About Content Server Configuration

If your LMS uses content servers outside of the LMS to provide faster or more local access to course content, you can register their details in the Content Server Configuration page. Implementing a content server—setting up a web server with a local set of course files—is beyond the scope of this document. For more information about implementing content servers, you can download the EN137 Content Server Configuration and Deployment Guide from the Customer Community. 

System administrators with unrestricted access to the Content Server Configuration feature in System Roles (Manage Features > System Administration) can configure the LMS to use content servers.

The LMS uses the following rules to find a suitable content server for each user:

• If the course's launch URL is an absolute URL, the course is launched from that URL.
• If the user's IP address matches the IP address range configured for a content server, the course is launched from that content server.
• If a user has a specific content server selected in their profile, the course is launched from it. 
• If the user's IP address does not match any content servers, and they do not have a content server selected in their profile, the course is launched from the LMS server.

Configure Content Servers

Configure IP Address Ranges for a Content Server