Creating the Server

Create or obtain access to a WebDAV compatible server. Open source alternatives such as Apache Web Server WebDAV module are available as well as WebDAV support in commercial web server products. This tutorial uses Apache Slide, which is based on the Tomcat application server.

To install Apache Slide do the following:

Procedure

  1. Download the binary Tomcat bundle from:

    http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/download.html

  2. Unpack the zipped package.
  3. Set the JAVA_HOME environment variable to root directory of Java SDK and run startup.bat (startup.sh on Unix systems). For detailed installation instructions, see http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/installation.html.

Result

By default the server runs on port 8080, the default path to the WebDAV root is /slide, and the username and password are “root”.

To test if the installation was successful, enter http://localhost:8080/slide in your browser. After providing the correct username and password, a simple directory structure should be displayed.