Connecting to IBM Aspera Shares from the GUI

As of IBM Aspera Shares version 1.9.3, the client must have version 3.6.0 or later of HST Server, HST Endpoint, or Desktop Client installed in order to access Shares on a server with version 3.6.0 or later of HST Server, HST Endpoint, or Desktop Client installed.

Note: As of version 3.6.0, you can connect to Shares through the GUI, but command-line connection to Shares is not supported. To connect to Shares through the command line, you must download IBM Aspera Command-Line Interface from the following location:

https://downloads.asperasoft.com/en/downloads/62

  1. To connect to Shares in the HST Server GUI, go to Connections and click the button.
    Enter the following information:
    Field Value Example
    Host https://host_FQDN https://shares.asperasoft.com/
    User Shares username (of user with API Login enabled) shares_user
    Authentication Shares user password X45ape34_1
  2. Click Test Connection to confirm your client application has successfully connected to Shares.
  3. Click Browse to specify the target directory.
  4. Click OK to save the connection.