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Seamlessly and securely connect Savant to your shared drive for protected file management.

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Securely connecting to your Shared Drive

We understand how important it is to keep your networks and data safe. That’s why many organizations decide to host their critical files on private, internal networks behind secure firewalls and other security provisions.

Savant is your data security partner and is designed to help your organization maintain security and control. For organizations needing to process files securely located on internal networks, we offer safe methods to connect to your privately hosted data, while keeping your networks and data safe and secure.

In this guide, we’ll review how to securely connect Savant to your shared drive for Windows File Server.

What is a Shared Drive?

A shared drive – often referred to as a shared network drive or team drive – is a storage location within a network where multiple users or team members can store, access, and collaborate on files and folders. It allows teams or organizations to manage and share documents centrally, ensuring that everyone with the right permissions can access the most up-to-date information.

Shared drives are often only available on company internal intranets, and special setup is needed to access their data with external services like Savant.

How does Savant securely connect to Shared Drives?

Savant connects to shared drives via an SSH-enabled SFTP service on the Windows File Server. All parts of the Savant platform, including Savant’s connection to shared drives, securely encrypt data in-transit and at-rest, provide secure read and write access between Savant and shared drives.

How is the Savant connection created?

To connect Savant to your shared drive, you will need to install an SFTP service on your Windows File Server. Follow these steps to install SFTP and create the connection to Savant:

  1. Install an SFTP service on the Windows File Server with the shared drive

    1. We recommend OpenSSH for your SFTP service, but other services should work too.

  2. Test the SFTP service

    1. Verify that you can connect to the SFTP server using client software such as WinSCP or FileZilla.

    2. Once connected, also verify that you can read and write shared drive files via SFTP.

  3. Open the SFTP port to Savant IPs

    1. SFTP port: 22

    2. Savant worldwide app IPs (non-EU):

      1. 35.188.163.165

      2. 35.188.99.19

      3. 3.20.192.126

      4. 3.136.174.242

      5. 3.21.111.255

    3. Savant EU app IPs:

      1. 34.22.229.169

      2. 34.79.28.74

      3. 34.251.112.30

      4. 54.220.36.32

      5. 63.32.243.56

  4. Configure the SFTP connection in Savant

    1. Go to Systems in your Savant workspace.

    2. Click New System.

    3. Select the SFTP connector.

    4. Enter SFTP server address and port.

    5. Choose and configure your authentication method:

      1. Username / Password

      2. Savant public key

        1. Add the key to C:\Users\username\.ssh\authorized_keys on the Windows File Server.

      3. Private key

        1. Private keys are encrypted before saving to Savant. The encryption key is not accessible by Savant employees and rotated regularly.

    6. Save the connector.

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