COS Content Management and Hosting

Last Updated on June 24, 2026

The sections below provide information for COS Content Management and COS Content Hosting.

Working with Content Management

Content Management is the COS service used to manage the delivery of test content to each site that needs to cache content. At least one COS – SD must have Content Management enabled to manage the download of test content from DRC cloud-based storage. Sites can download only the test content they need to reduce download times. For example, a site could download test content for only one administration.

Use the Content Management page to enable/disable Content Management and to change the selected administrations and accommodations.

  1. Select a COS Configuration from the COS Dashboard and click Content Management to display the Content Management page. This page indicates whether Content Management was selected for the COS Configuration.
  2. If Content Management was selected, the selected administrations and accommodations are also displayed. You can enable or disable Content Management using the Content Management Yes/No toggle. You also can use the checkboxes to change the selected administrations and accommodations.
  3. To save your changes, click Update Configuration.
    Note: The changes you make may cause more content to be downloaded to the COS – SDs in the COS Configuration.

Working with Content Hosting

Content Hosting is the COS service used to provide content to student Testing Devices. Content Hosting authenticates content requests, decrypts content, and aggregates items into forms. To use content Hosting a COS – SD must be configured.

Use the Content Hosting page to enable/disable Content Hosting, to enable load balancing, and to specify a shared location for test content.

Important: Multiple content sources are not supported for COS. COS uses the first content source only.

  1. Select a COS Configuration from the COS Dashboard and click Content Hosting to display the Content Hosting page. This page indicates whether Content Hosting is enabled and the COS Configurations selected.
  2. You can enable or disable Content Hosting on this page.
  3. To use the Do you have a load balancer option, see Enabling Load Balancing.
  4. To use the Do you have a shared content location option, see Specifying a Shared Content Location.
  5. To save your changes, click Update Configuration.

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