WebDAV

WebDAV stands for Web-based Distributed Authoring and Versioning and it allows users to collaboratively modify and manage files on remote web servers.

Connecting with WebDAV

Information
Hostwebdav-[account].alwaysdata.net
Ports80 (HTTP) or 443 (HTTPS)
Identifierassigned user and password

These users can be configured in the Remote access > WebDAV tab in your alwaysdata administration interface.

Administration interface: list of WebDAV users
Administration interface: list of WebDAV users

With Windows

  1. Right click on the Workstation or Computer icon,

  2. Choose Connect a network drive. From the Folder field, specify:

    • in Vista and higher: https://webdav-[account].alwaysdata.net/

  3. Click on Connect under a different user name, then enter your identifiers. Validate and click on Finish.

With Mac OS X

  1. From the Finder, choose Go > Connect to server,

  2. From the Server address field, enter http://webdav-[account].alwaysdata.net/ ;

  3. Click on Connect.

With davfs2 (Linux)

davfs2 offers the advantage of mounting WebDAV shared volumes like a local partition locale so that your files are accessible from any application. To mount a partition in /mnt/alwaysdata:

$ sudo mount.davfs https://webdav-[account].alwaysdata.net/ /mnt/alwaysdata
Note

Replace webdav-[account].alwaysdata.net with your WebDAV hostname available from Remote access > WebDAV.