This article applies to all MetaDefender ICAP Server releases deployed on both Windows & Linux systems.
In order to improve the file scan speed, a custom tempdirectory can be set for the Metadefender ICAP Server.
1. Instructions for Windows
Step 1:
Create a RAMDISK on your system.
We recommend the following tool for this: Tools and utilities for Windows
After installation, use the ImDisk Virtual Disk Driver application to create a new RAMDISK.
Mount a new virtual disk:
After disk creation, Windows will ask you to format the new disk.
Step 2:
Create, or edit the following registry entry:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\OPSWAT\ICAP Server\global\tempdirectory
where tempdirectory should be a string value with a desired location, for example: Z:\tempdir
Step 3:
The changes to take effect restart the mdicapsrv service.
After the service restart, your custom directory will be used for temporary file storage during file scan.
2. Instructions for Linux:
Step 1: Update the file fstab in the directory /etc/fstab
Step 2: Mount this directory
Step 3: Validate the directory
Please note that the mdicapsrv service can write to this directory.
Step 4: Update the config file /etc/mdicapsrv/mdicapsrc.conf
The changes to take effect restart the mdicapsrv service.
After the service restart, your custom directory will be used for temporary file storage during file scan.
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