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The Connect Server Configuration tool lets you change the settings for the Connect server,
the engines and the service that cleans up the database and the file store. These settings can
also be made in the preferences of the Designer.
The Connect database
The Connect database is the database back-end used by Connect itself when processing jobs.
It can be either the MySQL instance provided by the Connect installer, or a pre-existing
(external) instance (see "Database Considerations" on page19).
All generated items (records, content items etc.) are stored in this database. They can be used
by the next task in the same process or in a process that runs later, making it possible to
commingle Print jobs, for example.
Note
Email content items are not stored in the Connect database.
A clean-up of the database is performed at regular intervals in accordance with the settings
(see "Clean-up Service preferences" on page840).
The File Store
Connect has its own File Store which it uses for transient files.
The Clean-up service takes care of removing obsolete files when those files are not marked as
permanent (see "Clean-up Service preferences" on page840).
Tip
The File Store is accessible for customer implementations. The Workflow configuration
tool implements three tasks that allow you to Upload, Download and Delete files in the
Connect File Store. The files can be accessed through the REST API, which means web
portals could potentially access the files directly without having to go through a Workflow
process (see The Connect REST API CookBook).
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