File share¶

If you need to store files on a filesystem that can be access across a network, using our file share service is a good option.

The file share service will provision a Linux based instance on which it will setup either (or both of) NFS and/or Samba (SMB/CIFS).

To setup the service, first follow the general instructions on our Service catalog page. Then follow these instructions:

• Give your service a name and optionally a description.

• Select which availability zone you want to provision in. We recommend the europe-se-1a availability zone.

• If you want backup, check the Backup checkbox and select an amount of days you want your history stored.

• Select disk-type. See the Storage types article for more information.

• Select your instance flavor. We recommend sticking with the default.

• Select your SSH-key.

• Under Local network, select the network on which you want to run the service.

• Check NFS if you want to install support for NFS.

• Check Windows Samba if you want to install support for SMB/CIFS.

• Select the storage volume size. This is the volume on which you will store your data. The volume can extended later, see the Extend a persistent volume article.

• Press Create. You will get further details on how to connect to the service.