Current situation:

Server hostname

Even if you select the option of using an "external" libre office server, the office importer tries to connect to "127.0.01", which is the default setting in jodconverter.

By adding the line

externalProcessOfficeManager.hostName("some other IP");

it would be possible to define an other server hostname.

Shared folder

LibreOffice importer uses

/tmp/xwiki-tmp

as a shared folder between XWiki and LibreOffice. It should be possible to specify the path of it, so we could use a mounted network folder instead.

Consequences

With the current state, it is difficult to create a Docker container free of LibreOffice, that will use an external LibreOffice (either on an other system or in an other container).

Proposition

Add new properties (in xwiki.properties or/and XWikiPreferences) to specify:

• the libre office hostname
• the shared folder path