Adding an Aspera on Cloud account to Connect

Use the Connect account wizard to configure a new AoC transfer account.

1. Launch the Connect Preferences dialog and go to the Accounts tab.
2. Click to add a Connect account.
3. Select your IBM Aspera product:
   Click IBM Aspera on Cloud.
4. Select your organization:
   In Aspera on Cloud, the organization is the primary administrative container.
   Either

   • Enter your IBMid or email address, so that Connect can find your organization for you.

     or

   • Enter your organization URL.
5. In the new window that opens, sign in to Aspera on Cloud.
6. Set up content synchronization:
   On the Sync Setup screen, either

   • Set up syncing now.

     To do so, either accept the default folder shown for Place my files in, or click Change to browse for a different folder (or create a new one).

     By default, the sync folder is created inside your Documents folder, in a folder with the name you gave for the account in an earlier step. If you choose to use the default folder, it is created automatically.

   • Set up syncing later.

     To do so, click I'd rather not set up file syncing now.

7. If you opted to set up syncing on the previous screen, the Account Wizard prompts you to choose folders to sync.
   You can either

   • Select Synchronize with the selected remote folders and then select the folders on Aspera on Cloud to sync.

     Click the arrows to expand or collapse the folder view, and select the check boxes for the folders you want to sync.

     Choose the sync direction:

     • Two-Way
     • Remote to Local (default)
     • Local to Remote
       Note: For a detailed explanation of your options for sync direction, see Synchronization.
   • Select I'll choose the folders to sync later.
8. Set up package downloading:
   • Choose Automatically download my packages to and enter or browse to a location where you'd like to store your downloaded packages.
   • Choose I'd rather not set up automatic downloading now. You can change this setting later if you wish.
9. If you opted to set up package downloading in the previous step, now select a time-frame:
   • Choose to download packages from a date in the past.

     Select Download my packages from date sent and choose an option from the drop-down:

     • Yesterday (default)
     • A week ago
     • A month ago
     • The beginning of time
   • Choose to download packages from now on.
10. Set up how you will check for new packages:
    • Automatically

      Select Check for new packages and select an automated time interval from the drop-down list.

    • Manually

      Select I'll check manually using the Check Now option.

11. Click Finish to complete your Aspera on Cloud account setup.