Uploading and Downloading Files Using KooDrive

Procedure

Preparations

1. Sign up for a HUAWEI ID and enable Huawei Cloud services. For details, see Signing Up for a HUAWEI ID and Enabling Huawei Cloud Services.
2. After the registration, complete enterprise real-name authentication. For details, see Real-Name Authentication.

Step 1: Enable KooDrive

1. Sign in to the KooDrive console as an enterprise tenant.
2. On the overview page, select Enable Now.
3. Configure parameters.

   This section describes only the necessary parameters. For details about the parameters, see Enabling KooDrive.

   Table 1 Parameters

   Parameter	Example Value	Description
   Region	AP-Singapore	KooDrive resources in different regions cannot communicate with each other over an intranet. For lower network latency and faster resource access, select the nearest region. Click the drop-down list to switch between regions. Note that the region you select will be used to store all file data. The region cannot be changed after being selected and submitted.
   Billing Mode	Pay-per-use	The service's billing mode. In this example, pay-per-use is selected. That is, you are charged based on the actual usage of the selected billing items. For more billing details, see Overview.
   Users	5	Total number of users. The value set here is used only for displaying fees. You can add users further. Set this parameter as required. The minimum number of users is 1, and the maximum is 20,000.
   Storage	100 GB	Total size of the purchased storage. The space size set here is used only for displaying fees. It does not affect your actual storage usage. Set this parameter as required. The minimum value is 1 GB, and the maximum is 95 PB.
   Price	$0.0102 USD/hour	Price of the selected configuration. Actual charges are reflected in your bill.

4. After setting the parameters and confirming the fee, select Buy Now.
5. On the Confirm Order page, check order details and select I have read and agree to the KooDrive Service Statement.
6. After confirming that the information is correct, click Create.

   You do not need to pay for the pay-per-use orders.

Step 2: Create an Organization and Configure an Enterprise Space

1. On the KooDrive console, click Settings. On the displayed page, click Create Organization.

2. On the displayed page, enter an organization name. A name contains 1 to 60 characters, including letters, digits, and valid special characters.

3. Set the organization domain name.
   Content following "www" in a URL (for example, example.com in www.example.com) or following "@" in an email address (for example, example.com in username@example.com).

   Figure 1 Setting the organization domain name
   

   This example does not describe how to set a domain name.

   1. Enter an abbreviation of an organization name. The abbreviation contains 2 to 30 characters, including letters, digits, periods (.), hyphens (-), or their combinations, for example, abc. The abbreviation is suffixed with .orgid.top.
   2. Click Create. After the page is loaded, the system automatically switches to the Settings page.

4. On the Settings page, view the resource usage. Table 2 describes the parameters.

   

   Table 2 Storage space and number of users

   Parameter	Description
   Storage	Used space size. The space is not used after the first subscription. Therefore, 0 GB used is displayed in this example.
   Users	Total number of created users. No user is created after the first subscription. Therefore, 0 users created is displayed in this example.

5. Configure the default KooDrive settings. In this example, only mandatory parameters are described. Retain the default values for other parameters. For details about the parameters, see Creating an Organization and Configuring KooDrive.

   Table 3 Default KooDrive settings

   Parameter	Example Value	Description
   Provision Individual Space		Whether to provision the individual space for new users. In this example, this parameter is enabled by default.
   Space Size	1 GB	Default value of the individual space. The system administrator can set the individual space capacity, for example, 100 GB. After the setting, 100 GB of individual space is automatically allocated to the newly created user. In this example, the billing mode is Pay-per-use. The default value is 0 GB. Click to change the default size of the individual space to 1 GB and click .

6. Check the KooDrive subscription details and the current order information.

   Table 4 KooDrive subscription details

   Parameter	Example Value	Description
   Billing Mode	Pay-per-use	Billing mode of the subscribed service. In this example, the billing mode is Pay-per-use. You can click View Orders to learn more about the subscription details. For more billing details, see Overview.
   Created	2024/07/15 10:31:45 GMT+08:00	Time when the subscription is created.

7. After the configuration is complete, click Go to App in the upper right corner to go to the KooDrive service page. On this page, you can complete the enterprise organizational structure.

