How to see root network share folders structure using Alfresco?

[rlesnikov]

Hi guys,

Sorry for this question - I'm completely new in Alfresco. Is it possible to use it to manage my network share and to see folders/files using a web browser? E.g. we have a network share folder with folders and files - what should I do to see it? I pointed repository to a network share location but I still cannot understand how it works. I created a folder in alfresco but it haven't appeared somewhere on a share. Same for uploaded file. Tried to look through some documents - no success

Please help,

Roman.

[jpotts · Accepted solution]

No, you cannot use Alfresco to expose existing file shares. All folders and content must be ingested into the Alfresco repository and then you can expose the Alfresco repository as a file share if you would like to.

At that point, Alfresco manages all of the files in a proprietary folder structure which you should not access directly.