Adding a Drive Account for Cloud Storage

To set up a transfer account, make sure you have the following information from the system administrator who manages your transfer server:

The steps below assume that you have Drive installed and running.

To add a cloud account to Drive, do the following:

  1. Choose one of the following methods to open Drive and create a transfer account:
    • Right-click the Drive icon in the system tray and select Preferences > Accounts.
    • If you have the Drive Activity window open, select > Preferences > Accounts .
  2. Click to add a transfer account.
    The New account wizard opens.
  3. Fill in the fields with the following information about the transfer server:
    Field Description
    Account description The name of the account. The name is used only by Drive.
    Server address The URL address for the server, and the port number (if applicable).
    Username The username that you have on the Shares transfer server.
    Password The password that you have on the Shares transfer server.

    Click Set up Aspera Drive.

  4. Fill in the following information about your cloud storage:
    Field Description
    Cloud Storage The type of cloud storage. Select either Microsoft Azure or Microsoft Azure SAS.
    Storage account The account name for the cloud storage you will use.
    Note: For Azure SAS accounts, the URL must have been created with full permissions.
    Access key The alphanumeric key for this storage account.
    Path The path within the storage that this Drive account should have access to.

    Click Next.

  5. When the screen displays a success message, click Finish to exit the New account wizard.