How to install the Your Secure Cloud desktop application?

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Get the most out of Your Secure Cloud by installing the client on all computers and mobile devices. After installation, you can select the folders and files that will automatically be synchronized with your PC, so that all changes will automatically be transferred to all devices.

On the right side, select your operating system to directly view the appropriate guide for your OS.

 

How to set up the client on Windows?

To install the client on your Windows computer, follow these steps:

1. Download the installation file.

2. Open the downloaded installation file and follow the installation instructions.

3. Once the installation is complete, you will be asked where to put the cloud folder on your PC. All files from the cloud are stored locally, unless otherwise defined later.

4. Now enter your login credentials:

Server: https://login.yoursecurecloud.de
E-Mail: Your e-mail address, which you specified when ordering.
Password: The password that you’ve set yourself.
Computer name: Any name that later appears in the web interface.

Now click on Login.

If an error occurs, please check the letters of the password and the server address. Especially the https: // is often forgotten. It is recommended to copy all information from your welcome e-mail directly to the client.

5. After a successful login, you can download your standard library („my library“). If you later want to add folders from another path, skip this step.

How to set up the client under macOS?

To install the client on your Mac, follow these steps:

1. Download the installation file.

2. Open the dmg file and copy the app to the Applications folder. Simply drag our icon to the folder icon.

3. As soon as you start our software for the first time, you will be asked where to put the cloud folder on your hard disk. All files from the cloud are stored locally, unless otherwise defined later.

4. Now enter your login credentials:

Server: https://login.yoursecurecloud.de
E-Mail: Your e-mail address, which you specified when ordering.
Password: The password that you’ve set yourself.
Computer name: Any name that later appears in the web interface.

Now click on Login.

If an error occurs, please check the letters of the password and the server address. Especially the https: // is often forgotten. It is recommended to copy all information from your welcome e-mail directly to the client.

 

How to set up the client on Linux?

To install the client on your Linux PC, do the following, depending on your distribution:

Debian & Ubuntu

For Debian & Ubuntu there is our own repository, which you can add with the command:

sudo wget https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile.asc -O /usr/share/keyrings/yoursecurecloud-sync-keyring.asc

Add the appropriate repository to your apt sources by using the line that corresponds to your Debian version:

- For Debian 10
sudo bash -c "echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yoursecurecloud-sync-keyring.asc] https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/buster/ stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yoursecurecloud-sync.list"

- For Debian 11
sudo bash -c "echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yoursecurecloud-sync-keyring.asc] https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/bullseye/ stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yoursecurecloud-sync.list"

- For Ubuntu 18.04 
sudo bash -c "echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yoursecurecloud-sync-keyring.asc] https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/bionic/ stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yoursecurecloud-sync.list"

- For Ubuntu 20.04
sudo bash -c "echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yoursecurecloud-sync-keyring.asc] https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/focal/ stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yoursecurecloud-sync.list"

- For Ubuntu 22.04 
sudo bash -c "echo 'deb [arch=amd64 signed-by=/usr/share/keyrings/yoursecurecloud-sync-keyring.asc] https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-deb/jammy/ stable main' > /etc/apt/sources.list.d/yoursecurecloud-sync.list"

 

Finally, use this command to install the client:

sudo apt update 

sudo apt install -y seafile-gui

Alternatively, only the terminal client (without GUI) can be installed, this works with:

sudo apt-get install seafile-cli

After installation, the client is immediately available. You can continue with step 2 (below).

CentOS 7 / RHEL

Add the repo to your system:

sudo cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/yoursecurecloud.repo <<EOF 
[seafile] 
name=seafile 
baseurl=https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-rpm/centos7 
gpgcheck=0 
enabled=1 
EOF

You can install it with:

sudo yum install -y epel-release  

sudo yum install -y seafile --enablerepo=cr
SUSE Linux / openSUSE

These packages are managed and maintained by the community, see: Official Repository

Fedora

Add the repo to your system:

sudo cat > /etc/yum.repos.d/yoursecurecloud.repo <<EOF 
[seafile] 
name=seafile 
baseurl=https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-rpm/fedora32
gpgcheck=0 
enabled=1 
EOF

For fedora 31, The baseurl above should be replaced with https://linux-clients.seafile.com/seafile-rpm/fedora31

You can install it with:

sudo yum install -y seafile  
Arch Linux

These packages are managed and maintained by the community, see: aur.archlinux.org/packages/seafile-client

Linux command line

For further instructions on how to use the cli client, please see this page.

 

After installation

2. As soon as you start our software for the first time, you will be asked where to put the cloud folder on your hard disk. All files from the cloud are stored locally, unless otherwise defined later.

3. Now enter your login credentials:

Server: https://login.yoursecurecloud.de
E-Mail: Your e-mail address, which you specified when ordering.
Password: The password that you’ve set yourself.
Computer name: Any name that later appears in the web interface.

Now click on Login.

If an error occurs, please check the letters of the password and the server address. Especially the https: // is often forgotten. It is recommended to copy all information from your welcome e-mail directly to the client.
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