File navigator

The Nuvolos Web UI has a file navigator to manage your files directly from the browser

When working on Nuvolos, typically you're using a computer program in a running Nuvolos application to interact with your files. However, there are some common file manipulation tasks that can be carried out directly via the Web UI:

Workspace vs Personal files

You can navigate both the Workspace files of the instance and your Personal files with the file navigator. Use the dropdown below the Upload button to switch:

Switch between Workspace and Personal with the dropdown

Upload files

You can upload files from both your local computer, or from a publicly available web URL

Upload files from local device or URL

If you upload new file(s) with a name that matches existing file(s)/folder(s) on the file system, the new filename(s) will be renamed with a (1), (2), etc. postfix.

Create files or folders

You can create folders and simple text files directly using the New button next to Upload:

If you create a new file/folder with a name that matches an existing file/folder on the file system, the new filename will be renamed with a (1), (2), etc. postfix.

Download files

You have multiple options to download files from Nuvolos to your local machine:

1. Download a single file

2. Download a single folder as a zip archive

3. Download up to 10 selected files or folders as a zip archive

4. Download all files in the current folder as a zip archive

If no files are selected, Download all can be found next to Upload and Create

Move, copy, rename, delete

You can move, copy, rename or delete files from the Nuvolos Web UI as well.

Files can be moved, copied, renamed or deleted

Extract (unzip) archives

You can extract (unzip) archives on the web UI:

For supported formats, the Extract all button appears automatically

Currently archives in the following formats are supported:

.zip, .gz, .tar, .tgz, .tar.gz, .bz2

During extraction, a folder with the same name as the archive will be created automatically, and all contents are extracted there. If a file or folder with the same name already exists, a new folder name is generated to avoid overwrites.

Archives are extracted in the background, please look at the tasks view to check if it has completed.

The Web UI also supports manipulating the contents of certain files, which is described in the section Preview files.

Limitations

Soft links are not displayed in the Web UI's file navigator, but they still work in your Nuvolos applications.