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Remove references to NU box and generic-ify instructions

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NU has come to an arrangement
with <a href="https://www.box.com/" class="external-link">Box.com</a> to
provide unlimited cloud storage to every student, staff, and faculty
member. This can be useful when used with jobs to automatically upload
results when the job has completed. Combined with
<a href="https://sites.box.com/sync4/" class="external-link">Box Sync</a>,
the uploaded files can be sync'd to your laptop or desktop upon job
completion. The upload and download speed of Box is about 20 to 30 MB/s
in good network traffic conditions. Users can use a tool called lftp to transfer files between HCC clusters and their Box accounts.
NU no longer has an active arrangement with <a href="https://www.box.com/" class="external-link">Box.com</a>
and has migrated to Microsoft 365 services. Please visit our [OneDrive with Globus documentation](https://hcc.example.edu/docs/handling_data/data_transfer/globus_connect/activating_example_onedrive/) for instructions on how to access
your NU Microsoft 365 storage from HCC resources.
The instructions below remain for use with personal or other institution Box accounts.
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### Step-by-step guide for Lftp
1. Login to your [UNK Box.com](https://unk.account.box.com/), [UNL Box.com](https://unl.account.box.com/), or [UNO Box.com](https://unomaha.account.box.com/) account.
1. Login to your institution or personal Box account.
2. Since we are going to be using [ftps](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FTPS) protocol to access your [Box.com](https://www.box.com/) storage, you need to create an **External Password**. In the Box.com interface, you can create it at **Account Settings > Account > Authentication > Create Password.**
{{< figure src="/images/box_create_external_password.png" class="img-border" >}}
......@@ -37,14 +33,14 @@ Password: <password>
{{< /highlight >}}
{{% /panel %}}
{{% notice info%}}
Be sure to use your fully qualified username; that is, include the domain. For example, `hhusker2@unl.edu`.
Be sure to use your fully qualified username; that is, include the domain. For example, `hhusker2@example.edu`.
{{% /notice %}}
5. Test the connection by running the `ls` command. You should see a listing of your Box files. Assuming it works, add a bookmark named "box" to use when connecting later. Optionally run `set bmk:save-passwords yes` first if you want lftp to remember the password:
{{% panel theme="info" header="Add lftp bookmark" %}}
{{< highlight bash >}}
lftp demo2@unl.edu@ftp.box.com:/> set bmk:save-passwords yes
lftp demo2@unl.edu@ftp.box.com:/> bookmark add box
lftp demo2@example.edu@ftp.box.com:/> set bmk:save-passwords yes
lftp demo2@example.edu@ftp.box.com:/> bookmark add box
{{< /highlight >}}
{{% /panel %}}
......@@ -59,8 +55,8 @@ lftp box
{{% panel theme="info" header="Transferring files" %}}
{{< highlight bash >}}
[demo2@login.crane ~]$ lftp box
lftp demo2@unl.edu@ftp.box.com:/> put myfile.txt
lftp demo2@unl.edu@ftp.box.com:/> get my_other_file.txt
lftp demo2@example.edu@ftp.box.com:/> put myfile.txt
lftp demo2@example.edu@ftp.box.com:/> get my_other_file.txt
{{< /highlight >}}
{{% /panel %}}
......@@ -68,14 +64,14 @@ lftp demo2@unl.edu@ftp.box.com:/> get my_other_file.txt
{{% panel theme="info" header="Download a directory from Box" %}}
{{< highlight bash >}}
[demo2@login.crane ~]$ lftp box
lftp demo2@unl.edu@ftp.box.com:/> mirror my_box_dir
lftp demo2@example.edu@ftp.box.com:/> mirror my_box_dir
{{< /highlight >}}
{{% /panel %}}
To upload a directory named `my_hcc_dir` to Box, use `mirror` with the `-R` option:
{{% panel theme="info" header="Upload a directory to Box" %}}
{{< highlight bash >}}
[demo2@login.crane ~]$ lftp box
lftp demo2@unl.edu@ftp.box.com:/> mirror -R my_hcc_dir
lftp demo2@example.edu@ftp.box.com:/> mirror -R my_hcc_dir
{{< /highlight >}}
{{% /panel %}}
......@@ -91,6 +87,6 @@ To run this script, do:
{{% panel theme="info" header="Run transfer.sh" %}}
{{< highlight bash >}}
module load lftp
lftp -f transfer.sh
lftp -f transfer.sh
{{< /highlight >}}
{{% /panel %}}
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