GSLIS File Storage

Stephanie Pierson & Brianna WalkerInstructional Technology & DesignGraduate Assistant

Before we begin

http://www.lis.illinois.edu/helpdesk/filestorage

Breakdown of options

H-drive Accessible only to you Available on all GSLIS domain machines Can be accessed from afar through SFTP

I-drive Public – published on the web Divided into three sections:▪ Courseweb_html – put content on the web for anyone

to see▪ Courseweb_htmls - only accessible with a GSLIS login▪ People_html – personal website, publically accessible

But first!

You have to activate your i-drive: http://gumms.lis.illinois.edu/▪ Course Web/DB Access -> Enable Course

(homei or I: drive) Webspace -> Enable Web Space

How to access your space

SFTP using your favorite client We’ll use Cyberduck today

It’s open-source and mac & windows compatible

http://cyberduck.ch/ If you want to use

Fetch/WinSCP/whatever else▪ That’s fine and they look nearly identical

Configuring Cyberduck to access i-drive When you first

open Cyberduck, you probably see something like this:

Click the plus (+) button near the bottom left corner to add a new bookmarked connection

Adding a new connection This new

connection form will appear You may need to

toggle “More Options” to see the bottom half

There are only a few settings to enter.

Configuration: 6 steps

Connection type: SFTP

Nickname: idrive

Server: login1.lis.illinois.edu

Port:22

Username: YOURNETID

Path: /homei/users/YOURNETID

Close the configuration window

You should see your new connection listed in the browser window

Click on it Enter your GSLIS

username and password to access your files

Creating new folders…

Once you enter the file right click in the blank space or click the gear at the top

Select “New Folder” andenter a name

Adding Content

Click on the gear again and select “Upload.”

You can also drag and drop files into Cyberduck

Can create new bookmarks from here as well

Locating your files on the web

http://people.lis.illinois.edu/~NetID/filename

http://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~NetID/filename

https://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~NetID/filename Be sure to include the ”s” in “https”

Tips for file storage URL

Avoiding putting spaces in file names. Use an underscore (_) instead

Be sure to include the entire path for folders, if you have them. For example, the URL may be: http://courseweb.lis.illinois.edu/~spierso2/folder/folder/filename

URLS are case sensitive Files will be available up to 2 years

after you graduate

Cheat Sheet

Questions?

help@support.lis.illinois.edu 217-244-4903 or 800-377-1892 Help desk is staffed 8-5 Monday-

Friday

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