The External Storage Framework allows you to create connections to any file storage provider, so users can bidirectionally synchronize updates to a place in Jive and a location on the storage provider.
You can read more about the external storage add-ons already available in Jive here:
External File
Storage. If you want to integrate your chosen file storage solution with Jive, it's
easy to use the External Storage Framework and Jive's APIs to develop a connection to a
provider, add it as a Storage Provider, and enable it in your community. External Storage
integrations let you:
- Use your storage provider of choice as the back-end binary storage for documents and
attachments uploaded into some or all the places in your community
- Connect Jive Places to folders, sites, or other storage locations on your storage
provider
- Synchronize permissions members between Jive and your storage provider
- Synchronize file versions and updates between Jive and your storage provider
- Synchronize comments on files between Jive and the storage provider (if comments are
available in your storage provider)
- Limit the integration's availability to specific users and permission groups
- Decide whether the external storage provider should be the default location for storing
files within a Jive Place
Information about what you need to create a storage provider is available at developers.jivesoftware.com and in the Jive Community Developers space. For more
information about creating and uploading an add-on using the Registry Console, see Building Your Own
Add-Ons.