Adding a Drive Account for Shares

Use Drive's account wizard to configure a new Shares transfer account.

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

  • A URL for the Shares transfer server, including a port and path (if applicable).
  • A username and password that was set up on your Shares transfer server.

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

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

  1. If the Account Wizard is not open, launch it:
    In the system tray, right-click the Drive icon and select Preferences > Accounts. Then click to add a Drive account.
  2. Select your IBM Aspera product:
    Click IBM Aspera Shares.
  3. Fill in the fields with the following information about the Shares transfer server:
    Account name A name for the account. The name is used only by Drive.
    Server address The URL for the server that is running Shares.
  4. If you are prompted to confirm the server's security certificate, indicate whether you trust the server.
  5. Select your Shares server's authentication method:
    Either
    • SAML Authentication

      If you choose SAML Authentication, log in to the Shares server with this user's SAML credentials.

      or

    • Basic Authentication

      If you choose Basic Authentication, enter the username and password that this user has on the Shares server.

  6. If the transfer server supports synchronization, either
    • Set up syncing now.

      To do so, either accept the default folder shown for Place my files in the following directory, or click Change to browse for a different folder (or create a new one).

      By default, the sync folder is created inside your Documents folder, in a folder with the name you gave for the account in an earlier step. If you choose to use the default folder, it is created automatically.

      or

    • Set up syncing later.

      To do so, click I'd rather not set up file syncing now.

  7. If you opted to set up syncing on the previous screen, the Account Wizard prompts you to choose folders to sync.
    You can either
    • Select Synchronize with the selected remote folders and then select the folders on Aspera on Cloud to sync.

      Click the arrows to expand or collapse the folder view, and select the check boxes for the folders you want to sync.

      Choose the sync direction:
      • Two-Way
      • Remote to Local (default)
      • Local to Remote
        Note: For a detailed explanation of your options for sync direction, see Understanding Sync.

      or

    • Select I'll choose the folders to sync later.
  8. When the screen displays a success message, click Finish to exit the Account Wizard.