[opencms-dev] Permissioned External Content

[Scott Carlson]

So, I implemented a solution for having external content (i.e. on the
real file system, not within the db) that is accessible and permissioned
in OpenCms. Really it was quite easy.

1. I created a new "Structured Content" type. When I want a link to
external content, I create a new instance of this type in the OpenCMS
vfs where I want to be able to access the file. As a bonus, I can use
this in OpenCms to apply meta data, especially useful for searching
against the external files.

2. For the new ResourceType that I created, I wrote a template-element
to "display" the file. The template-element uses a class to read the
file from the real file system (using a base path + the pathInfo of the
request), and it streams the file out to the browser.

Anyone interested in the code, let me know, and I'll post it.

Scott

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Subject: Re: [opencms-dev] Permissioned External Content

I really don't see how, but that's just my guess. I would say just 
create a page in the VFS that links to them, but hides their location. 
But that would stop people that know how to figure out the url in the 
source code. Sorry I don't really have much more then that.

Scott Carlson wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I have some content that I want to keep external to the VFS (e.g. some
> large video files), but I still want OpenCms to control access to the
> items based on user group membership.
>
> Any suggestions on how to achieve this goal?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Scott
>
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