How to connect MASV with a QNAP storage device

Simplify transfers to and from your QNAP NAS with MASV

MASV makes it easy for you and your collaborators to ingest large files into your QNAP storage. You can also use MASV to send files from your QNAP storage.

Steps to use MASV with your QNAP NAS include:

1. Install the Docker version of the MASV Agent on your QNAP NAS via the QNAP Container Station app (available on the QNAP QTS and QuTSCloud platforms).
2. Create a secure connection to a QNAP destination (directory you want to read or write to) in the MASV Web App.
3. Use MASV Portals to ingest files from contributors or send files to your QNAP storage.

MASV Agent installation: For full MASV Agent installation instructions, including information about specific user and group settings, please visit MASV Agent setup with Docker . For the default installation, visit the tutorial page listed below.

Tutorial: A step-by-step MASV Agent installation and QNAP integration guide

To connect a QNAP NAS to MASV

1. In the MASV Web App, as Team Owner, Admin, or Integration Manager (role), select Integrations from the sidebar on the left.
2. From the Integrations page, select the Available Integrations tab, and select QNAP.
3. In the Add Integration window, type a name in the Connection Name box.
4. In the Transfer Direction area, choose a direction:
   

   1. Save to storage: For inbound files (Write)--MASV transfers files to the storage device.

   2. Send from storage: For outbound files (Read)--MASV transfers files out of the storage device.

5. Choose any of the following optional settings:

   1. (Optional for Save to storage) In the Target Directory box, type a relative path. You will be able to edit this directory from the MASV Web App as needed.

   2. (Optional for Save to storage) In the Parent Folder Options, leave the checkbox unselected if you want to save the files in a directory that uses the package name. To deliver directly into the Target Directory, select the checkbox.

   3. (Optional for Send from storage) In Source Directories, type a relative path to limit access to a specific folder/directory. You will be able to edit this directory from the MASV Web App as needed.

6. Select Next.

7. In the Register Integration window, if you have not already installed the MASV Agent on your storage device, select the Install MASV Agent button for information about installing the Docker version of the MASV Agent on your QNAP NAS via the QNAP Container Station app.

   1. Tip: The tutorial for QNAP walks you through the default MASV Agent installation.

      

8. In the Register Integration window, copy the block of code provided and paste it into the QNAP Container Station terminal window (in the Execute Console).

   1. Tip: To open the Execute Console, select Containers in the sidebar, select your MASV container, and then the Execute button. In the Execute Console, select the Execute button.
      
      
      
9. In the Terminal window, edit the placeholder text ('/path/to/dir/') for the root-path to point to a pre-existing directory that you want to access. For example, if using the default path for the MASV Agent, replace '/path/to/dir/' with '/data/'.
10. (Optional) User and Group: By default, user and group are configured to the default settings, so if you need other user and group settings, visit MASV Agent setup with Docker.
11. Press Enter, and when the Terminal window responds with “code”: 200, select the Done button in the MASV Web App.
12. Your new integration displays in the list on the My Integrations tab. Refresh the page to update the Status column. OK displays if the connection is successful and ready to use.