DFS—distributed file synchronization is one of the new engines introduced in v9.7. This engine synchronizes files across servers. For example, if you design a form on server1 and add some custom Javascript to it, the custom Javascript file resides on server1. Anyone accessing the form from server2 needs to have this Javascript file on server2. The DFS synchronization service will automatically synchronize this file from server1 to server2.
Navigate to the Status - Distributed - File Synchronization menu option.
The synchronization time interval can be configured using the following settings:
Distributed file storage connector.
Navigate to the Status - Distributed - Storage Connector menu option.
DFS connectors can be configured in distributed environments to access and store files. By default, v9.7 ships a file system connector, making FlowWright backward compatible with previous versions.
FlowWright ships with the following default DFS connectors:
- File system connector
- Database connector
- Azure file system connector
- Azure blog connector
Using the following UI, a default DFS connector can be configured: