Accessing NCILNAS
Your lab (JumpCloud) account and password are used to access the server.
Via web browser
This is primarily for viewing and uploading files to the server. You are quite limited in your ability to open or edit files because the file server doesn't host apps like MS Word or VS Code.
You can securely access the server through any web browser: https://ncilnas.psychology.dal.ca:5001
Login with your JumpCloud username and password. You will have a “desktop”-type user interface within your web browser.
Use FileStation (which is an icon on the desktop interface) to browse NCILscience
You can upload files (e.g., data files from a data collection computer) by dragging and dropping them into the appropriate folder in FileStation
Mac – Mount server as network drive
NCILscience will be mounted on your desktop. You can open and edit files directly on the server.
Cmd-k (or Finder > Go > Connect to Server…).
In the box that pops up enter: afp://ncilnas.psychology.dal.ca
As your username, enter your JumpCloud username (not your full name)
Enter your JumpCloud password
You will see a list of shared folders to mount. Select NCILscience.
NCILscience should now appear on your desktop (if your Finder is configured that way), and in the sidebar of a Finder window.
Linux
NCILscience is auto-mounted on the NCIL server (ncil.psychology.dal.ca) as /nfs/NCILscience. There is no need to do anything to connect. If you want to mount NCILscience on your own linux computer, talk to Aaron. In brief, you should be able to connect using WebDAV (https://ncilnas.psychology.dal.ca/NCILnas:5006).
Windows
Update 2023-02-13: The old instructions have been replaced with new ones from Synology. Please follow the instructions below to use either the RailDrive or CyberDuck apps as described in the link below.
In the lab, we use RaiDrive. The server URL to use is ncilnas.psychology.dal.ca
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