Setting Up the Thumbnail Service

To set up the Thumbnail service:

1. In the global administration view, select Main > Storage Nodes in the navigation pane and make sure that the storage nodes used support Direct Mode.

2. In the global administration view, select Services > Thumbnail in the navigation pane.
   The Thumbnail page is displayed.
   

3. Click New Storage to define the storage for the thumbnails.
   The New Thumbnail Storage window is displayed.
   

4. Enter the generic details for the storage node.
   Type – The type of storage node you are adding. When you select the type, more fields are displayed so that you can add the specific details for the storage node.
   
   Storage Node Name – A unique name to identify the storage node.
   Bucket Name – A unique name for the bucket. The bucket must not be a bucket used as a storage node.
   Use Access and Secret Keys – Access credentials for the storage node.

   • Access Key ID – The S3 access key ID.
   • Secret Access Key – The S3 secret access key.
     

   Endpoint – The private endpoint name of the S3 service. The port for the endpoint can be customized by adding the port after the URL, using a colon (:) separator. The default port is 80.
   Use HTTPS – Use HTTPS to connect with the storage node.

   • Trust all certificates – Do not validate the certificate of the object storage. Normally this is unchecked.

5. Click Save.

6. Click Manage Servers.
   The Manage Thumbnail Servers page is displayed.
   

7. Select the servers to act as thumbnail servers.

   Note

   You cannot select the Main DB server unless it is the only server, nor a preview server.

   The server is defined as a thumbnail server. The Thumbnail Server option in the server definition is checked.

   Note

   This option cannot be checked or unchecked in the server definition itself.
   
   This option can only be checked or unchecked in the Manage Thumbnail Servers window.

8. Click Save.

9. Select Services > Thumbnail in the navigation pane.
   The Thumbnail page is redisplayed.
   

10. Click Enable.

The service starts.

When the service is active, thumbnails are displayed in the end user portal view for the following file types: JPEG/JPG, PNG, GIF, BMP, TIFF, WebP, SVG.

In the end user portal view, go to a folder with graphics files that are supported by the Thumbnail service and display the files with the Details or Tiles view.

Details View	Tiles View

Changing the Maximum File Size for Thumbnails

Thumbnails can be created for files that are not bigger than 50MB. The default maximum size is 20MB. You can change this size.

To change the maximum file size for thumbnails:

1. In the global administration view, select Services > Thumbnail in the navigation pane.
   The Thumbnail page is displayed.
   
2. Click Settings.
   The Settings page is displayed.
   
3. Change the maximum size for thumbnails and click Save.