Enable and configure web-disk

Web-disk is a way to access the user's directory using the webDAV protocol. This protocol allows you to add to the user's computer directory from a remote server as a separate disk. The user can use Web-disk as an alternative to connecting to the server via FTP. Files available to multiple users can be stored on a web disk and edited together.

Enable web-disk 

The apache mod_dav module is used. Apache ITK must be enabled.

To allow your users to use web-disk: 

1. Go to Settings → Web-server settings.
2. Enable the option Enable Web-disk.

   

   Details

   The following webdisk.conf file is create in //conf/vhosts-default/:

   webdisk.conf

   DAVLockDB /var/lock/apache2/lockdb
   <Directory /var/www/*/webdav>
       Dav on
   </Directory>
   Include /<Apache directory>/conf/webdav-users

   Details

   DAVLockDB — a full path to the blocking database file.Dav on — enables the web-disk for all users.

   The following .conf file is create in //conf/webdav-users/ for every ISPmanager user: 

   .conf

   <Directory /var/www/<Username>/data/webdav>
       include dav_params.conf
       <IfModule auth_digest_module>
           AuthUserFile /var/www/<username>/data/passwd.dav
       </IfModule>
       AssignUserID <username> <user group>
       Require user <username>
   </Directory>
   Alias /webdav/<username> /var/www/<username>/data/webdav

   Details

   AuthUserFile — path to the file with data that are used for user authentication when he accesses the web-disk.Require user — only the specified user will be allowed to access the web-disk directory.Alias — alias for the user web-disk. 

    

   3.  Click Save.

Configure web-disk 

To configure web-disk for the user:

1. Log in as the user and go to Main Menu → Web-disk.
2. Enter the Directory (the path is relative to the user home directory) where the data will be saved. The user home directory is specified by default.

   

   Details

   In //conf/webdav-users/ .conf  the alias for the web-disk is changed: 

   <username>.conf

   Alias /webdav/<username> /var/www/<username>/data/<relative path to directory>

    

3. Click Create.

Link to web-disk

How the link is generated:

1. The IP address where one of the user's SSL-enabled WWW domains is running will be selected. The link is formed as "https:///webdav/<username>".
2. If the user does not have WWW domains with SSL enabled, the link is formed as "http:///webdav/<username>".
3. If the User has no WWW-domains, any IP-address of the server is selected. The link is formed as: "http:///webdav/<username>".
   

The link is displayed on the User Dashboard in ispmanager.