Via Federated Sharing, you are able to share a folder or file with a user on a different Research Drive environment or SURFdrive.
In order to do this, you need to know the Federated Cloud ID of the user you want to share with.

In these examples, we will show you where to find your Federated Cloud ID and how to share a folder via Federated Sharing with an another environment.

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Tip

You can use the Federated Cloud ID also to share files and folders with persons who are using other ownCloud instances, for example an international research partner.

Federated shares are never accepted automatically for security reasons, users should navigate to the shared with you section and accept the share before it will show up in files. 


Look up your Federated Cloud ID

Step-by-step

1. Go to your Personal Settings in the menu in the upper right corner.


2. Look up your Federated Cloud ID under the tab General.


3. Share your Federated Cloud ID with the person on the other Research Drive environment.


Tip

In the same way you can add a Research Drive folder to your SURFdrive environment. In that case, you should use your SURFdrive Federated Cloud ID (under Settings > General) to share your Research Drive folder.


Share a file or folder via Federated Sharing

The way to share a file or folder from SURFdrive or another Research Drive environment, with your Research Drive is to share via Federated Sharing with use of your Federated Cloud ID.

Step-by-step

1. Lookup the folder of file that you want to share with a user on an another your Research Drive Environment or SURFdrive.

2. Click on the share icon on the right of your SURFdrive folder or file:


3. Enter your Federated Cloud ID of the user on the other Research Drive environment in the input field for sharing. The provided input will be detected as a 'federated share':



4. You will now get a number of options for sharing: can share / can edit.  Under the option 'can edit' you can click the arrow for more detailed options: create/change/delete.
     In my case, Tom doesn't have any permissions on the share.


5. The user on the other Research Drive environment will receive a notification that the folder has been shared.

6. When the user accepts the share, it will be visible in his Research Drive listing.