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Link Creation

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Last updated: Sept 03, 2012Version comment
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Symbolic links are much like hyperlinks to existing resources or collections in the local registry instance. When you access a symbolic link, the actual resource metadata, community features, associations, and content can be viewed from that location. If you make a change to the Symlink resource, the actual resource will be affected. A Symlink resource is a soft link; the actual resource does not keep track of the number of links by which it is referenced. Instead, the link shows a resource with a description indicating that it cannot make a link to the original resource. Symbolic and remote links do not support versioning at the moment.

Remote links are created to mount a collection of a remotely deployed registry instances to the local instance. Any path/collection of the remote instance can be mounted at any point in the local instance. After mounting, the rest is very similar to symbolic links. You can work on the remote resource from the local instance.

Follow the instructions below to create a link on a resource/collection in the collection.

1. Symbolic links and Remote links can be created with a method similar to that of adding a normal resource. To add a link, click "Create Link" in the "Entries" panel.

2. From the drop-down menu, select a link to add.

1. When adding a Symbolic link, enter a name for the link and the path of an existing resource or collection that is being linked. This will create a link to that particular resource.

2. Click on the "Add" button.

3. The created Symbolic link is displayed as an icon with an arrow in the entries panel.

1. You can mount a collection in a remotely deployed registry instance to your registry instance by adding a Remote link. Provide a name for the Remote link in the name field.

2. Choose the instance to which you are going to mount, and give the path of the remote collection that you need to mount for the path field; otherwise, the root collection will be mounted.

3. Click on the "Add" button.

4. After mounting the Remote collection, you can access and work on that collection from your local instance.