Configuring virus scan for use during file transfer

Virus scanning of inbound and outbound file transfers occurs on the IBM® Sametime® Community Server. The Sametime Proxy Server does not offer any specific virus scanning support for files during file transfer through a Sametime Proxy Server. You can configure the file system location used for temporary storage of files and enforce virus scanning during file read and write.

Procedure

  1. Specify a temporary file storage directory for the file being transferred by completing step a or step b:
    1. From the Sametime System Console, configure a parent directory for file transfer by completing these steps:
      1. Browse to the WebSphere® Integrated Solutions Console on the server hosting the Sametime System Console.
      2. Log in to the Integrated Solutions Console as the WebSphere administrator.
      3. In the navigation tree, click Sametime System Console > Sametime Servers > Sametime Proxy Servers.
      4. Under Deployment Identifier, click the name of the proxy server. The Proxy server settings admin page displays.
      5. In the File transfer temporary store location field, enter the temporary file storage location. By default, the Sametime Proxy Server uses the temporary OS directory on the file system.
      6. Click OK.
    2. Manually change the stproxyconfig.xml file used by the Sametime Proxy Server's deployment manager,
      1. Find the stproxyconfig.xml file in the Proxy Server's deployment manager profile configuration.

        The file path is: <IBM WebSphere folder>/AppServer/profiles/<Proxy file folder>\config\cells\<Proxy cell folder>\nodes\<Proxy node folder>\servers\STProxyServer\stproxyconfig.xml

      2. Add the path for the temporary files to the <fileTransferDirectory> setting.

        For example,

        <fileTransferDirectory>C:/IBM/temp/filetransfer</fileTransferDirectory>

  2. To set virus scan for files transferred using the IBM Sametime Community Server, see the topic Allowing users to transfer files to each other.
    Note: Setting virus scan using the Sametime Community Server also includes all files sent from the Sametime Proxy Server.

    When the virus scanner detects a virus in an uploaded or received file, the file is deleted and an error code is returned to the Web Client. The Web Client indicates that the file could not be transferred due to its having been removed from the filesystem of the Sametime Proxy server. This could be due to a number of reasons, including removal by the server-side virus scanner.