System administration

Installation

• Compatibility of Assets Server
• Installing Assets Server
• Hardware requirements and recommendations for Asset Server
• Upgrading Assets Server
• Installing Assets Agent

Managing

• Managing Assets Server
• The Assets Server structure: clusters and nodes
• Upscaling a stand-alone cluster to a multi-node cluster in Assets Server
• Monitoring the state of Assets Server
• Gathering Assets Server information for troubleshooting

Configuration

Learn how to configure Assets Server. Topics: configuring a running cluster | HTTPS | e-mail | session time-outs | list for sorting assets | single sign-on |

• Improving Assets Server performance by limiting the assets history output
• Changing the Assets Server configuration for a running cluster
• Setting up HTTPS in Assets Server
• Implementing single sign-on in Assets Server
• Implementing single sign-on in Assets Server using Amazon Cognito

Amazon

• Running Assets Server in the Amazon Web Services (AWS) cloud
• Speeding up the connection to Assets Server from remote locations by using Amazon CloudFront
• Using S3 as archive storage when running Assets Server in a non-Amazon environment

Apache

• Running Assets Server in combination with Apache

Backup and restore

• Backing up and restoring Assets Server

Content management

• Adding content to Assets Server
• Organizing content stored in Assets Server by using Collections
• Organizing content in Assets Server by using a folder structure
• Organizing content stored in Assets Server by using Permissions

Enfocus

• Integrating Assets Server in Enfocus Switch

Files

Learn how to work with files in Assets Server. Topics: opening | editing | regenerating thumbnail and preview | rescuing lost index entries | download presets | repairing | watermarks | supported file types | sharing | placing images on a layout | InDesign | downloading | importing | XMP | auto-renaming | versioning

• Accessing files that are stored in Assets Server
• Supported file types in Assets Server
• Automatically creating XMP file relations in Assets Server
• Cleaning up files with the same ID in Assets Server
• Configuring the auto-renaming of files in Assets Server

Indexing

• Creating or deleting a backup of the index in Assets Server
• Disabling the automatic reindexing during the startup of Assets Server
• Restoring an index in Assets Server
• Updating the file index of Assets Server
• Errors appear in the log files after updating the index of Assets Server

Languages

• Managing languages in Assets Server
• Improving search results by setting the correct language for indexing and searching in Assets Server

Licensing

• About Assets Server licenses
• Activating Assets Server
• Using a Backup license in Assets Server
• Error when trying to activate Assets Server: 'Required boolean parameter 'useActivatedClusterHardwareId' is not present'

Metadata

• Metadata in Assets Server - introduction
• Working with metadata in Assets Server
• The metadata structure of Assets Server
• Assets Server metadata fields explained
• Changing the default metadata field options in Assets Server

Open Calais

• Populating metadata in Assets Server through Open Calais

Searching

• Searching for files in Assets Server by using a query
• The Assets Server query syntax
• Configuring Elasticsearch Analyzers in Assets Server

Security

• Assets Server security features overview

Storage

• Solutions for storing files with Assets Server
• Multi-tiered storage in Assets Server
• Retrying failed file operations when using NAS storage with Assets Server

Users

Learn about managing users and user groups in Assets Server. Topics: creating | public guest account | user access | disconnecting | viewing user access

• Setting up users and user groups in Assets Server
• Controlling user access to clients and client features in Assets Server
• Controlling user access to folders and files in Assets Server
• Controlling user permissions in Assets Server
• Creating a public guest account for Assets Server