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There are several ways to use the LSCE cloud storage (aka sharebox). You should learn:
Have a quick look at the intranet sharebox page (at least to find out what the sharebox URL is), then open the sharebox URL in a browser and use your LSCE login and password to access the server.
If you have never used the LSCE sharebox server, try using it a bit:
Test
folder (on sharebox
!) and use drag and drop to upload a file from your computer to the new Test
folderTest
folder using: Sharing
⇒ Public Links
Test
folder)Test
folder with: Sharing
⇒ User and Groups
You can determine how much storage space you are currently using on sharebox, and what the upper limit is in the Settings
panel
The deleted folders and files can use some (a lot…) of space. Do not forget to really remove them regularly
ownCloud
application can be used to automatically mirror one (or more) folder(s) on your computer to the LSCE sharebox server, or another ownCloud server (e.g. CNRS mycore server).<some_disk_different_from_c>:\Users\<your_login>_owncloud
Add account
buttonAdd Folder Sync Connection
Server Address
field, and then your LSCE Username
and Password
Manually create folder sync connections
and then click on Connect…
Add Folder Sync Connection
:Pick a local folder on your computer to sync
:<some_disk_different_from_c>:\Users\<your_login>_owncloud
Select a remote destination folder
:/Backup/your_login_owncloud
Use virtual files instead of donwloading content immediately
<some_disk_different_from_c>:\Users\<your_login>_owncloud
)Deleted files
section of the remote server
Quitting (one of the rare times when you should use the Quit ownCloud
button) and restarting ownCloud may take care of problems
Check that there is an ownCloud icon in the hidden icons of the taskbar (or start ownCloud) and that it has a green check-mark
ownCloud should always be running, unless you have used the Quit ownCloud
by mistake, instead of Hide
, in the interface.
You can start the ownCloud interface and check that ownCloud is operating properly (green check-mark)
You can use the Activity
panel to check the recent activity and make sure that ownCloud did everything as expected. If you see errors, try to correct them as soon as possible!
The most recent action is listed at the top. In the example below (from bottom to top):
Moved
…) on sharebox after being renamed locallyA blue status icon is a warning that there is a problem that you can probably ignore. Check the ownCloud activity panel if you want to be sure!
e.g. the warning you get when all files are mirrored, but some temporary files were automatically ignored
If you have forgotten to disable the option Ask for confirmation before synchronizing folders larger than NNN MB, you may get a warning that some folders were not syncronized. Or not…
A red status icon means that there is a problem that you should investigate and fix
e.g. the error you get when the local folder is not accessible (because it does not exist, is encrypted, etc…)
You should now be ready to add real folders and documents to the local OWNCLOUD folder on your computer!
C:
), or similar folders (e.g. Thunderbird, Firefox and Chrome folders) that have lots and lots of useless cache/temporary filesIt should be very easy to synchronize folders, if you have read all the previous sections of this page!
Basically, we are just going to use ownCloud, and mirror folders from two (or more) computers to the LSCE sharebox server !
Local folder on computer A ⇔ sharebox server ⇔ Local folder on computer B
Example use case:
A file (or folder) changed (created, updated or removed) on computer A will:
This will work seamlessly provided you don't change the same file (or folder) at the same time on different computers !! This will be easy to do if you:
<some_disk_different_from_c_on_A>:\Users\<your_login>_owncloud
Backup/<your_login>_owncloud
<some_disk_different_from_c_on_B>:\Users\<your_login>_owncloud
Backup/<your_login>_owncloud
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