret
pAllowDeleteUnarchived Y

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