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Version 8 (modified by Thomas Kisler, 9 years ago) (diff)
Adding a link to a page I will add some hints on how to access files from the server.

Basically it is a private/group-shared cloud storage for researchers. Requirements:

easy to use, should ideally integrate closely with the operating system
CLARIN server-side applications should be able to access it (for reading and writing, if the owner allows)
if/when offered as a production service:
- should come with a clear statement about availability
- should come with clear legal terms of reference (to prevent abuse/illegal actions/liability for the hoster)

Evaluation of proposed software:

EUDAT is investigating this for their B2Drop service. At the recent EUDAT meeting (SAF, Feb 2014) OwnCloud? was mentioned as a probable candidate, but this was not yet the final decision.

This is the easy case: use SAML. There are (tested) plugins for OwnCloud?.

some possible solutions:

Radius (like for eduroam), see e.g. plugin for powerfolder as used at GWDG and plugin for OwnCloud. Outstanding issues:
- will it work (as well as eduroam)?
- is it allowed to use eduroam credentials for this?
Moonshot (based on radius but with own client software). Experimental; status needs to be checked with the Moonshot team (which is very communicative: Rhys Smith and John Chapman).
LDAP (restricted to just 1 Identity Provider) > tested successfully for CLARIN-D OwnCloud. Outstanding issues:
- linking with web-based access (match LDAP user ID to SAML attribute like ePPN)
- risk that people only use CLARIN IdP as it offers more functionality than their own Identity Provider

OwnCloud seems to be a good package, has been tested in CLARIN-D (installed on a server at FZJ)

A SAML plugin is also available:

Challenge is to access it from web services/applications. To do so, a SAML-to-OAuth2 bridge might be needed

A few hints on how to access publicly shared links can be found ownCloud-shared-links-access?.