Configuring Your First Gateway Server and Data Source
This article applies to:
- Mobile Access
Solution
Registering a new Gateway Server
- Go to the computer on which you have the Gateway Server installed.
- Open https://localhost/.
Note: The port 443 is the default port. If you have changed the default port, add your port number after localhost.
- Write down the Administration Key.
- Open the Acronis Access Web Interface.
- Open the Mobile Access tab.
- Open the Gateway Servers tab.
- Press the Add New Gateway Server button.
- Enter a Display Name for your Gateway Server.
- Enter the DNS name or IP address of your Gateway Server.
Note: If your mobile clients connect to the gateway by going through a reverse proxy server or loadbalancer you should enable Use alternate address for client connections and enter the DNS name or IP address of your reverse proxy server or loadbalancer.
- Enter the Administration Key.
- If required, allow connections with self-signed certificates to this gateway by enabling Allow connections from Acronis Cyber Files servers using self-signed certificates.
- Press the Save button.
Note: Make sure you have at least 1 Gateway Server available.
Creating a Data Source
To create a Data source:
- Open the Acronis Access Web Interface.
- Open the Mobile Access tab.
- Open the Data Sources tab.
- Go to Folders.
- Press the Add New Folder button.
- Enter a display name for the folder.
- Select the Gateway Server which will give access to this folder.
- Select the location of the data. This can be on the actual Gateway Server, on another SMB server, on aSharePoint Site or Library or on an activEcho server.
Note: When selecting activEcho, make sure to enter the full path to the server with the port number. e.g.: https://mycompany.com:3000
- Based on your choice of location, enter the path to that folder, server, site or library.
- Select the Sync type of this folder.
- Enable Show When Browsing Server if you want this Data Source to be visible when mobilEcho clients browse the Gateway Server.
- Select if the folder should require Salesforce activity logging.
- Find and select the User or Group the folder will be assigned to.
- Press the Save button.
More information
See also Mobile Access.