Set NAS as upload folder

iggabz · Post by **iggabz** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 8:41 am

Good day,

Sorry for this newb question. how can i set the upload folder to use NAS and my NAS uses login.

Thank you.

arbei · Post by **arbei** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 9:30 am

It is not supported, but you may use storage provider like Amazon S3.

iggabz · Post by **iggabz** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 1:41 pm

how about using another drive such as D: ??? is it possible?

arbei · Post by **arbei** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 2:24 pm

It might work, you may test.

philmills · Post by **philmills** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 6:55 pm

Map the NAS to a drive letter, then you should be able to set your upload folder to that drive. As I remember you must also create a subfolder, you can't upload directly to the drive letter.
e.g. P:\MyProject not P:\
Make sure the user credentials have full read/write/delete permissions to that folder

I have a drive mapped from cloud storage in the same way, so i know my generated files are backed up always

See Map a network drive in Windows.

iggabz · Post by **iggabz** » Fri Feb 16, 2024 10:21 pm

philmills wrote:

e.g. P:\MyProject not P:\

do i only put path to PHP > General Options > Upload folder and nothing more?

philmills · Post by **philmills** » Sat Feb 17, 2024 6:14 pm

Sorry. I misunderstood your requirements

You need to clarify exactly what you're trying to achieve, where it's hosted and who will use the site before your question can be answered.

Where is the webserver hosted?
a) on your pc?
b) on a webserver on your internal network?
c) in the internet somwhere?
Who will be using it?
a) only you
b) other users on your newtwork
c) internet users

If the answer to both questions is a or b, you should be able to do it, if the answer is c it's likely impossible without exposing your NAS to the internet which is not at all safe. and is very difficult to configure through firewalls etc. Unless you setup VPN tunnel between your internet webserver and your local NAS. Very difficult.