Xerox DocuShare 6.6 Installation Guide

DocuShare 6.6

Best Practices

Publication date: November 2011

This document supports DocuShare Release 6.6 and greater

Prepared by:

Xerox Corporation
DocuShare Business Unit
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Palo Alto, California 94304
USA

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Installation

• Before starting DocuShare software installation, complete the pre-installation checklist that is
available in the DocuShare Customer Requirements Input Form (CRIF). This checklist will better
prepare you for a smooth software installation.

• Verify that your system memory exceeds the DocuShare minimum system requirement. This
memory requirement is in addition to the minimum memory requirement specified for your server
OS.

• Refer to the Customer Expectation Setting document for detailed instructions on estimating
required disk space for your installation. You should plan for growth; estimating how many
documents are you going to add or update each month; what is the life span of an average
document; are you going to archive documents after one year or after seven years?

• Install DocuShare software on a dedicated server. Sharing resources with other applications on a
server can impact DocuShare performance.

Server administrator rights

• DocuShare site administrators should have local administrator/root access rights to the server OS
where DocuShare is installed; to install and update software, run command line utilities, and view
and edit configuration files.

Access policies

• For a greater degree of site control, set the Account Management l Access Policies to those shown
in this illustration.

• Site Access Authority - Set to User means only DocuShare user accounts can access content on
the site. You can set Site Access Authority to Guest if the site has the optional Guest feature. A
Guest setting means anyone connecting to the site has access to site content, except content with
specific permissions that restrict Guest access.

• Registry Access Authority - Only DocuShare user accounts can view site account information.

• Account Creation Authority - Only DocuShare users with Administrator status can create new
user accounts on the site.

• Group Creation Authority - Only DocuShare users with Administrator status can create new group
accounts on the site.

DocuShare 6.6

Best Practices

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