Web Addresses 

Use

To access documents on a remote http server via the simple Web repository, you must enter the URL of the server in the configuration of a Web address.

 

Integration

Every remote HTTP server whose URL you enter in the configuration of a simple Website can be accessed via the simple Web repository (see Simple Web Repository Manager).

 

Features

In contrast to a Website, the configuration of a Web address only has a few parameters other than the name. This reduces the configuration effort, but also the range of features. If the remote HTTP server requires authentication, for example, you must create a HTTP system. You can only do this in the configuration of a Website.

 

In order to use a greater range of features, you must configure a standard (see Web Sites).

 

Parameters of a Simple Website

Parameters	Required	Description
Name	Yes	Name of the Web address
HTTP URL	Yes	Specifies the URL at which the remote HTTP server can be accessed, for example http://www.sap.com You can also specify subfolders, for example http://www.sap.com/services/. Note that documents that do not have a URL starting with http://www.sap.com/services/ cannot be accessed.

 

Activities

To create a Web address, choose Content Management ® Repository Managers ® Web Addresses.

To check whether the remote HTTP server is available in KM, call up the simple Web repository in the Explorer iView (in the standard system /www).

If you do not see any content in this repository, you should check whether you need a proxy server for accessing external servers. If you do, you create an HTTP system for the proxy server and enter it in the configuration of the simple Web repository manager.