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How to create a public upload folder that allows public/external users to upload files to my Storage Center
1. Login to the Virtual Office with your avomaster/voadmin account and go to Profile > Admin.
2. Select Group from the Admin Tasks list and create a “public” group (How to create group?). Make sure the “Enable (used as Group in UCAR)“ option is selected for the group.
Note: You can use any name for the new group.
3. Next, go to Accounts and click the New button to create a new user “public-user” (How to create user?). Make sure this user is added to the “public” group.
4. Then, go to Storage, and double-click the Company Share folder to access it.
5. Create a sub folder “Incoming” within the Company Share folder (How to create a folder?).
6. Once the folder is created, right-click the folder and select UCAR options.
7. Click these permissions and make sure the “public” group is selected: Create Files in Folder, List Folder Content, Create Sub Folder, Write to Files in Folder.
8. Next, go to Profile > Admin > Public Access.
9. Set up a new access point with details as follows.
| Access Name | Public Upload |
|---|---|
| As user | public-user (or the username of the user to which you have created in step 3) |
| Access point | File Upload-Company Share/Incoming |
Click New to create the access point.
10. You will see a public access point created and available in the “Public Access” list. Right-click “Public Upload” and select “Copy Link Address” to copy the public upload link.
11. You can use this link on your website to offer public user to gain access to the Storage's upload page.
Note: You can use any name for the new user account.
