Working with Multiple Storage Accounts

• How to add a new storage account
• How to edit an account
• How to delete accounts
• How to import/export/reorder accounts

To add a new storage account

With TntDrive you can easily mount different storages as network drives. In order to mount the storage as a disk you need to add the Storage Account into TntDrive.

Storage credentials are stored on your local disk in encrypted form.

To add new account:

1. Start TntDrive Dashboard and click Accounts, Add new account.

Start TntDrive Dashboard and click Accounts, Add new account

Add New Account dialog will open:

Add New Account dialog.

2. Please enter the following account details:

• Account Name - you can assign any name to your Account.
• Account Type - Choose the account type you want to work with.

  The following account types are supported for now:

  • Amazon S3 Storage
  • Amazon S3 via FIPS-140-2 endpoints
  • S3-Compatible Storage
  • Amazon S3 in China
  • Amazon S3 GovCloud Storage
  • Amazon S3 GovCloud Storage (FIPS-140-2)
  • Amazon S3 via EC2 IAM Role
  • Amazon S3 via AssumeRole
  • Amazon S3 (Credentials from Environment Variables)
  • Amazon S3 (Credentials from AWS Config or Crendential file)

• Access Key ID and Secret Access Key - Access Keys are used to sign the requests you send to the storage. If you need help in retrieving your Access Keys, please check out the following article: AWS Access Keys .
• Use secure transfer (SSL/TLS) - Turn this option on (recommended) if you would like to encrypt all communications with the storage.

3. Click Add new account.

You can now add new mapped drive with this account.

To edit an account

1. Click Accounts, Manage Accounts..

Click Accounts, Manage Accounts.

Storage Accounts dialog will open:

The Storage Accounts dialog allows you to view/edit/delete accounts.

2. Select the Account you want to edit and click Edit.

The Edit Account dialog will open:

Edit Account Dialog allows you to edit account properties

3. Edit account properties and click Save Changes to confirm changes or click Cancel to reset any changes you made.

4. Click Save Changes to save changes and close the Storage Accounts dialog or click Cancel to close Account Manager without saving any changes.

To delete an account

1. Click Accounts, Manage Accounts..

Click Accounts, Manage Accounts

Storage Accounts dialog will open:

The Storage Accounts dialog allows you to view/edit/delete accounts.

2. Select one or multiple accounts you want to delete and click Delete.

4. Click Save Changes to save changes and close the Storage Accounts dialog or click Cancel to discard any changes you made.

Import/Export/Reorder accounts

Click Accounts, Manage Accounts..

Click Accounts, Manage Accounts

To export accounts:

Click More, Export accounts, you may also use the Ctrl+E keyboard shortcut.

1. Select one or multiple accounts you want to Export and click More, Export accounts. The Save As dialog will open:

Specify the file name and click Save

2. Specify the file name and click Save

You can now transfer resulting file to another machine and import accounts.

To import accounts:

Click More, Import accounts, you may also use the Ctrl+I keyboard shortcut.

1. Click More, Import accounts. The Open File dialog will open:

Select accounts file and click Open

2. Select accounts file and click Open.

Accounts will be loaded from the file and added into the list:

Click Save changes

3. Click Save changes.

To reorder accounts:

1. Select one or multiple accounts you want to reorder and click More, Move up to move them up or More, Move down to move them down.

Click More, Move up/Move down to reorder storage accounts.

You may also use Ctrl+↑ and Ctrl+↓ keyboard shortcuts.

You may also use context menu to perform all actions described in this tutorial.

Accounts context menu