Overview

CloudStor is an AARNet service to sync, share and store files using the high-speed AARNet network. You can view the data in your CloudStor account via its easy to use, web-based CloudStor Dashboard. For information about how to set up, get started and use the CloudStor dashboard, we refer you to AARNet’s CloudStor Getting Started Guide.

CloudStor and Nectar

You can mount your CloudStor account directly into your Nectar virtual machine. To help you do this, Nectar offers a helper command called cloudstor-setup.

In this tutorial we will walk you through the setup procedure and mount your CloudStor storage to /cloudstor within your virtual machine.

What you’ll learn

• Set up an App Password in CloudStor
• Mount CloudStor storage in your virtual machine
• Security implications

What you’ll need

• A running virtual machine
• Terminal software