5.21 Enabling CIFS in IPv6 mode

If you want to enable CIFS for Content Services on an IPv6 implementation, you must explicitly add an additional IPv6 address to the machine that hosts AEM forms on JEE. This IPv6 address should be a static IP address that resides in the same subnet as the clients. You need to do the following tasks after you configure AEM forms on JEE using Configuration Manager. Typically, you should pause the Configuration Manager after the EAR file configuration and then edit the EAR file. After you have edited the EAR file, you can go back to the Configuration Manager to deploy the updated EAR file along with other selected EAR files.

Note: If users have accessed the repository through CIFS, then the users will be able to access the repository even after content services rights are revoked.

5.21.1 Edit the contentservices.war file

  1. Navigate to [aem-forms root] \configurationManager\export directory.

  2. Use a file archive utility such as WinRar to open the contentservices.war file.

  3. From the file archive utility window, extract the file contentservices.war\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\file-services-custom.xml and open it using a text editor.

  4. Locate the following line and change it by adding ipv6="enabled" :

    <tcpipSMB platforms="linux,solaris,macosx,windows,AIX"/>

    to

    <tcpipSMB platforms="linux,solaris,macosx,windows,AIX" ipv6="enabled" />

  5. Save and close the file

  6. From the file archive utility window, extract the file contentservices.war\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\extension\file-servers.properties and open it using a text editor.

  7. Locate the line cifs.ipv6=disabled and replace it with cifs.ipv6=enabled .

  8. Save and close the file.

  9. Copy the updated file-servers-custom.xml file into the archive under contentservices.war\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\ .

  10. Copy the updated file-servers.properties file into the archive under contentservices.war\WEB-INF\classes\alfresco\extension\ .

  11. Save the contentservices.war file.

After you update the EAR files, you should use the Configuration Manager to deploy the updated EAR file.

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