After you have installed the InDesign Server PlugIn, you must configure it. The InDesign Server PlugIn needs to know the Cumulus Server to connect to and the user account to be employed for the connection. This information has to be added to the InDesign Server PlugIn preferences.xml file. Where do you get this from in the correct format? From the InDesign Client preferences.xml file! Thus, the steps you have to perform are:
• Generate the required information employing InDesign Client.
• Open the InDesign Client preferences.xml file and copy the corresponding section.
• Open the InDesign Server PlugIn preferences.xml file and paste the corresponding section.
Use an UTF-8 compatible editor (and run it as administrator) to edit the preferences files.
To configure the InDesign Server PlugIn:
1. Open InDesign on a computer where the InDesign Client is installed.
2. Open any Cumulus palette and select Properties.
3. Under Automatic Login fill in the fields – Server – IP address or name of the computer running the Cumulus Server that manages the linked assets – Name – User name of the Cumulus account employed for connecting to the Cumulus Server – Password – Password of the user
4. Click OK.
5. Navigate to the InDesign Client preferences.xml file in .../Application Data/Roaming/Canto/[InDesign Client version] and open it.
6. Copy the section under “acon” to your clipboard.
7. Navigate to the InDesign Server PlugIn preferences.xml file in the Plug-Ins folder of your InDesign CC Server 2019 or 2018 installation and open it.
8. Replace the section under “acon” with the content of your clipboard.
9. Save the InDesign Server PlugIn preferences.xml file.
10. Start your InDesign CC Server CC 2019 or 2018 again.
The InDesign Server PlugIn is configured and your InDesign CC Server 2019 or 2018 can resolve any Cumulus links (e.g. to Cumulus Vault) and print as well as export them correctly.
