Volume Measurement

The tia® Content Server core versions support automatically or manual sending of volume information to kgs.

In order to run tia® Content Server core sending volume information to kgs is required for billing reasons. This can be done manually or automatically.

tia® Content Server core Version 3.3.1 or higher is required for this functionality.

Volume measurement is not available with kgs store

Manual transfer of volume data

see tia® Status User-Interface | Download volume metrics
The file needs to be submitted to kgs.

Automatic transmission of volume measurements

tia® Content Server core support automatic volume measurement and sending this information to kgs. This feature is NOT activated by default. This process ist only supported for production environments. Please make sure all tia® Content Server core instances of your production system are configured in the same way. The URL https://vcrs.kgs-cloud.de (4.182.18.30) must be accessible from the system.

in Container environments add these lines to your container environment:

volumecounter.file.counterSender.mode: file
volumecounter.file.counterSender.targetUrl: https://vcrs.kgs-cloud.de
volumecounter.file.counterSender.isActive: true

application.yml

volumecounter:
  mode: file
  file:
    counterSender:
      targetUrl: https://vcrs.kgs-cloud.de
      isActive: true

to see the volume used see tia® Status User-Interface | Show volume measurement

Proxy Configuration

In case direct internet connection is not available, a proxy can be used.

container environment:

volumecounter.file.counterSender.proxy.uri: <yourProxyURL>
volumecounter.file.counterSender.proxy.user: <yourProxyUser> 
volumecounter.file.counterSender.proxy.password: <yourPRoxyPassword>

war file server deployment:

If proxy is without authentification, please don’t configure user and password.

Volume period

Default volume period is 90 days for automatic transmission of volume measurements. To export the complete volume without any limits use tia® Status User-Interface | Download volume metrics .
This parameter can be configured with global configuration: volumecounter.file.counterSender.maxDays default is 90.