The installation and use of Hub requires installing the Hub Adobe® AIR® application on the desktop and importing and deploying Adobe® LiveCycle® Archive (LCA) services into the Adobe LiveCycle ES environment that Hub will connect to.
1. Install the Hub application
The installer is delivered as a ZIP file that will extract to a folder called Deploy. In this folder there is a file called Hub.air.
- Double-click Hub.air.
- Click Continue to create the folder C:/Program Files/Hub. The Hub AIR application will be installed on the system.
2. Import the LCA files
The Deploy folder contains other files used to integrate with the AIR application with the LiveCycle ES server.
To import the LCA file:
- Log on to http://localhost:8080/adminui as an Administrator.
- Navigate to Service -> Archive Administration -> Archive Management and click Import.
- Click Browse and locate the LCA file inside the installed directory. You may need to move the LCA files in the Deploy folder to another network accessible location in order to import them into your LiveCycle ES instance.
To import each LCA into LiveCycle ES, use the Preview and Import buttons.
After the LCAs are deployed on the server, launch Hub and configure it to connect to your server.
3. Launch the Hub application
Navigate to C:\Program Files\Hub and double-click Hub.exe, or double-click the Hub shortcut created on the Desktop.
The Hub application bar should appear on the right side of your Desktop.
4. Set up the LiveCycle ES Server
The first time that Hub launches it will start the Server Settings dialog box that connects Hub to the desired LiveCycle ES Server. Hub reads the server from Server.xml file, which is located in C:\LCESDemo\PDFHub. The default setting for the server points to a placeholder server location with a placeholder Username. You need to modify the server setting and login information to configure your Hub to work with your local LiveCycle ES server.
To connect to a new LiveCycle ES server, enter the workstation name and user information in the Server Settings dialog box.
Note: The Username and Password must be a valid user configured through the User Manager on the LiveCycle ES server. This user must have the rights to use PDF Generator in order to convert files from the Desktop.
Click OK to confirm. Please refer to the LiveCycle ES documentation to match these configurations with those on the server.
