How to share and collaborate object storage from Vultr Cloud

How to Share and Collaborate Object Storage from Vultr Cloud

Share and collaborate files from Vultr cloud storage with internal and external users such as customers, partners, employees, etc with fine access control. Now you can easily integrate NirvaShare with any of your existing identity providers such as Active Directory, Google Workspace, IAM Identity Center, KeyCloak, etc.
The FREE edition supports authentication such as Basic, Form and OTP  while sharing files.

In this blog, we will discuss how to install and configure NirvaShare to share files or folders with simple form-based authentication.

Installation

  • NirvaShare can be installed Manually or from Vultr Marketplace.You can refer to any of the following document for the same.
  1.  Manual or on-premise (Recommended) 
  2. From Marketplace
  • After the installation, wait for 3-4 minutes for the installation to complete.
  • Access the application using instance public IP address as http://(instance IP address):8080 in a web browser.

Storage Keys

In order to share and collaborate object storage files from Vultr Cloud,  you will require access and secret keys obtained with Vultr cloud platform for object storage to proceed with further configuration. To create the same you can refer the below document.

Login Profile for Form based Authentication

To password protect a shared File/Folder, a login profile is required to be created which will enable authentication for the shares. In this doc, we will create a simple Form based login profile (Single User) and for the steps refer to below documentation.

Sharing File/Folder

Now we are good to share a file/folder with a user that is based on the Login Profile we created. Multiple Shares can be created for the same login profile. Let us create a Share for a folder that you like to share with the user. Please refer to the below documentation on how to create a new share for a file/folder, associate to a login profile, and share the same with the user. During the configuration, for the authentication, please select the login profile that we created from the above section.

SSL and Domain Names

For testing purposes, File/Folder can still be shared to user without SSL and domain name, but however for production deployment or to integration with external identity providers,  you will require domain name and SSL to be configured. Please refer to below documentation.