Via Federated Sharing, you are able to share a folder or file with a user on a different Research Drive environment or SURFdrive.
In order to do this, you need to know the Federated Cloud ID of the user you want to share with.
In these examples, we will show you where to find your Federated Cloud ID and how to share a folder via Federated Sharing with an another environment.
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Tip
You can use the Federated Cloud ID also to share files and folders with persons who are using other ownCloud instances, for example an international research partner.
Sharing permissions
Before setting permissions blindly, please checkout the page on Setting sharing permissions.
Federated shares are never accepted automatically for security reasons, users should navigate to the shared with you section and accept the share before it will show up in files.
1. Look up your Federated Cloud ID
1. Log in to your Research Drive environment. Click in the menu on the top-right corner for 'Settings' and select Sharing in the menu on the left.
Here you will find the 'Federated Cloud' part, where you can copy 'Your Federated Cloud ID'.
2. Share your Federated Cloud ID with the person on the other Research Drive environment.
Tip
In the same way you can add a Research Drive folder to your SURFdrive environment. In that case, you should use your SURFdrive Federated Cloud ID (under Settings > General) to share your Research Drive folder.
2. Share a file or folder via Federated Sharing
The way to share a file or folder from SURFdrive or another Research Drive environment, with your Research Drive is to share via Federated Sharing with use of your Federated Cloud ID.
1. Lookup the folder of file that you want to share with a user on an another your Research Drive Environment or SURFdrive.
2. Click on the three dots and choose 'Open Details' on the right of your folder or file:
3. Enter the Federated Cloud ID of the user on the other Research Drive environment in the input field for sharing.
The provided input will be detected as a 'User on Environment X' share:
4. You will now get a number of options for sharing: can share / can edit. Under the option 'can edit' you can click the arrow for more detailed options: create/change/delete.
5. The user on the other Research Drive environment will receive a notification that the folder has been shared.
6. When the user accepts the share, it will be visible in his Research Drive listing.
Would you like to migrate data between different instances?
Are you collaborating on different Research Drive instances and wish to move or copy data between these instances, you can do so using the tool Rclone. To setup Rclone and use Rclone to move data between instances, please check out the tutorial on how to migrate data between instances here.