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Manage user roles and security for Spectrum Spatial and Spectrum Spatial Analyst.
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Limiting WebDAV Access to the Repository
WebDAV is a protocol to access and modify resources within the Spectrum Spatial repository but it can cause references between named resources and their Access Control List (ACL) to become inconsistent.

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What is Spectrum Spatial?
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Learn about Spectrum Spatial.
Administration
Configure, manage, monitor, troubleshoot, and tune the performance of your system.
Introduction to Security
Manage user roles and security for Spectrum Spatial and Spectrum Spatial Analyst.
- Managing Security
- Security for the Technology Platform
- Security for Spatial
  - Users and Roles
    Spatial administrators and sub-administrators grant permissions on roles and users to access or edit individual named resources and folders in the Spectrum Spatial repository.
  - Managing Case Sensitivity for Usernames
    Spectrum Technology Platform supports case sensitive usernames, which is set by default for new 2020.1 installations and higher.
  - Understanding Access Control List (ACL)
    The Access Control List (ACL) in Spectrum Spatial is a list of permissions attached to named resources or folders in the Spectrum Spatial repository. Permissions allow users to render maps, query or edit features, or manage folders and resources within the repository.
  - Creating a Spatial Dataflow Designer
    The designer role provides access to Spectrum Technology Platform secured entity types, such as dataflows.
  - Limiting WebDAV Access to the Repository
    WebDAV is a protocol to access and modify resources within the Spectrum Spatial repository but it can cause references between named resources and their Access Control List (ACL) to become inconsistent.
  - Using WebDAV with HTTPS
    When communicating to the server over HTTPS to map a drive to the repository, a WebDAV client is required to use the TLS v1.2 protocol.
  - Encrypt the Spectrum Spatial Repository Password
    Spectrum Spatial stores named resources in an Apache Jackrabbit repository. This is separate from the Spectrum Technology Platform repository, which is based on Neo4j.
- Security for Spatial Analyst
Resources and Data
Learn how to work with spatial and routing data using named resources.
Managing Spatial
Manage the Spectrum Spatial repository and Spectrum Spatial Analyst deployments using Spectrum Spatial Manager.
Development
Learn how to incorporate spatial and routing functionality into your solutions.
Stages
Learn about the spatial and routing stages available for dataflows in Spectrum Enterprise Designer.
Services
Learn how to access spatial and routing services from your applications.
Utilities
Take advantage of the productivity tools that Spectrum Spatial has for working with spatial data.
Reference
Information about Spatial Java properties, MapInfo SQL language, and closest arc snapping when calculating routes.

Limiting WebDAV Access to the Repository

WebDAV is a protocol to access and modify resources within the Spectrum Spatial repository but it can cause references between named resources and their Access Control List (ACL) to become inconsistent.

Use Spectrum Spatial Manager, the Named Resource service, and the Access Control service instead of WebDAV.

By default, accessing the repository using WebDAV is restricted to the machine where Spectrum Technology Platform is installed. You can provide access to servers by modifying the spatial java property file. You can do this by adding a property that includes a list (that is comma separated) of host names (IPs) that WebDAV is open to.

You must restart the Spectrum Technology Platform server to apply this change.

Note: Limiting repository access using WebDAV applies to new Spectrum Technology Platform installations. The default value of the flag repository.accesscontrol.allows in SpectrumDirectory/server/modules/spatial/spatial.properties is blank.

To limit repository access using WebDAV:

Open a web browser and go to http://server:port/jmx-console
Where:
- server is the IP address or host name of your Spectrum Technology Platform server.
- port is the HTTP port used by Spectrum Technology Platform. The default is 8080.
Log in using the admin account.
Under Domain: com.pb.spectrum.platform.configuration.properties, click com.pb.spectrum.platform.configuration.properties:manager=spatial.properties.
Change the value of repository.accesscontrol.allows.
Leaving the property empty disables all access to using WebDAV for all servers except the machine where Spectrum Technology Platform is installed.

To allow other servers WebDAV access, enter a comma-separated list of server IP addresses. For example:
```
192.168.2.1,192.168.2.2
```
Click the Set button next to the repository.accesscontrol.allows.
Restart the Spectrum Technology Platform server.

For instructions on how to restart the Spectrum Technology Platform server, see the Spectrum Administration Guide.

Once this process is complete, WebDAV access is limited to the repository.