Vault Overview
Welcome to the Vault!
- The basic purpose of the Vault.
- How to upload data from your local machine to your Vault.
- How to create a Vault directory.
- How to share data in other users' Vaults.
- How to create & use groups functionality.
- How to check the history of a file.
- How to bring outside data into your Vault via inboxes.
The Vault is where all users can store their encrypted files securely. It is where inbound data lands, allowing you to transfer files securely into the system.
The Vault oversees current users, groups, and projects and has the functionality of creating inboxes for external contributors. The inboxes' backbone is public key cryptography, as data confinement is achieved using independent keys for each resource.
The main functionalities of the Vault are:
- Ad-hoc sharing
- Secure file preview
- Group sharing and other storage functionalities.
For your next steps, you should try to perform the following actions in your Vault to become a quick learner of the system.
Follow each video below and practice the actions in your Vault.
Upload data into the Vault
Create a Directory
Share data with other Users
Create and use Groups
Use the File History
Bring outside data into your Vault via Inboxes
Your next step is to follow the Virtual Machines section where we will learn how to start and connect your first virtual machine.