Features/Transfer to many options

Workflow

• The server XO would make available its shares available via WebDAV, running in the context of "httpd" service.
• The client XO would connect to the server XO via its browser.
• Therafter, "Browse" would take over.

Details

• Setting up WebDAV on a server XO.
  • Install package "httpd".
  • Generate openssl "server.crt" and "server.key".

       cd /etc/ssl/certs/
       sudo openssl req -new -newkey rsa:1024 -days 365 -nodes -x509 -keyout ssl.key -out ssl.crt

• • Configure "/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf" to setup the WebDAV share. Sample file : media:ssl.conf
  • Start service "httd".
  • ALL THESE STEPS WOULD BE DONE AS PART OF OOB STAGE.

• Exporting Data to WebDav, on a server XO.
  • Sascha's JournalToWebDAV workflow.
  • Alternatively, we could have a "Share" listview in the bottom panel-tray; that would make a total of 4 types of listview - Journal, Documents, Mounted-Drives, Share. Of course, Share would follow all the schematics of "Documents" type. After all, "Share" is just a folder in the filesystem (like "Documents"). The corresponding folder is "/var/www/web1/web" (as configured in "/etc/httpd/conf.d/ssl.conf". All entries in the "Share" folder would be available to client XOs.

In a server-initiated operation, the server is responsible for adequate delivery to all the clients, whatever the number may be. In a client-initiated operation, each client is responsible for herself only.

Option	Server-Initiated / Client-Initiated	Secure Data Transfer	Proxy Support	Peer to Peer Support (Gabble/Salut)
Looping over "Send To"	Server-Initiated			Yes/Yes
Sascha's JournalToWebDAV	Client-Initiated
Each XO acts as an independent WebDAV server; client uses browser	Client-Initiated	Yes (HTTPS over SSL)		/Yes