ownCloudforWindows
LymanBriggsDataBackupSolution
ownCloudOwnCloudisanopenplatformnetworkinganddigitaldropboxservicestoredlocallyonMSU
campus.ByusingownCloudyouwillbeabletokeepbackupsofimportantfilesinthelocalcloud,andshareimportantfilesbetweenallmachinesrunningownCloud.InstallingownCloudallowsyourfilestobeperiodicallyupdatedtothecloud.Anythingthatisplacedinthislocalfolderwillalsobeputinthecloud.AnythingplacedinthecloudwillbeplacedonallmachinesrunninganownCloudclientthatyouaresignedinto.Thelocalfilesandthefilesonthecloudwillalwaystrytobethesame.Ifyoudeleteor
addanythingtotheownCloudlocalfileorcloudfile,thatfilewillbeaddedordeletedfromanysystemrunningownCloudyouaresignedinto.
BeforeyoubeginmakesurethatyouhavereceivedyourownCloudUsernameandpassword.
DownloadingownCloud
1. Gotohttps://owncloud.com/products/desktop-clients/2. Enteryourusernameandpasswordthatyoureceived
3. Yourbrowserwillaskifyouwishtosavethefile.Allowyourbrowsertosavethefile.
4. Findthedownloadedfileinthedownloadsfolder.Doubleclicktheapplicationtorunit.
5. Aninstallationwizardwillopen.ClickNext
6. Leavealloptionsonthisscreenchecked.Clicknext.
7. Onthispage,youaredesignatingwhereownCloudwillinstallandsyncfilesto.Thiswillbethefolderyouplacefilesinifyouwantthemtobesyncedtothecloud.Takenoteofthefilelocation,soyoucanfindthisfolderwhenyouwishtosyncandsave
files.
8. OwnCloudwillnowinstall,clicknextwhenfinished.
9. MakesurethatRunownCloudischecked,thenclickfinish
10. OwnCloudwillnowopen.Itwillfirstaskyoutoinputtheserverwhereitwillbesyncingyourfiles.Theaddressishttps://files.lbc.msu.edu/.Entertheaddressinthefieldandclicknext.(Imagebelowisincorrectforlocation,useabove)
11. Nowinputyourusernameandpasswordthatyoureceivedintherequiredfieldsandclicknext.
12. OnthispageselectSkipfoldersconfiguration.
13. ownCloudwillthenappearinthetoolbarinthelowerrightcornerofthescreen.ClickontheicontoopenthesettingspageforownCloud.
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16. ThisistheownCloudsettingsscreen.ToproceedclickAddFolder…
17. Inthisexample,wewillbesyncingtheDocumentsLibrary.Youmaysyncanyfolderyouwish,youwillneedtoknowwherethefileislocatedonyourcomputersothatyoucansetownCloudtofindandsyncit.
18. HerewehaveselectedtheDocumentsLibraryasthefolderwewishtosync.Youmaychooseanyfolderyouwanttobesyncedandbackedup.
19. NowthatyouhaveselectedthefolderyouwishtosyncclickNexttocontinue.
20. NowwehavetochoosethefolderthatthelocalfileswillbeplacedinonownCloud.InthisexamplewewillcreateafolderonowncloudcalledDocumentstowhichwewillsyncourlocalfileentitleddocuments.TodosoclickCreateFolder.
21. Onthisscreenyouwillenterthenameofthefolderyouarecreating.InthiscasewehavenameditDocumentstomatchthefolderwearesyncing.ClickOKtocontinue.
22. Selectthefolderyoucreated,inthiscaseDocumentsandclicknexttocontinue.
23. Selectthefoldersyouwishtosync,inthiscase,therearenone,asthefolderisbrandnew.OnceyouhaveselectedthesubfoldersclickAddFolder.
24. ThefolderyoucreatedwillattempttoconnecttoownCloud.Onceitconnectsagreencheckmarkwillappear.Likeinthebelowexample.Ifyouwishtoaddmorefolderstosync,repeatsteps16to24.
ThingstorememberaboutownCloud
1. Onlyfilesplacedinfoldersdesignatedtobesyncedwillbesyncedtothecloud
2. Addingafilelocallywilladdthefiletothecloud3. Addingafiletothecloudwilladditlocally4. AnyfileplacedintheownCloudfolderonlineorlocallywillbeplacedinall
computersthatarerunningyourownCloudclient.5. AnyfiledeletedfromtheownCloudfolderonlineorlocallywilldeletethe
filefromallcomputersthatarerunningyourownCloudclient.6. WhencopyingadocumentintotheownCloudfolderyouwillendupwith
threecopiesofthedocument.Oneintheoriginalfilelocationonyourcomputer.ThesecondisthecopyinyourlocalownCloudfolder.Thethirdcopyisinthecloud.