4.2. Accessing an EKM Server from the EKM Web Client

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## 4.2. Accessing an EKM Server from the EKM Web Client

You can access an EKM server from the EKM web client. You can launch the EKM web client:

- From a web browser

- From ANSYS Workbench

To launch the web client from a web browser, see Launching the EKM Web Client.

To launch the web client from ANSYS Workbench, select File > Launch EKM Web Client.

- If you have already created a connection to the repository and it is the only connection, then the EKM server will automatically start (if it is not running) and will bring up the EKM login window.

- If more than one connection exists then the Launch EKM Web Client dialog box will open. When you select the connection to open, the EKM login window will open.

- If no connection exists, then you will be prompted to create a new repository connection using the Open from Repository command in Workbench. Once you have created a new connection to your repository, the EKM server will start. You can then cancel the Open from Repository dialog box and select File > Launch EKM Web Client in Workbench to open the EKM login window.

When the EKM sign-in window opens, sign in to the server with your user credentials. If your EKM administrator has chosen to authenticate users to the operating system, use the same user name and password that you use to log into your operating system. If users are authenticated to an LDAP server or Windows Active Directory, the user name may be an OS account name, an email address, or some other unique identifier. Consult your EKM administrator for more information. Details about login authentication can be found in Configuring Login Authentication and Access Settings in the EKM Installation Guide.

Important: EKM user names and passwords are case-sensitive.

When you launch EKM from a web browser, you are automatically signed into the workspace that has been specified as your default workspace in the mapping login module defined by your EKM administrator. For more information about how the default workspace is set, refer to Table 9.2: Login-related Access Settings in the EKM Installation Guide. You can subsequently connect to another workspace if needed. See Connecting to a Different Workspace for details.

If you want to transfer small-sized and small numbers of files or archive files to a shared repository, the simplest way is to use the web client. The web client cannot transfer folders unless they are compressed into an archive file. See Transferring Files for details.

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