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 This guide will help you get more out of your Dropbox account with your Xirvik Server. This guide will help you get more out of your Dropbox account with your Xirvik Server.
  
 +Xirvik provide 2 ways to connect your seedbox with Dropbox
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 +1. [[tutorial_en_dropbox#Dropbox Daemon|Dropbox Daemon]] 
 +which automatically syncs one specific directory with your Dropbox account. 
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 +2. [[tutorial_en_dropbox#Dropbox API|Dropbox API]] 
 +It lets you access your Dropbox account from the explorer tab so you can copy files from/to the seedbox into your Dropbox.
 ==== Dropbox Daemon ==== ==== Dropbox Daemon ====
  
-Go to you server Control Panel Dashboard and Clink on Dropbox+Go to you server Control Panel Dashboard and Click on Dropbox
  
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 +You now have your Xirivk Seedbox Dropbox folder synchronised with your Dropbox files
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 +==== Dropbox API ====
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 +Go to the Explorer Tab on your Seedbox
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 +Now right click a folder to bring up the following menu and select Dropbox
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 +You will now have the following pop up box, to link the API to the Seedbox click on the Dropbox logo
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 +You will then be prompted to login to your Dropbox Account 
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 +Once in we need to click on Create App
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 +Select the Dropbox API option
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 +Now make the following selections and give your App a unique name 
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 +Once the App is created you will then be taken to the following screen with App Key and App Secret 
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 +Back at your Seedbox enter these values and click OK 
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 +Now we need to grant the application access to Dropbox account so click logo
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 +Accept the screen in Dropbox website
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 +Now it will show connected
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 +Click on OK back on the Seedbox 
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 +Now in the Explorer Tab you can see your Dropbox files and you can then use them within Explorer
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tutorial_en_dropbox.1400240447.txt.gz · Last modified: 2014/10/14 08:28 (external edit)