Groove Manager Web Site Description Important Components GMS directory If you install the full Groove Due to the sensitive Manager application with both information available through client and administrative the administrative interface, interfaces, this directory is you should secure this created to hold the administrative directory and all administrative interface Web of its files with a reliable IIS pages (.aspx files) and the authentication scheme, as index.htm file which contains discussed in . the main entry point to the . administrative interface. AutoActivation If you install the full Groove This directory uses SSL for directory Manager application with both encryption and is secured client and administrative using IIS Integrated Windows interfaces), this directory is authentication (formerly called created to support the Groove NTLM). The SOAP Auto-Account transactions involved in the Configuration/Restoration Auto-Account feature, described in . Configuration/Restoration process depend on SSL for encryption. Aspnet_client directory This directory is part of the This directory is installed with ASP.NET support for Groove ASP.NET. Manager. gms.dll This dynamic link library Groove clients must be able to (DLL) is the main entry point connect to the gms.dll in the for transactions from Groove home directory as anonymous clients. The Groove Manager users, so the top-level gms.dll URL (that you define during file must be accessible from installation) must point to this the Internet and must not be DLL. This file resides in the secured. Groove Manager root directory Do not set up login of IIS and in the authentication for this AutoActivation directory. directory.
Groove Manager Web Site Components Description Important GMS directory If you install the full Groove Manager application with both client and administrative interfaces, this directory is created to hold the administrative interface Web pages (.aspx files) and the index.htm file which contains the main entry point to the administrative interface. Due to the sensitive information available through the administrative interface, you should secure this administrative directory and all of its files with a reliable IIS authentication scheme, as discussed in . . AutoActivation directory If you install the full Groove Manager application with both client and administrative interfaces), this directory is created to support the Groove Auto-Account Configuration/Restoration feature, described in . This directory uses SSL for encryption and is secured using IIS Integrated Windows authentication (formerly called NTLM). The SOAP transactions involved in the Auto-Account Configuration/Restoration process depend on SSL for encryption. Aspnet_client directory This directory is part of the ASP.NET support for Groove Manager. This directory is installed with ASP.NET. gms.dll This dynamic link library (DLL) is the main entry point for transactions from Groove clients. The Groove Manager URL (that you define during installation) must point to this DLL. This file resides in the Groove Manager root directory of IIS and in the AutoActivation directory. Groove clients must be able to connect to the gms.dll in the home directory as anonymous users, so the top-level gms.dll file must be accessible from the Internet and must not be secured. Do not set up login authentication for this directory.