New Web UI "Storage path"

Edwin_Perez · September 3, 2020, 1:49am

I see you can now add Storage paths using the web ui ... It would be great if you can also add Network Paths.

This is my extra path "extra_paths":["//WDMYCLOUDDL2100/ChannelsDVR2"] but there is no way you can add such a path from the Web UI.

Marino13 · September 3, 2020, 2:28am

Not sure what OS you are using but if it is Windows have you tried a mapped network drive?

Edwin_Perez · September 3, 2020, 3:09am

I know I can map a drive but they are not as reliable as a straight UNC network path... I will keep using Curl.

jasonmcroy · September 3, 2020, 3:13am

I totally agree. I wish we could map the path to a network drive rather than having to map a drive. I often have them disconnect.

Edwin_Perez · September 3, 2020, 3:18am

Being able to add UNC paths gives me the option to be able to do that from anywhere.... The way it is now I have to logon to my Server map the drive locally on my Server then add it.

racameron · September 3, 2020, 3:30am

The problem with this is that currently, FS access is handled by the native system libraries. If Channels were to natively support network shares, it would have to implement its own separate CIFS/SMB client code (or use a separate third-party library).

Edit: I appear to be mistaken; it looks like UNC paths are supported natively on Windows. However, I'm not sure how credentials that differ from your Windows login work in this scenario.

Edwin_Perez · September 3, 2020, 3:39am

Thanks that explains it.

tmm1 · September 3, 2020, 3:46am

So you set this and it works?

I think UNC paths do work automatically on Windows. We can work on making this possible from the UI for Windows users.

racameron · September 3, 2020, 3:56am

A quick search seems to show that UNC paths are natively supported on Windows in path/filepath. Although, if user credentials differ, I'm not sure how that works.

Edwin_Perez · September 3, 2020, 4:01am

Yes that works.

Edwin_Perez · September 3, 2020, 4:10am

You can make the UNC path accessible to everyone.... no credentials needed

racameron · September 3, 2020, 4:28am

I know it's possible; that's just not how I keep shares on my network. Every share requires a user/pass, even read-only access granted to my media servers (ie, Plex movies, imports for Channels, etc.).

If it works for you, though, that's great. Perhaps someone else can offer insight on how differently credentialed network paths are handled by Go on Windows?