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 ====== Personal Cloud Hosted Appliance ====== ====== Personal Cloud Hosted Appliance ======
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 +The Personal Cloud Appliance is no longer available for download.
  
 We have been asked many times about enabling personal users to host access to their own federated cloud of public/private data, rather than just making this available for enterprises, and I am please to say that this finally something we have made available for personal use, and the best news of all is that it is **free** ! We have been asked many times about enabling personal users to host access to their own federated cloud of public/private data, rather than just making this available for enterprises, and I am please to say that this finally something we have made available for personal use, and the best news of all is that it is **free** !
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 Once downloaded the Appliance is provides as a VMWARE image and an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Virtualization_Format|OVF image]]. it is the OVF image will be using with Virtual Box. Once downloaded the Appliance is provides as a VMWARE image and an [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Virtualization_Format|OVF image]]. it is the OVF image will be using with Virtual Box.
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-13.44.37.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-13.44.37-300x110.png|Storage Made Easy Personal Cloud}}]] +{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-13.44.37-300x110.png?300}}
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 Once the Appliance is download simply right click and choose to open the OVF with Virtual Box. Once the Appliance is download simply right click and choose to open the OVF with Virtual Box.
  
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-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-13.46.41.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-13.46.41.png|Storage Made Easy Persona Cloud Virtual Box}}]] +
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 The initial state of the Appliance is powered off. The initial state of the Appliance is powered off.
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-13.47.46.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-13.47.46.png|Virtual Box turn on}}]] +{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-13.47.46.png?203|Virtual Box turn on}}
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 The default settings are the minimum requirement but feel free to change them to suite. The default settings are the minimum requirement but feel free to change them to suite.
  
-  +{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-13.47.11.png?357|Virtual Box settings}}
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 With regards to networking, for this tutorial I chose to use the "bridged" network setting in the Virtual Box network settings but again you can choose this to suite your environment. With regards to networking, for this tutorial I chose to use the "bridged" network setting in the Virtual Box network settings but again you can choose this to suite your environment.
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 Now you can simply boot up the SME software Appliance and once it has booted you will reach the following screen: Now you can simply boot up the SME software Appliance and once it has booted you will reach the following screen:
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-13.49.37.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-13.49.37.png|Storage Made Easy Personal Cloud boot}}]]+{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-13.49.37.png?412|Storage Made Easy Personal Cloud boot}}
  
- +"Change" is the name of the server and once you reach this screen you don't need to do anything else. You can simply head over to a web browser on your machine and type in
  
-"Change" is the name of the server and once you reach this screen you don't need to do anything else. You can simply head over to a web browser on your machine and type in //**http://<the IP address displayed>**//.+    http://<the IP address displayed>
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-14.00.48.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-14.00.48.png|SME Personal Could Appliance Login}}]] +{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-14.00.48.png?317|SME Personal Could Appliance Login}}
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 This will take you to the login screen where you can enter the username and password you were provided in the emily registration. Once logged in you will be taken to the home screen. This will take you to the login screen where you can enter the username and password you were provided in the emily registration. Once logged in you will be taken to the home screen.
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-14.04.13.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-14.04.13.png|SME Personal Cloud Home Screen}}]]+{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-14.04.13.png?462|SME Personal Cloud Home Screen}}
  
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 The first thing to do once logged in is to click on the username and and choose the 'Account Settings' option. The first thing to do once logged in is to click on the username and and choose the 'Account Settings' option.
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-15.07.35.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-15.07.35.png|SME Personal Cloud user name}}]] +{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-15.07.35.png?197|SME Personal Cloud user name}}
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 Here you can first change your username Here you can first change your username
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-15.06.49.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-15.06.49.png|SME Personal Cloud Change username}}]] +{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-15.06.49.png?376|SME Personal Cloud Change username}}
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 and then your password and then your password
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-15.08.16.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-15.08.16.png|SME Personal Cloud change password}}]] +{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-15.08.16.png?437|SME Personal Cloud change password}}
    
  
 The Appliance is configured to work with the default CentOS Vsftpd service which is configured as local storage so it is available to work with files out of the box. The Appliance is configured to work with the default CentOS Vsftpd service which is configured as local storage so it is available to work with files out of the box.
  
-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-14.33.41.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-14.33.41.png|SME Personal Cloud local stroage}}]]+{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-14.33.41.png?355|SME Personal Cloud local stroage}}
  
-  +The Cloud Dashboard, available from the side menu, shows the configure providers and enables up to 10 other providers to be added.
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-The Cloud DashBoard, available from the side menu, shows the configure providers and enables up to 10 other providers to be added. +
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-[[http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-14.33.25.png|{{:/http:::blog.storagemadeeasy.com:wp-content:uploads:2015:06:sme_screen-shot-2015-06-12-at-14.33.25.png|SME Personal Cloud Connectors}}]]+{{http://blog.storagemadeeasy.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/06/Screen-Shot-2015-06-12-at-14.33.25.png?541|SME Personal Cloud Connectors}}
  
 This ends the tutorial for configuring and setting up the Storage Made Easy Personal Cloud Appliance. The Appliance is available for strictly personal user from [[https://storagemadeeasy.com/personalappform/|here]]. This ends the tutorial for configuring and setting up the Storage Made Easy Personal Cloud Appliance. The Appliance is available for strictly personal user from [[https://storagemadeeasy.com/personalappform/|here]].