Access CloudStor

You can view, add, edit, and delete files on your CloudStor drive using:

• A web browser like Edge, Chrome, Firefox, Opera, or Brave.
• CloudStor desktop or mobile app.
• A command line tool.
• CloudStor Rocket.
• A network drive.
• A WebDAV client.

Web browser

You can use CloudStor by opening your browser and navigating to the CloudStor home page. You’ll need your institution username and password to log in.

CloudStor desktop app

The Windows and MacOS CloudStor desktop app is based on ownCloud’s desktop app, customised to make it simpler for you to connect to your CloudStor drive. 

If you are using a Linux operating system, you can use the latest supported version of ownCloud’s desktop app. This requires some extra setup. 

Prerequisites

Before you use the CloudStor desktop app, create an app or sync password for your CloudStor account.

Where to download

You can download the CloudStor desktop app for Windows or macOS from the CloudStor download hub. 

Download the ownCloud desktop app for Linux from the CloudStor download hub or ownCloud’s website to ensure that you get a supported version of the product; package managers might have older versions in their repositories.

Install and configure the CloudStor desktop app for Windows or macOS

1. Open the Cloudstor desktop app installer to begin the installation process. If you just downloaded it, look in your Downloads folder. The Windows installer will be named something like cloudstor-[version_number].msi. The macOS installer will be named something like cloudstor-[version_number].pkg.
2. Enter your institution username and the app password or sync password that you created. Your username will be your institutional email address.
   
   Click Next.
3. Choose how CloudStor updates changes between your cloud drive and your local folder:
   
   
• Use virtual files instead of downloading content immediately: You can see your CloudStor files on your local machine, but they don’t take up any disk space until you open them.
• Synchronize everything from server: CloudStor keeps all files on your cloud drive up to date with your local machine.
• Manually create sync connections: Set up connections between your local machine and cloud drive manually. CloudStor will then keep these connections up to date.
4. If you selected Synchronize everything from server, and you don’t want CloudStor to automatically download large files from your cloud drive, tick Ask for confirmation before downloading files larger than and set a size in MB.
5. Click the local folder button to navigate to the folder that you want CloudStor to use for storing and synchronising your content.
6. Click Connect.

Install and configure the ownCloud desktop app for Linux

1. Follow the installation instructions at the ownCloud Linux installation hub for your Linux distribution.
2. Start the ownCloud application to begin configuration.
3. Choose your language and keyboard configuration.
4. Enter https://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus in Server Address and click Next.
5. Enter your username and app or sync password that you created. Your username will be your institutional email address.
   Click Next.
6. Choose how ownCloud will update changes between your CloudStor drive and your local folder:
   
• Use virtual files instead of downloading content immediately: You can see your CloudStor files on your local machine, but they don’t take up any disk space until you open them.
• Synchronize everything from server: ownCloud keeps all files on your cloud drive up to date with your local machine.
• Manually create sync connections: Set up connections between your local machine and cloud drive manually. ownCloud will then keep these connections up to date.
7. If you selected Synchronize everything from server, and you don’t want ownCloud to automatically download large files from your CloudStor drive, tick Ask for confirmation before downloading files larger than and set a size in MB.
8. Click the local folder button to navigate to the folder that you want ownCloud to use for storing and synchronising your content.
9. Click Connect.

Mobile app

Download the CloudStor Android app from the Google Play Store or the iOS app from the Apple App Store.

Command line tool

Rclone is an open source multi-platform project which enables upload, download and synchronisation. Learn how to use Rclone with CloudStor.

CloudStor Rocket

CloudStor Rocket is a .NET application that is a fast parallel upload tool to help researchers upload datasets from scientific instrumentation to CloudStor. It is designed for bulk upload of instrument data into CloudStor using parallel uploads and large chunks.

Learn how to install and configure CloudStor Rocket.

As a network drive in Windows

Learn how to configure a CloudStor network drive in Windows.

As a network share in Finder in macOS

We recommend that you use the CloudStor desktop app to access CloudStor from macOS. 

However, you can directly connect macOS Finder to CloudStor using WebDAV instead. Your CloudStor drive will act like a network share. 

1. Open Finder.
   
2. Click Go > Connect to server...  in the main menu bar.
   
   
3. Enter https://cloudstor.aarnet.edu.au/plus/remote.php/webdav/ into the URL field and click Connect.
   
   
4. Enter your CloudStor username and app or sync password and click Connect.
   
   

Finder will connect to CloudStor and display  your CloudStor files and folders.

Public Links over WebDAV

When a folder is shared to you via a public link, you can access it using WebDAV by using the following details:

More information for accessing public links via WebDAV is available in the ownCloud documentation.