CloudFolder 1.0
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Adding a Cloud Storage Account

You can add a cloud storage account by pressing the Add button on the CloudList dialog box. The following settings are common to all storage accounts.

AddMenu

Local folder

Enter a local folder name where the cloud storage will be mounted. You can optionally prefix it with a subfolder name, for example, you can enter "Ftp\AccountName" to mount FTP accounts under the "Ftp" subfolder, or "S3\BucketName" to mount Amazon S3 buckets under the "S3" subfolder. Note that only one level of subfolder name is supported.

Mount this storage as immutable

Select this option to prevent any changes in the locally mounted folder from being synchronized back to the remote cloud storage. In other words, files on the remote storage will not be modified, even if they have changed locally.

Encrypt files when uploading
Enable this option to encrypt files when uploading. Files will be automatically decrypted when downloaded from cloud storage. Settings can be made in the File Encryption Options dialog box.

FTP

Enter the FTP server details in the following dialog box. You can add the same FTP server multiple times with different accounts and/or different top path names.

FTP

Host

Enter the domain name or IP address of the FTP server here.

Port

Enter the port number if the FTP server is running on a port other than the default port number of 21.

User Id

Enter the login user Id here.

Password

Enter the password for the above user Id.

Use a secure connection

Select this option to use explicit TLS for the connection.

Remote path

Enter a path name on the server that you want to map to the mounted local folder. The default is the root path ('/') name.

Local folder

Enter a local folder name where the FTP storage will be mounted, e.g.,"MyFtp", "Ftp\MyName", etc.

Convert file names to lowercase when uploading
Enable this option to convert file names to lowercase when uploading to FTP server. Note that if the FTP server is running on a Unix/Linux server, file names can be case-sensitive.

SFTP

Enter the SFTP server details in the following dialog box. You can add the same SFTP server multiple times with different account names.

SFTP

Host

Enter the domain name or IP address of the SFTP server here.

Port

Enter the port number if the SFTP server is running on a port other than the default port number of 22.

User Id

Enter the login user id here.

Password/Passphrase

Enter the password for the above user id. If you are using a private key file that is protected by a passphrase, you need to enter it here.

Use private key authentication

Enable this option if you are using a private key file for authentication.

Private key

Browse and enter the full path name for the private key file here.

Remote path

Enter a path name on the server that you want to map to the mounted local folder. The default is the home path ('~') for the entered user Id.

Local folder

Enter a local folder name where the SFTP storage will be mounted, e.g.,"MySftp", "Sftp\MyName", etc.

Convert file names to lowercase when uploading
Enable this option to convert file names to lowercase when uploading to SFTP server.

WebDAV

Enter the WebDAV server details in the following dialog box. You can add the same WebDAV server multiple times with different account names.

WebDAV

Host

Enter the domain name, or IP address, of the WebDAV server here.

Port

Enter the port number if the WebDAV server is running on a port other than the default port number of 80.

User Id

Enter the login user id here.

Password

Enter the login password here.

Use a secure connection

Select this option to use HTTPS instead of the plain HTTP protocol for the connection.

Remote path

Enter a path name on the server that you want to map to the mounted local folder. The default is the root path ('/') name.

Local folder
Enter a local folder name where the WebDAV storage will be mounted, e.g.,"MyDav", "Dav\MyName", etc.

ADrive

Enter your ADrive cloud storage account details here. You can add multiple accounts to mount them in different folders separately.

ADrive

User Id

Enter your ADrive user Id here.

Password

Enter the password for the above user Id.

Remote path

Enter a path name on the server that you want to map to the mounted local folder. The default is the root path ('/') name.

Local folder
Enter a local folder name where the cloud storage will be mounted, e.g.,"MyADrive", "ADrive\MyName", etc.

Amazon S3

Enter the credentials for your Amazon S3 or any other compatible cloud storage, like Storj, Wasabi, etc., in this dialog box.

Amazon S3

S3 endpoint

Enter the S3 or compatible server endpoint here.

Key Id

Enter the access key Id here.

Key value

Enter the secret key value here.

Encryption

Select the server-side encryption method. Select None if not supported by your S3 compatible cloud storage provider.

CMK Id

Enter the customer master key Id or custom key value for SSE-KMS or SSE-C respectively.

Bucket/path

Enter a bucket name with optional path prefix, e.g., "MyBucket" or "MyBucket\TopPath". If no bucket name is entered, all buckets will be listed under the mounted folder path.

Local folder
Enter a local folder name where the bucket will be mounted, e.g.,"MyBucket", "S3\BucketName", etc.

Backblaze B2

Enter the credentials for your Backblaze B2 cloud storage in this dialog box.

Backblaze B2

Key Id

Enter the access key Id here.

Key value

Enter the secret key value here.

Encryption

Select the server-side encryption method.

Key

Enter the customer-managed encryption key value for SSE-C.

Bucket/path

Enter a bucket name with an optional path prefix, for example, "MyBucket" or "MyBucket\TopPath". If no bucket name is entered, all buckets will be listed under the mounted folder path.

Local folder
Enter a local folder name where the bucket will be mounted, e.g.,"MyBucket", "B2\BucketName", etc.

Dropbox

Enter your Dropbox account name in the following dialog box. The authorization will be performed on your default Internet browser, and it will be added to the cloud list after a successful authentication. You can mount multiple accounts under different folder path names separately.

Dropbox

User Id

Enter your Dropbox log-in user name here.

Remote path

Enter a path name on the Dropbox that you want to map to the mounted local folder. The default is the root path ('/') name.

Local folder
Enter a local folder name where the Dropbox account will be mounted, e.g.,"MyDropbox", "Dropbox\MyAccount", etc.

Google Cloud Storage

Enter your Google Cloud Storage account details in the following dialog box. The authorization will be performed in your default Internet browser, and it will be added to the cloud list after a successful authentication. You can mount multiple accounts under different folder path names separately.

Google Cloud Storage

User Id

Enter your Google Cloud Storage Gmail address here.

Project

Enter your Google Cloud Storage project name here. This is not required if a bucket name is provided below.

Bucket/path

Enter a bucket name with an optional path prefix that you want to map to the mounted local folder. This is optional if you provide a project name above.

Local folder
Enter a local folder name where the Google Cloud Storage will be mounted, e.g.,"MyGCloud", "GCloud\MyAccount", etc.

Google Drive

Enter your Google Drive account details in the following dialog box. The authorization will be performed in your default Internet browser, and it will be added to the cloud list after a successful authentication. You can mount multiple accounts under different folder path names separately.

Google Drive

User Id

Enter your Google Drive Gmail address here.

Remote path

Enter a path name on the Google Drive that you want to map to the mounted local folder. The default is the root path ('/') name.

Local folder
Enter a local folder name where the Google Drive will be mounted, e.g.,"MyGDrive", "GDrive\MyAccount", etc.

Microsoft OneDrive

Enter your Microsoft OneDrive email account in the following dialog box. The authorization will be performed in your default Internet browser, and it will be added to the cloud list after a successful authentication. You can mount multiple OneDrive accounts under different folder path names separately.

Microsoft OneDrive

User Id

Enter your OneDrive email account here.

Remote path

Enter a path name on the OneDrive that you want to map to the mounted local folder. The default is the root path ('/') name.

Local folder
Enter a local folder name where the OneDrive account will be mounted, e.g.,"MyOneDrive", "OneDrive\MyAccount", etc.