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  1. Click the Activate button. 
  2. After confirming your license key, EDEC will walk you through the steps of installing your license key on a USB thumb drive to use as a license dongle. The computer used to create the license dongle must be connected to the Internet, and each key you purchase may only be installed on one dongle.
  3. Insert the dongle in the computer on which ePADD will be used. Then start ePADD.

Set up Nextcloud staging area

Nextcloud is a file staging service, maintained by LTS, that provides temporary cloud-based data storage. In the ePADD-to-DRS workflow, you export a preservation package from ePADD, copy it to the Nextcloud folder on your local computer and the package is automatically copied up to the server. From there, the package is processed by Batch Builder and deposited to DRS.

Guidelines for using Nextcloud storage:

  • Data can be stored for up to 6 months.
  • Nextcloud meets security requirements for Level 4 data. 
  • Nextcloud is not an archival-level data repository – it is a temporary staging area only.
  • Nextcloud is not a delivery service – files staged in Nextcloud are not available for public/general web access.

How to request a Nextcloud account

  1. Submit a request to LTS Support with the following information:
    1. Library/repository name
    2. User name 
    3. Business purpose: Nextcloud staging folder for ePADD
  2. LTS assesses the request and responds with any questions/comments.
  3. LTS creates the new Nextcloud storage folder and notifies the user.

How to install the Nextcloud desktop client

  1. Download the desktop client: https://nextcloud.com/install/#install-clients
  2. Double-click the downloaded file to launch the desktop app and then follow the installation wizard.
  3. When prompted for server address, enter https://filestaging.lib.harvard.edu/
  4. You will be prompted to log into a browser using your Harvard Key.

Using the Nextcloud desktop client

Once installed, the Nextcloud desktop client remains active in the background and is visible as an icon in your system tray (Windows, KDE), menu bar (Mac OS X), or notification area (Linux).  

The screenshot below shows the NextCloud desktop client open in Windows and highlights a few important features. For more information about the desktop client, see the Nextcloud Client Manual.