MesoBox¶

About MesoBox¶

MesoBox is a cloud storage middleware aimed to make storage and application inter-operability through a common plateform.

MesoBox provide a owncloud API that allow using desktop & web's owncloud app. MesoBox is based on reva

Common known issues¶

dir location¶

When logged in, you are redirect to hierarchy root (/), your personal directory is stored in users/first.name. You can list all users directory even you only can access to your own.

Web base access¶

The web interface of mesobox service use your adonis account.

Web access provide you some basic web base app

• file editor: which allow you to edit a raw file
• drawio: which allow you to create schema

Web access known issues¶

sharing¶

The sharing plugin is currently NOT working. This is a mesocentre team priority to make it work.

downloading¶

When downloading a file, you are redirected to reva backend which need a authentication. You have to use your adonis account.

Desktop app access¶

Reva provide a owncloud compatible API, you can use the standard owncloud desktop app to connect to owncloud.

add account¶

On server address page, you have to put https://reva.mesocentre.universite-paris-saclay.fr. This is the owncloud API endpoint for reva service.

On login page, you have to put your adonis account name. Your login should be without @univeriste-paris-saclay.fr.

When finished, a directory will be created on your desktop and synchronized with owncloud API. The default location should be something like ${HOME}/ownCloud - <firstname lastname>@reva.mesocentre.universite-paris-saclay.fr by default.

Of course, you can change it in advanced configuration mode.

synchronization customization¶

By default, owncloud app will synchronise all file you have access to, in case of a large project you probably don't want to sync all file. You can easly select file you want to synchronise