Disable WebDAV
Applies to |
All core roles |
Sitecore Installation Framework |
WebDAV is not disabled by default. |
Azure Toolkit |
WebDAV is not disabled by default. |
Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV) provides support for remote web authoring. One of the benefits of WebDAV is that it allows you to manage resources from within a browser (Internet Explorer only).
WebDAV extends the HTTP protocol and provides additional functionality and it therefore expands the surface area of your deployments.
WebDAV can only be used on Content Management servers (CM). Do not enable WebDAV on any other role.
You should consider whether you need WebDAV functionality in your Content Management environment. If you do not need it, it is best practice to disable it on the CM, to reduce the surface area of your Sitecore environments.
To disable WebDAV:
-
In the
<website>/App_Config/Sitecore/CMS.Core
folder, locate theSitecore.WebDAV.config
file. -
Rename the
Sitecore.WebDAV.config
file toSitecore.WebDAV.config.disabled
.