RemoteBlob NtfsService

The EQuIS Remote Blob NTFS Service defines storage for Binary Large OBjects (BLOB) based in a local NTFS folder. This allows a small, on-premise, deployment of EQuIS Enterprise to use an arbitrary folder to store BLOBs outside the EQuIS Schema.

The connection string for EarthSoft.Common.RemoteBlob.NtfsService is a file URI. (See RFC 8089). EQuIS Enterprise Web Application and Workflow Service MUST have full ACL permission to the specified folder.

Enterprise Report Cache uses the new RemoteBlob feature to store cached reports. Prior to the 7.0.0.19300 build, reports were cached in the folder identified in ST_CONFIG as config_section='efdManagementConfiguration' and config_key='workfolder'. The example below defines an EQuIS RemoteBlob store named 'reportcachecontainer' using the same folder.

EQuIS will encrypt the connection string the first time it is used.

EQuIS Version: v7.0.0.19300+

Namespace: EarthSoft.Common.RemoteBlob

Products Affected: Enterprise Reporting, Enterprise Workflow Services.

Required Modules: Enterprise

ST_CONFIG	VALUE	REMARK	VALID VALUES
CONFIG_SECTION	Common.RemoteBlob	Required
CONFIG_KEY	reportcachecontainer	Required	Name for the EQuIS blob store. Must be lower case letters and digits only.
OBJECT_TYPE	CONNECTIONSTRING	Required
OBJECT_VALUE	NTFS	Blob Storage Type	Choose one of: AzureBlob \| NTFS
STRING_VALUE	file:///C:/temp/workfolder/	Connection String	NTFSService expects a FILE protocol URI accessible from all processes using this RemoteBlob Service.