Zoom 7.6 can be quickly set up to connect to the online cloud storage of your team’s media collection using C3. C3 stands for Client Cloud Connector. It is first configured on the Zoom Server and then the switch to enable C3 is turned on at the client end. Follow these steps to set up C3 in your Zoom setup:
Prerequisites
- Zoom Server 7.6.1 has been installed and configured.
- Zoom VideoLX has been configured.
- Zoom Client 7.6.1+ has been installed on the client machines marked for C3.
After checking these requirements, follow these steps to continue:
- Configure Hub on the Zoom Server
- For each client requiring C3, mark the corresponding Hub user on the Zoom Server
- Set default Zoom Server on the client machines
- Set a few zoom properties on the C3 client machines
Configure Hub on the Zoom Server
By default, C3_HUB and Global are the two hubs that are present on the Zoom Server after installation. Global is the default server-side Hub and C3_Hub is used to route C3 data for Zoom Clients. You need to add details to these hubs.
- In the Web Management Console, open the Hub Settings node under the System node in the Admin Menu sidebar. Open Hub Configuration Panel page.
- Open the default configuration for C3_Hub and update S3 Tier 2 under the Archive/Restore Configuration tab. Specify the Bucket, Secret Key, Access Key, and Region details.
- Similarly, open the default configuration for Global and update S3 Tier 2 under the Archive Restore Configuration tab. Also, update the TPM paths under Archive/Restore Configuration.
- Update the port details if needed (if both Hubs are on the same machine) and optionally set up email notifications.
- After making the necessary changes, click Save.
- If no other changes are needed on the Zoom Server, then restart the server.
Mark Hub user on Zoom Server
Each client machine that would use C3, needs to me marked as a Hub user on the Zoom Server.
- In the Web Management Console, open the Hub Settings node under the System node in the Admin Menu sidebar. Open Hub User Panel page.
- From the users’ list, select all users that need C3 (by pressing Ctrl key for multiple selections).
- From the Hub User Operations menu, select Mark as Hub User.
- If no other changes are needed on the Zoom Server, then restart the server.
Set default Zoom Server on client machines
On the Zoom Client machines that need to connect to the cloud, you should have set the default Zoom Server. This setting is used by the C3 engine to connect to that Zoom Server.
Check Configuring Default Zoom Server (Zoom 7.3+) to know about setting the default Zoom Server.
Zoom properties for C3 client machines
On each Zoom Client machine that needs C3, make sure that a few zoom properties are set up.
- Open zoom.properties file from $HOME/.zm for editing. For Example: /Users/joe/.zm/zoom.properties.
- Add/update these properties:
- ENABLE_C3=true
- SHOW_HUB_MENU_ITEM_ON_Z=true
- Save the file.
- Restart the ClientProxy.
You can also update these properties on the Zoom Server to be synced with the Zoom Clients. Check here for details.
These Zoom Clients are now ready to directly archive/restore from the cloud.