Connecting to the Yoda Network Disk on Linux

1. Open GNOME Files (formerly known as Nautilus) which can also be mentioned as ‘Files’ as an application name. In most of Linux distributions, you just click on the folder icon located on the desktop menu bar or in the start menu. ‘Files’ can also be located using the searching tool of your start menu.

2. Click on ‘Other locations’. If you don’t see the option ‘Other locations’ and your Linux version is different than Ubuntu, click on ‘File’ from the menu on top of the window.

3. On the bottom of the window you will now see the option ‘Connect to Server’. If you could not see the ‘Other Locations’ bottom and you opened the drop-menu clicking on ‘File’, select ’Connect to Server’ from the menu items.

4. Type in your Yoda address in the ‘Connect to Server’ bar. Be sure to replace ‘https’ at the beginning of your address with ‘davs’.

5. Provide your login credentials. The username is your email address (in lowercase) and your password is the Data Access Password you created. After you have logged in, you have access to your research group.

Mount Yoda in Linux permanently

The above steps unmount the drive when you turn of your computer. However, it does remember the address, therefore it is easily mapped again with these steps. If you would like to permanently manually mount Yoda in Linux, then follow these steps:

1. Open Terminal 

2. Install davfs2 package 

  • for Debian based, type: apt-get install davfs2  
  • for Red Hat based, type: yum install davfs2 (If not found: yum install epel-release)  

3. Allow unprivileged users to use WebDAV (this step can be skipped on Red Hat based systems):  

  • type: dpkg-reconfigure davfs2  
  • select 'Yes' on the question 'Should unprivileged users be allowed to mount WebDAV resources?'  

4. Create a folder where WebDAV should mount:  

  • type: mkdir /mnt/webdav  

5. Type (instead of nano, vi could also be used): nano /etc/fstab

  • For example, add the line: https://geo.data.uu.nl /mnt/webdav davfs user,noauto 0 0
  • Note: this URL is an example. Here you will find the portals for your own faculty or research environment.

6. Add user to davfs2 group (add your username at the 'username'):  

  • type: usermod -aG davfs2 username

7. Log out (or reboot) to let the changes take effect

8. Mount the WebDAV folder by typing: mount /mnt/webdav

9. Now you can log in with your credentials. The user name is your email address (in lowercase) and your password is the Data Access Password you created (see Using Data Access Passwords). After you have logged in, you have access to your research group.

10. Your WebDAV folder (Yoda) should now be visible on the configured mount point.

If you want to unmount the folder, type: umount /mnt/webdav