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# Sharing Box Content in IBM Content Navigator 

## Overview 

IBM offers two different ways of integrating the Box environment with IBM Content Navigator for Enterprise Content Management (ECM): 

Option 1: The Box environment can be presented to IBM Content Navigator as an additional ECM  repository, which users can browse and search in a similar way to an existing IBM FileNet ® P8 or Content Manager repository. 

This first form of integration uses standard 3 legged OAuth 2.0 authentication, and requires the user to provide Box login credentials (typically an email address) to authorize the Box developer application to access the Box environment using the user's Box profile. With this method, the Box folder structure is visible to the IBM Content Navigator user and can be browsed and searched. 

Detailed configuration information is available at this website for this integration option. Read this information first before configuring Box Share: 

http://www.redbooks.ibm.com/abstracts/tips1350.html?Open 

Option 2: The Box environment can be used to share ECM documents with users who do not have  logon access to either IBM Content Navigator or Box. This configuration is done by using the IBM Content Navigator Box Share facility. IBM Content Navigator Box Share provides a way to email a link that is connected to a document object to allow collaboration with an external user. 

In this scenario, the ECM object is copied to an otherwise invisible share location on Box, and a link is generated that can be emailed to the external user. The IBM Content Navigator object is flagged with a Shared icon. The location of the shared copy and the actual copy process is managed by IBM Content Navigator using server to server authentication, and the Box application service account. This second form of integration uses the OAuth 2.0 with JSON Web Token (JWT) authentication in the Box developer application, and uses the Box application service account. 

With the method described in Option 2, the Box folder structure is NOT added to the IBM Content Navigator desktop as a searchable ECM repository. It is added to the Box Share configuration only. 

If you want to provide users with the ability to browse and search a Box repository, and share ECM objects externally by using Box Share, configure two Box developer applications: One using standard 3 legged OAuth 2.0 authentication, and another using server to server JWT authentication. Also, configure two repository definitions in IBM Content Navigator: 

One for Desktop repository browsing and searching (using the standard 3 legged OAuth 2.0  authentication) 

One for Box Share (using JWT authentication)  

