Files.com's integration with Google Drive allows you to integrate with Google Drive in several different ways.

Files.com's Remote Server Mount feature gives you the ability connect a specific folder on Files.com to the remote server in a real time manner.

That folder then becomes a client, or window, accessing the files stored in your remote server or cloud.

Once you configure a Mount, any operation you perform on or inside that folder will act directly on the remote in real time. Whether you are dropping a file into that folder, deleting a file, creating a subfolder, or performing any other file/folder operations your Files.com user has permissions for, those operations will "pass through" to the remote in real time.

This powerful feature enables a wide variety of use cases such as accessing files on a counterparty (client or vendor)'s cloud without provisioning individual access to individual users, reducing storage costs by leveraging on-premise or bulk storage solutions, enabling applications to access 3rd party clouds via Files.com API, FTP, SFTP, or Files.com Apps and many more.

Alternatively, Files.com's Remote Server Sync feature give you the ability to push or pull files to or from remote servers. This means that the files will exist in both places at the end of the sync process.

A remote sync can be a "push", where files from your Files.com site are transferred to the remote server, a "pull" where files are transferred from the remote server to your Files.com site, or a two-way "sync" where files that are new or changed in either location are pushed and pulled to maintain a synchronized state between the folder on your Files.com site and that on the remote server.

Support For Shared Drives

Files.com's integration with Google Drive supports both your personal drive as well as Shared Drives.

Add Google Drive as a Remote Server

Create a new Remote server, choosing Google Drive as the server type.

You must provide an Internal name for this connection. If you're managing multiple remote servers, make the name clear enough to easily identify this particular connection.

Google Drive uses OAuth to authenticate your Files.com site to its service, so you must select which Google account will be used for the connection. By logging in, you are connecting your Files.com site with your Google account.

Once your Remote Server is added, you can integrate it to Files.com as either a Remote Server Mount or Remote Server Sync.

Add Remote Server Mount

Remote Server Mounts are created by mounting them onto an empty folder in Files.com. This folder should not be the Root of your site, although that is supported if you need it.

Add Remote Server Sync

After creating the Google Drive Remote Server, you can use it to perform Remote Syncs between Google Drive and Files.com.

Reauthenticating

What To Do When Your Remote Server Connection Is Disabled

Because Google Drive uses the OAuth authorization protocol, there may be future errors with the authentication even after your remote server is configured and running smoothly for some time. When one of those errors happens, Files.com will disable your Google Drive remote server connection and record the error in your External Events log.

When you've resolved the problem that caused the authentication error, you can re-enable your remote server by saving its configuration. Even if you don't make any changes to the configuration, saving the record will cause Files.com to re-enable the connection so that any associated mounts and syncs will begin working again.