Configuring Shares

Before configuring Shares to work with Drive, you need the following:
  • A computer running the correct version of Shares and Enterprise Server.
  • On each node on the Shares server, a supported version of Connect Server with a Drive-enabled license.
  • Credentials for your users' Shares accounts. Users will enter these account credentials in Drive, to connect to Shares.
Note: If you will use the synchronization feature, you must ensure that the Enterprise Server is configured to use token authentication.
  1. Log in to your Shares server as administrator, and go to Admin > Accounts > Users.
  2. For each Shares user account that will use Drive, click Edit.
  3. On the Security tab, ensure that the API Login check box is selected.
    On Shares 1.6 and later versions, this permission is enabled by default whenever new users are created.
  4. Create shares, and authorize users for each share.
    For detailed instructions on creating shares and authorizing users, see the IBM Aspera Shares Administrator Guide.
  5. For each authorized user of a share, enable the following permissions to allow users to view, edit, or delete files and folders when using Drive:
    In Order to Allow This Action on Drive... ...Enable This Check Box on Shares
    View browse

    download
    Edit upload

    mkdir

    rename
    Delete delete
    Note: Folders with names that do not follow the proper Windows folder naming conventions do not open in Drive. For details on Windows folder naming conventions, see msdn.microsoft.com.
  6. For each Shares user account that will use Drive, repeat these steps.
For more information on Shares, see the Shares Administrator Guide.