Setting up external storage in Dropbox
You can enable and disable the ability to store uploaded files in Dropbox through the Jive Add-Ons interface.
Fastpath: User interface: Avatar > Add-ons > Storage Providers
To connect Jive to a Dropbox account:
- Click your avatar in the top right and select Add-ons.
- Make sure the StreamOnce add-on is installed.
- On the Storage Management tab, click Add Integration.
- Select Dropbox as the Provider Type.
- In Display Name, type the name you want community users to see displayed when you are selecting a storage provider for a group.
- Click Add.
- Authenticate with an Dropbox Integration User account.
- If you want all your community users to be able to create groups that use this Dropbox connection for storage, select the Enabled check box.
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If you want only some of your users to be to be able to create places that use
this storage instance, clear the Enabled check box and
start typing the name of a Jive permission group in Permissions
Override.
These groups will be granted permission to create groups linked to this storage instance.
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Use Mapping Options determine how Dropbox users connect
with Jive users.
We recommend that you use the default setting, which is email address.
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Click Edit Settings to connect to a Dropbox account.
- Click Save to save your instance settings.
- Click Save to continue.
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Click Save to save the integration.
You now see it listed on the Storage Management tab.
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If you want to make Dropbox the default storage provider for new places that
are created in the community, select it in the Storage
Management tab, and then clear the Allow users to
choose Jive as internal storage check box.
This removes the option to store uploaded documents in Jive for all newly created places.