Mirroring Data To Another Server
   

The term dataset mirroring refers to copying a fully processed dataset to another server via FTP. The mirroring process is continuously updated as the server processes logfiles. This is useful when you process logfiles from the web server and then need to push the results to a server with a public IP address so that other people without LAN access can view the data with the ClickTracks Professional Client via FTP, HTTP, or HTTPS, rather than a local network file system.

Open the Properties dialog of the dataset to be mirrored, select the dataset mirroring tab, and specify an FTP upload location where the data will be stored.


The Dataset Mirroring dialog below appears:

datasetpropertiesmirroring

To Enable Dataset Mirroring:

1.Check the "Enable mirroring for this dataset" at the top of the dialog. This will enable the fields below.  
2.Enter the FTP host address, username and password. The FTP login must have sufficient rights to read, write, update, and create directories on the remote FTP server. Consult with your network administrator for further account related information.  
3.Click on Passive Mode (firewall) mode, if necessary for your site.  
4.Click on the Browse... button.  
5.This will login to the remote FTP server, and an FTP browser window appears and will allow you to browse to the root directory where the data should be stored. To verify that the directory is valid, you must select and enter the directory (by double-clicking) rather than just selecting it in the browser dialog. Click the OK when you are at the final data location.  

The selected root path is then automatically inserted into the "Initial Directory" field (which is a read-only field). Then in the "New directory" field (which can be left blank) enter a subdirectory to store the clicktracks data. This directory will be created the first time the server uploads the data files. The resulting combined path is displayed in the "Dataset will be mirrored at" information.


NOTE: If you are mirroring your dataset to another computer where the resulting dataset will be accessed from a ClickTracks Pro client via the HTTP protocol, the web server on this machine will need to be configured to handle the retrieval of the .NLF and other ClickTracks specific files. The web server will need to have the MIME type added for the file type .NLF. Consult your web server documentation for details on adding a MIME type.

MIME Type:

.NLF application/octet-stream
.TCS application/octet-stream
.INI text/plain