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The following procedures describe how to set up a shared Project Server, and how to export an
access key with which to easily set up other workstations to connect to it.
To set up a workstation as a DaVinci Resolve Project Server:
1 Open the DaVinci Resolve Project Server application, found in the DaVinci Resolve
application folder.
2 Select or create a DaVinci Resolve project database you want to share, and click the
Enable Sharing button.
3 When a dialog appears asking if you want to authorize the configuration of your
PostgreSQL server. Click Authorize. That database can now be shared among other
Resolve workstations on the same network.
Once you’ve set up a Project Server, it’s easy to connect other machines to that server using
access keys that you can create using the DaVinci Resolve Project Server application.
To create an access key to enable easy connection to a Project Server:
1 With the DaVinci Resolve Project Server application open, select a database
that you’ve set up to share, and click the Create Access Key button to the right in
the toolbar.
2 Choose a location via the Create Access Key dialog, and click Save. An access key file
is saved to the location you chose with the file extension .resolvedbkey.
3 Copy the .resolvedbkey file to the workstation you want to connect to the
shared database.
4 Open Resolve, and when the Project Manager appears, open the Databases sidebar,
and then drag the .resolvedbkey file and drop it anywhere within the Project Manager.
The shared database should now appear in the Databases sidebar, and if you select it,
you’ll see all of the projects that are located in that database on the Project Server.
If necessary, you can also disable sharing for any database, preventing remote access to it from
other workstations on the network.
To disable sharing:
1 With the DaVinci Resolve Project Server application open, select a database you
enabled sharing for, and click the Disable Sharing button to the left in the toolbar.
2 When a dialog appears asking if you want to authorize the configuration of your
PostgreSQL server. Click Authorize. That database will no longer be shared.
IMPORTANT: If you enable sharing on a computer that is later moved to another
network (for example, if you set up Project Server sharing on a laptop), you’ll need to
disable sharing and then re-enable it before you create access key files that will
successfully connect to the new network location.
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