UPDox

UPDox (updox.upd.edu.ph / shortcut: dilc.info/updoxnow) is a document management system for the UP faculty and some UP offices. Run by DILC, UPDox uses Alfresco and other document collaboration, version control, and file sharing systems. Priority is given to official, University-related use.

• Why document management system? What does it solve?
• Some Alfresco How-tos

To request access accounts, email dilc@dilc.upd.edu.ph.

Access

• Within Dilnet: you may have to set proxy exception for the UPDox address.
• Make sure port 8080 is useable.

Repositories

There are 3 complementary UPDox repositories directly accessible from the user's desktop:

• UPDox WebDAV Reposity is a directory or folder that can be mounted or accessed directly from the user's desktop or mobile application. Here's how. WebDAV stands for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning system accessed via the Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP).
• UPDox GIt Repository is for collaboration via DILC Git repositories. Codes, non-large documents (preferably <10MB a file) may be consolidated directly from users' desktops, access devices, integrated development environments (IDE). This is not recommended for large individual files.
• UPDox Torrent Sync is for direct peer-to-peer sharing of large files via private torrent. Recommended for large files.

By far, only UPDox WebDav Repository can be directly seen and manipulated from the browser-accessible UPDox Dashboard. Development is going on to fully integrate all 3 repositories.

Documents

• UPDox supports a wide range of document types.
• Recommendation: Ultra-sensitive documents passed through the Repositories should be encrypted by tools like TrueCrypt. (It's only the "ultra" ones that should be doubly secured, since UPDox already has its own security measures.)

Tutorials

• How to mount UPDox as network drive
• How to customize your personal dashboard, edit your personal profile, join a collaboration site, create a collaboration site, add content to a site library

Backup

• For those using its Repositories, UPDox is already a form of a backup.
• Yet, UPDox is still backed up in an off-site facility, making the system more disaster-resistant.

Development Team

• Ma. Cristina Dalupan
• Dawn Benigno
• Jastinne Cesar Macalalad

See Also

• Obletorr-Ikot
• DILCDEV:UPDox Admin Notes (DILC Staff Only)