Wiki of web services
Nextcloud:
- Q: what's the quota of my account?
Currently it's 500 GB per user, we may resale the quota in the future regarding to the need. - Q: Can I edit files locally in my machine?
Yes, you could download nextcloud desktop version ( link), and use like other cloud storage services. - Q: how shall I share files to every one in the lab?
There is a option is "Everyone" Group, you could put files there and share to everyone.
And there is a folder called
town-square
, which is visible to everyone. You could share there. - Q: How to share files?
You could click file and there will be share option, possible options are
- share to group (recommended)
- share to person in Nextcloud (recommended)
- share via link (not highly recommended since you could not well track the file change of external user)
- Q: Can I online edite Office files?
Yes, currently we are using intergreated Collabora Office as backend. We are testing further more options. - Q: Can I use nextcloud as Zotero storage backend?
Yes, but currently there is still few issue, we would update user guide later.
Notice:
- It's recommended to add SSH key to use gitlab asap.
- You could only change your profile like
name
password
under keycloak - Services under the name
xxx back-up
is the last day's mirror and only be used when emergent usage like service is down. - Nextcloud:
- there is a group called "everyone", any people is defautly in this group, you could place any files that you wanna to share public
- Be careful for online/offline editing office(docx, xlsx, pptx etc) files, You could only cooperate(multiple users edit one file ) online. And remember to check if your editing is synced back properly or not.
- Bookstack:
- phd and phd+ has permission to read/write any books/pages/..., while guest only read/write their own books.
Mattermost:
Gitlab
Bookstack
keycloak
Remember your username, that's not able to bechanged, why? Cuz this is identification key for your account.