To make working with advanced data access easier, we have made a tool that sets up the connection for you. Download the guide here: link.
By setting up mounted access to ERDA, you can achieve more effective, transparent, and integrated access to your files than via the web interface. Mounted access makes it possible to transfer many and large files effectively and tie your ERDA files and folders to your machine.
Mounting uses a safe connection to ERDA. The access is therefore available anywhere you are, so long as you are connected to the internet. In other words, it is not necessary to use VPN for mounted access outside AU.
ERDA guides you through mounting setup too. For more information, see ERDA Setup.
NB According to the AU information security policy, you yourself are responsible for updating external software you install to an AU PC. If not regularly updated, the software will constitute a security risk for the entire university.
SFTP is a secure and effective protocol for file-transfers. SFTP is built upon the security-infrastructure of the OpenSSH software and it is supported by a wide range of clients on the most popular platforms, i.e. Windows, Linux, and IOS.
Please note that your login information – including your username – will be shown on the SFTP site.
If you use Linux and SFTP is integrated into your file management system:
If you use Linux and SFTP is not integrated into your file management system.
You can now mount ERDA with the SSHFS command.
Aside from the above mentioned clients, ERDA supports the following for mounted access:
Via SSHFS, you can bind external folders locally and use their contents as if it were placed on your machine. In the below, our coordinator for NAT, Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen, shows how to set up the connection on Windows og MacOS respectively.
In this powerpoint, our coordinator for Nat, Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen, shows how to mount ERDA as a windows drive with WSL (v2) and SSHFS.
In this powerpoint, our coordinator at Nat, Jesper Lykkegaard Karlsen, shows how you can mount ERDA on MacOS with SSHFS.
WebDAV is a protocol for accessing external storage, that can be secured with TLS/SSL like a website. We refer to the secured version as WebDAVS. Newer versions of Microsoft Windows, MacOS, and Linux integrate WebDAVS directly.
Unfortunately, Microsoft has introduced a c. 50MB limit for WebDAVS transfers. This means that you will get an error message if you attempt to transfer larger files.
Because of this limit, we recommend using SFT instead of WebDAVS, if you need to work with larger datasets.
NB: your login details – including your automatic username – will be displayed in the same place.
Windows Security will prompt you to logon to the external folder. Log on with your username and chosen password from ERDA's WebDAVS page and click OK.
If login is successful, you will find your ERDA folder under Files.
NB: Nautilus and Thunar use the GNOME gvfs-library. Older versions of this library had a known error, which consistently caused uploads over 1GB to hang. If you experience this problem, upgrade to a more recent version of the library (e.g. 1.22.2) or use a different client.
To share links og exchange files outside ERDA, combine Share Links with read- and write-access with effective access and tie share links to your machine as a network drive.
To share both your own folders and group folders as a form of shared drive, share it through share links.
To set up effective access to share links, proceed as in the above, with this one difference: the 10-digit share link ID (e.g. gBf51LXf4T) is used as both username and password.
In all cases, carefully consider which files you give access to, and which people you give access to the files.
For help with 2-factor authentication and mouting, contact your local IT-support
For help with specific system errors, contact the systems administration: