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.