How to configure Alfresco WebDAV with windows client machines

Alfresco WebDAV

Alfresco provides WebDAV in two different ways.

• Browser Based - Read Only
• Folder Based - Read & Write

Browser Based To access the browser based WebDAV, then use the below syntax Syntax:

​http://IP:PORT/alfresco/webdav

Example:

​http://localhost:8080/alfresco/webdav

You will get logon screen, enter your credentials to access Alfresco WebDAV. Once the authentication is successful, you will get Alfresco Repo details.

Folder Based Configuration for Windows 7 Client machine:

• Step 1: Registry settings
  • Open Registry Editor (regEdit from run).
  • Navigate to : HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Services\WebClient\Parameters
  • Look for BasicAuthLevel.
  • On the Edit menu, click Modify. In the Value data box, type 2, and then click OK.
  • If BasicAuthLevel? is not found create one and enter the value as 2.
  • Save and exit Registry Editor.
  • Restart your machine.
• Step 2: Service Settings
  • Ensure, webclient service is running on the client machine(Windows 7)

• Step 3: Map as Network drive
  • Open up Windows Explorer and click "Map network drive"
  • Enter the UNC path of Alfresco WebDAV in the Folder textbox
  • \\localhost@8080\alfresco\webdav\
  • Enter the user name and password to validate your authentication

In some cases, we might need to connect the Alfresco WebDAV on a server OS like Windows Server 2008 R2 . For example, from one of the production server to test or QA server.

Configuration for Windows 2008 R2 Server

• Step 1: Install Desktop experience from Windows Features.

• Step 2: Check and update for Windows Registry Settings. Refer Configuration for Windows 7 Client machine step 1.

• Step 3: Check for WebClient? service. Refer Configuration for Windows 7 Client machine step 2.

• Step 4: Map the Alfresco WebDAV as network drive. Refer Configuration for Windows 7 Client machine step 3.

References :

• ​https://wiki.alfresco.com/wiki/Client_WebDAV
• ​http://docs.alfresco.com/4.0/tasks/tuh-maptodrive.html