KB484321: Import files with file:// protocol in Linux Intelligence Server

Quality Engineer, Senior • MicroStrategy

This article provides instructions for mounting Windows files under a Linux Intelligence Server machine.

Description

For Intelligence Servers on Linux machines, Strategy can only access files with the

file://

protocol in localhost machine. If you want to access and import files of Windows or other Linux machines, the workaround is to mount the file folder to your Linux I-Server machine.

Solution

Mount Windows files folder to Linux I-Server machine

Share windows folder to some users, like the following:

Run a command to make a folder under the root path of your Linux machine, like the following:
```
mkdir <folder name>
```

Run a command to mount Windows folder in Linux, like the following:


sudo mount -t cifs //<Windows Machine IP>/work /<folder name> -o username=<user name>,password=<user password>,vers=2.0

Set Allowed URLs and import files from Data from URL:

For 11.2.x:

Set Allowed URLs with
```
file://*
```
Files in Linux machine can be imported.

For 11.3 and later

Set Allowed URLs, e.g.,
```
 file:///<folder name>
```
```
/
```
, then you can access files only under
```
/.
```
Input URL and file imported:
```
file:///<folder name>
```
```
/<file name>
```
, or import files from Network Browser.
Input URL but failed, e.g:
```
file:///opt/XXX.
```

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Published:

June 7, 2020

Last Updated:

June 7, 2020