• Log in to Research Drive, select 'Settings' in the drop-down menu on the top-right side of the interface.:

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• Now select 'External storageStorage' on the left-side menu:

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• An overview of your currently attached external storage services is shown. If you have never attached an external storage before, this overview will be empty:

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• Select for example 'SFTP' under 'Add storage':

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• Depending on the selection some details need to be filled in like host and root folder:
  • Give the storage connection a unique name by filling in the field in the 'Folder name' column. This will also be the name of the folder the external storage will be visible under in your files overview.

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• All services need authentication, for which the type can be changed in the 'Authentication' column.
  • If you have a username/password combination as credentials for your external storage, select 'Username and password'. Two new corresponding fields will show up in the row that need to be filled in:

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• Additional settings can be made by clicking on the gear icon:

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• If all fields have been filled in correctly, Research Drive will automatically check the connection and indicate whether this was successful with a colored dot on the far-left side of the row. A green dot means that the service was successfully connected and can be used in Research Drive.