Step 3: Create a Department and User

1. Sign in to the KooDrive service plane as a system administrator. The service plane consists of the console and user center.
2. Click Console on the top of the page to go to the console and complete the enterprise organizational structure.
3. In the navigation pane, choose Organization Management and click . The Create Dept dialog box is displayed.

   

4. Configure basic information and a team space. In this example, only mandatory parameters are described. Retain the default values for other parameters. For details about the parameters, see Organization Management.

   Table 5 Parameters for configuring basic information

   Parameter	Example Value	Description
   Dept Name	aaaa	User-defined department name. The department name must be unique and mandatory, with a maximum length of 20 characters, including letters and symbols. In this example, set it to aaaa.
   Upper-Level Dept	abc	After the organization is created, the system automatically creates a level-1 department using the name of the organization. All departments created later belong to this department. In this example, the organization name is abc. Therefore, select abc.

5. Click OK. After the organization is created, the new organization name aaaa is displayed in the organization tree.

   

6. Click Create User above the user list and enter user information by referring to Table 6.

   

   Table 6 Parameters for creating a user

   Parameter	Example Value	Description
   Username	test	User-defined username. Enter up to 20 characters.
   Account	test@abc.orgid.top	Account set by the system administrator for the user. You can customize the part before @. The part after @ is the organization domain name.
   Mobile Number	-	(Optional) Mobile number of the user. This parameter is required when the email address of the user is not specified.
   Email	-	(Optional) Email address of the user. This parameter is required when the mobile number of the user is not specified.
   Password	abcde001	Password set by the administrator for the user. Option: Generate automatically or Set now. Generate automatically: The system will send the password to the specified email address or mobile number. In this example, select Set now. A custom password must meet the following requirements: Contains at least eight characters. Contains both letters and digits, and does not contain spaces. Does not contain three consecutive identical characters. Common users need to change the password upon the first login.
   Dept	aaaa	Select the department to which the user belongs from the drop-down list. If you select the level-1 department, the created user is a direct user of this department. In this example, select aaaa, that is, the department created in 4.
   Role	Common user	Two roles are provided: common user and department administrator. For details about the role permissions, see Fine-grained Permissions.
   Allocate Individual Space		Whether to allocate an individual space to the user. The administrator can adjust whether to allocate an individual space. In this example, this parameter is enabled by default because it has been enabled during 5.
   Individual Space Size	1 GB	Size of the individual space that can be used by a common user. The common user must have an individual space to upload and download files. The administrator can adjust the individual space size. In this example, the default individual space size set in 5 is 1 GB.

7. Click the confirm button. The user information is then displayed under the corresponding department. The created user is Not activated. After the user uses the new account and password to log in to the KooDrive service plane, the user is automatically activated and its changes to Normal.

   

Step 4: Use KooDrive

1. Sign in to the KooDrive service plane. To log in as a common user, use the managed HUAWEI ID applied by the administrator for you on the console.

   In this example, the account and password created in Table 6 are used for login.

2. Go to the file list page of the individual space.

   In the navigation pane, choose My Space. The file list of your individual space is displayed.

3. Upload files. This example demonstrates how to upload files. You can also upload folders. For details, see Uploading a File or Folder.

   On the file list page, click Upload. Select File. Select multiple files to be uploaded from the local PC. In this example, 11 files are selected. Click Open to upload the files.

   Figure 2 Uploading files
   

   Table 7 Icon descriptions

   Icon	Description
   	The red badge indicates the total number of tasks that are being uploaded or fail to be uploaded in the statistical period. Click the icon. The upload dialog box is displayed in the lower part.
   Uploading (a/b)	a indicates the number of successfully uploaded tasks in the statistical period. b indicates the number of upload tasks within the statistical period.
   Cancel All	Cancels all tasks that are to be uploaded or are being uploaded.
   0B/S	Real-time file upload speed.
   0%	Real-time file upload progress.
   	Click this icon to stop the uploading progress.
   	Click this icon to cancel the uploading progress.
   	If a file fails to be uploaded, click to upload the file again.
   	After the files are uploaded, click this icon to check the destination location of the uploaded files.

   When the icon of the files disappears and changes to the icon, the files are uploaded.

4. Download files. This example demonstrates how to download a file. You can also download files in batches. For details, see Downloading a File or Folder.

   On the file list page, click Download in the row of the file to be downloaded. You can view the downloaded file in the download content of the browser.

   

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