Zoom Preview Server FAQ

Preview Server Automatic Restart

Zoom 8.0 and above offers the ability to schedule automatic and periodic restart of the Preview Server.Admins can this feature to schedule the periodic restart of Preview Server at fixed interval on a designated date and time. Configuration Connect to the Preview Server machine, use either SSH or Windows RDP to connect. Visit the Preview […]

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Zoom Webmin and Preview Server Cookie and Session Management

In this article, we learn how to configure various cookie and session management properties on the Zoom Webmin and Preview Server.By learning about cookie and session properties, one can fine tune the settings according their environment and make them more secure. Preview Server Evolphin Preview Server hosts and provides various functionalities like Webclient, Preview generation,

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Default HTTP Error

When Zoom and Preview are running on the same machine. You May see the following error after a fresh install or upgrade in Web/VAB view. This error can ben fixed by following these steps. 1. IP Address in server.xml/preview.xml please make sure to stop the zoom and preview services. change server.xml/preview.xml to reflect server Ip

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How-to: Preview Server Cache Settings via Zoom Web Management Console

To configure preview cache settings: Log in to your Zoom Web Management portal via browser at http://<yourZoomServerIPAddress>:8443. From the Admin Menu, select Server Control Panel under System Open Review Server settings, then select the Cleanup Settings tab, and then edit the preview cache settings as desired :  From Zoom 6.0 and above, Additional cleanup options and Zoom

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Why is my Zoom / Preview server not running properly on Spanish locale machines?

For Zoom Server / Preview Server to work properly on non-english locale Linux machines, LC_ALL parameter should be set properly; for this the zoom and preview server init.d script (Linux) should have the line “export LC_ALL=$LANG” and LANG should be defined for the user who is going to run the zoom and preview server services

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Why can I not see thumbnails for the files I have imported from the Web Asset Browser?

Thumbnail generation requires access to the “temp” folders on your server-side disk. Please ensure that the default configured “temp” location on your server is write-accessible to the Zoom Preview server process and the related thumbnail generation tools that Zoom internally uses (such as FFMPEG, IMAGEMAGICK etc.). Add the following line in your preview-server.conf to set up

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