6.1 HP IBRIX X9000 Network Storage System File System User Guide (TA768-96061, June 2012)

Accessing shares
Clients access an HTTP share by specifying a URL in their browser (Internet Explorer or Mozilla
Firefox). In the following URLs, IP_address:port is the IP (or virtual IP) and port configured for
the share.
• For a share configured with an IP-based virtual host and the anonymous parameter is set to
true, use the following URL:
http://IP_address:port/urlpath/
• For a shared configured with a userlist and having the anonymous parameter set to
false, use the following URL:
http://IP_address:port/urlpath/
Enter your user name and password when prompted.
NOTE: When a file is uploaded into an HTTP share, the file is owned by the user who uploaded
the file to the share.
If a user uploads a file to an HTTP share and specifies a subdirectory that does not already exist,
the subdirectory will be created. For example, you could have a share mapped to the directory
/ifs/http/ and using the url http_url. A user could upload a file into the share:
curl -T file http://<ip>:<port>/http_url/new_dir/file
If the directory new_dir does not exist under http_url, the http service automatically creates
the directory /ifs/http/new_dir/ and sets the permissions to 777. If the anonymous user
performed the upload, the new_dir directory is owned by daemon:daemon. If a non-anonymous
user performed the upload, the new_dir directory is owned by user:group.
You can also use curl commands to access an HTTP share.
For anonymous users:
• Upload a file using HTTP protocol:
curl -T <filename> http://IP_address:port/urlpath/
• Upload a file using HTTPS protocol:
curl --cacert <cacert_file> -T <filename>
https://IP_address:port/urlpath/<filename>/
• Download a file using HTTP protocol:
curl http://IP_address:port/urlpath/<filename> -o <path to
download>/<filename>/
• Download a file using HTTPS protocol:
curl --cacert <cacert_file>
https://IP_address:port/urlpath/<filename> -o <path to
download>/<filename>/
For Active Directory users (specify the user as in this example: mycompany.com\\User1):
• Upload a file using HTTP protocol:
curl –T <filename> -u <ADuser> http://IP_address:port/urlpath/
• Upload a file using HTTPS protocol:
curl --cacert <cacert_file> -T <filename> -u <ADuser>
https://IP_address:port/urlpath/
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