Catalog Access

A list of Catalog Alias Configurations is displayed. A Catalog Alias Configuration defines the Cumulus Server, the user and the catalogs used with a CIP instance. Canto provides several pre-configured Catalog Alias Configurations to be used with Cumulus Portals and Cumulus Mobile App.

You can add more Catalog Alias Configurations or edit existing ones. Clicking on the appropriate button opens the Catalog Configuration window.

• Catalog Alias – The name must be unique.

• Cumulus Server Address – IP address or DNS resolvable name of the machine running the Cumulus Server. Required Value!

• User Name – the Cumulus user used for web visitors that are not logged in.
This user also is the one whose settings are employed for the landing page of the Send Collection Links (PIN). Therefore this user should have access to all catalogs configured for Web Access and to all shared collections.

NOTE: This user must be created via the Cumulus User Administration and must have appropriate permissions.

• Password – The password for the specified user (as set in the Cumulus User Administration).

• Catalogs – Lists the catalogs available with this configuration by name. You can remove catalogs or add catalogs that are managed by the Cumulus Server defined for this configuration.
If the option Required is activated for catalogs, the CIP alias can be used only, if all required catalogs are available at the server and can be opened by the user. – Catalogs that are not set as required will not impact the usage of the respective CIP alias.

NOTE: Lock
You can lock the above four setting so that they cannot be overwritten with the values set for a logged in user. If, for example, the User Name and Password are locked, only the specified user can use this catalog alias. If User Name and Password are not locked, any Cumulus user can log in and use this catalog alias.

• Usage – Drop-down list to select the designated usage of the catalog alias. The following possibilities are provided:

• Only allow the following operations – Activate this option to restrict the usage of the catalog alias to specified operations. If this option is not activated, the usage of the catalog alias is controlled by the permissions of the specified user.

• Operations – List of allowed operations. You can add or remove operations via the respective buttons.

The reset password feature requires a (technical) user with Global User Administrator permissions. Make sure to lock this user and its password!
No catalog needs to be specified for the reset password feature.

This catalog alias is needed for the Video Link to videos published on the Video Cloud to work properly. Such links direct to Portals, where a landing page is generated that contains the player to which the video is streamed from the Video Cloud.

• A technical user with appropriate permission must be specified. Make sure to lock this user and its password!

• All catalogs containing the originals of the videos that shall be streamed from the Video Cloud must be specified (must be locked).

• It is strongly recommended to limit the allowed operations to preview/video in order to prevent other operations to be executed with this catalog alias.