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Configuring File Share (SMB) Access

Configuration

  1. Name and Description

Optionally, users can click the search bar to select a category. For this article, we choose the category IT,
which was created on the Applications > Add > Category page. Identities, Supervision and Auditing Roles, and Rules set under a category are applied to all its members. For more information on configuring categories, refer to the section: Add Application Category.

Provider and Protocol

Set the location and protocol information of the server.

  • Providers -- The Cyolo platform currently supports applications hosted in two locations: Local and AWS. For this article, we will select Local.
  • Protocol - Click Files and select SMB.

Application Parameter

Set the internal and external IP address or URL of the server, and other parameters.

Configuration options specific to this article are shown here. For more information on the various options available while configuring applications, refer to the section: Application Parameters.

  • Internal address/URL - Enter the internal IP address or URL of the server. For this article, we enter 172.31.39.51.

  • Site - Click the drop-down under Site to select either All Sites or a specific site by name.

  • Subdomain - Enter a prefix name preceding the tenant domain name. In this example, we enter smb.

  • Domain - Domains added under Applications > Domains page are listed here. By default, the tenant domain is displayed in this field. Click the drop-down to select the domain of your choice. For this article, we select the domain *.domain.cyolo.io. The published URL will be smb.domain.cyolo.io.

  • Share Name -- Enter the name of the folder shared in the server. Here we enter devdocs.

Authentication Method - Sign-in Settings

Set the authentication parameters for logging in to the server after connecting to it. For more information
on authentication methods, refer to the section: Authentication Method.

  • For the purpose of this article, we select Assign secret from vault. Click the drop-down and select the secret name for the username and password stored on the Vaults > Secrets page.

Identities

Specify the users or user groups that can log in to the Cyolo Application Portal to view and access the server. For more information on configuring identities, refer to the section: Identities.

  • For the purpose of this article, we select None as authentication of users is configured at the category level.

Supervision and Auditing Roles

For more information on Supervision and Auditing, refer to the section: Supervision and Auditing Roles.

  • For the purpose of this article, we retain the default settings for each role. Keep the option Same as defined in Roles enabled.

Rules

For more information, refer to the section: Rules.

  • Since this application belongs to the category IT, a rule is auto-created with authentication parameters set at the category level. The Conditions profile is automatically set to IT Condition. This is applied to all applications added to the category IT.

  • Click Create to publish the application.