Guides

General


User management of Perun system

Perun is a system for managing accounts where administrators of Virtual Organization (VO) controls accesses (approving or rejecting users), aggregating users to groups, creating service identities (accounts for scripts / programs / systems).

Guides for Perun


Basic
Guides for services
FileSender

Filesender FileSender is a single-purpose web service used for quick and easy sending large files to hundreds of recipients. Guide for FileSender


ownCloud

ownCloud This application is best suited for smaller amount of files that you want to access through web portal, to synchronize between a PC or mobile devices or to share them with your colleagues. You can also use it to share contacts and calendars. Guide for ownCloud


To select the appropriate protocol to meet your needs you can use overview of protocols and services with their recommendations.
Guides for the supported protocols and relating features
NFS (Network File System)

NFSv4 protocol is available only for clients using Linux, for Windows users is available only commercial client NFS Maestro. To ensure strong user authentication we are using NFSv4 over Kerberos protocol. Without using other tools such as tar, you cannot use the protocol to preserve the original ownership of the file. Guide for NFS.

IPv4 addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:
\ Ostrava nfs.du4.cesnet.cz
Jihlava nfs.du5.cesnet.cz
IPv6 addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:

Ostrava nfs6.du4.cesnet.cz

Services using IPv6 addresses are currently in testing mode.

Samba

Samba protocol is available for Windows and Linux, but for Linux is better use NFS protocol. Guide for Samba.

IPv4 addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:

Ostrava samba.du4.cesnet.cz
Jihlava samba.du5.cesnet.cz

IPv6 addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:

Ostrava samba6.du4.cesnet.cz

Services using IPv6 addresses are currently in testing mode.

FTP (FTPS)

During configuration it is necessary to chose the encryption as an explicit transfer FTP via TLS and transfer mode has to be set as „Passive“. The list of addresses for each protocol is listed below.

Addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:

Ostrava ftp.du4.cesnet.cz
Jihlava ftp.du5.cesnet.cz

WinSCP

WinSCP is an application, which can be possibly used for connection via FTP/FTPS/SCP/SFTP protocols in Windows. Guide for WinSCP.

FileZilla

FileZilla is freeware for SFPT/SCP/FTPS protocols, which is suitable for both Windows and Linux. Guide for FileZilla.

Total Commander

Total Commander is popular file manager for Windows and Android. Guide for TotalCommander.

LFTP

Line FTP client is available for Linux and Cygwin (Windows).

CurlFtpFS

Line client CurlFtpFS allows you to connect network drive into your system, then you can see the drive as a local drive in your PC, so you can apply standard Unix application (ls, rm, cp, or the like).


SCP and SFTP
IPv4 addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:

Ostrava ssh.du4.cesnet.cz
Jihlava ssh.du5.cesnet.cz

IPv6 addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:

Ostrava ssh6.du4.cesnet.cz

Services using IPv6 addresses are currently in testing mode.

WinSCP is the application, which can be used for connection via FTP/FTPS/SCP/SFTP protocols in Windows. Guide for WinSCP.

FileZilla

FileZilla FileZilla is SFPT/SCP/FTPS tool available for free. It works in Linux and Windows. Guide for FileZilla.

Command line tools - scp and sftp

In GNU/Linux you can use program scp and sftp (command line tools) for copying files between local station and server - they are very simple to use.


Rsync
IPv4 addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:

Ostrava ssh.du4.cesnet.cz
Jihlava ssh.du5.cesnet.cz

IPv6 addresses of access servers (hosts) for each data center are:

Ostrava ssh6.du4.cesnet.cz

Services using IPv6 addresses are currently in testing mode.

Rsync rsync is a simple tool suitable for situations where it is not required backup history, just a copy. It minimizes network data transfer by transferring only a differences between files on the local side and files on the remote side.

To select the appropriate protocol to meet your needs you can use protocols and services overview with recommendations.