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H080801 - How do I configure an Express Server catalog with a network drive?

With Express Server 6 and later running on Windows 2003 with Internet Information Server (IIS), catalogs can be configured to work with a UNC share or other network drive.

Configuration involves two parts; you must edit your catalog configuration file (catalogs.xml) and you must change the user that runs Express Server.

First, add a catalog to the catalog configuration file as in the following example:

<Catalog name="demo">
    <Provider name="filename.sid" root="C:/Documents/Images"
     volume="Samples"/>
 </Catalog>

Next, open IIS Manager and right-click on Default Web Site (or right-click on lizardtech to isolate this change to Express Server only).

Change the name of the user running Express Server in your IIS Manager as follows:

  1. Choose Properties. The Default Web Site Properties dialog appears.
  2. Choose the Directory Security tab.
  3. Click Edit. The Authentication Methods dialog appears.
  4. Change the user name to a domain user that has permission to read the image folder on the network drive.

This article was last updated or verified on 17 January 2013.