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How to Use WinSCP with NirvaShare to connect with WebDav
WinSCP is commonly used for secure file transfers between a local and a remote computer in Microsoft Windows. It supports numerous file protocols like WebDav, FTP etc. Through this document, let us understand the procedure to use WinSCP to access shared files from NirvaShare using the WebDav protocol.
Prerequisites
Prior to sharing files using the WebDav protocol, you should make sure that WebDav service of NirvaShare is installed and configured. The following documents provide the steps for doing it.
To share files using WebDav, you can make use of the following document.
WinScp Configuration
You can make use of the following steps to connect with WebDav and share files from NirvaShare using WinSCP.
- Login to Admin Console of NirvaShare
- In the dash board, click on Login Profiles.
- Right click on the login profile of type WebDav that you want to share with users.
- Copy the Shareable link URL to connect with WebDav.
- Also make a note of the username and password of access user assigned to the login profile.
- Make sure there are Shares available for this login profile.
- Open WinSCP from your desktop.
- Create a new site, choose file protocol as WebDAV.
- Paste the Shareable link from NirvaShare in the Host name box.
- Make sure to enter port number based on the configuration.
- Provide the access Username and Password.
- Now click on Login.
- After successful login, available shares will be listed as folders.
- User can perform file operations such as upload, delete, edit, etc based on the access permission granted to the share.
