Mapping a file folder to confluence

[Scott Gilmour]

I have folders on a network drive that I use to store test results.

I would like to create a link on confluence to these folders but it doesn't seem to work when trying to add a link.  How can I do this in confluence?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Welcome to the Atlassian Community!

How is your network drive being exposed to your network?  If it is just a file share, one that you "mount" on your local machine, then there's no way to create a usable link to it.  You can't know how or where people might be mounting it.

If you are exposing it as a proper share, it will have a static UNC which you can use as a link in Confluence.

[Scott Gilmour]

It is a virtual machine on our network that anybody can access to store or get the test results that are posted by QA

[Scott Gilmour]

How would I check for the UNC?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

How would you reach this share with a browser?

[Scott Gilmour]

Not sure if we can I will ask I know the address takes me to VSPhere when entering it into a browser

[Scott Gilmour]

Need to get more info I can do it from my browser but not from another browser on another system  I am working on it thanks for the help so far

[Dave Mathijs]

Hi @Scott Gilmour welcome to the Atlassian Community!

Confluence has several free and paid third-party app integrations that link to Google Drive, OneDrive or SharePoint.

I won't link to a "regular" network drive / file share folder.

[Jim Gilliam]

So, with Confluence Cloud, there isn't a way to map a local network drive? 

I need to publish content from MadCap Flare to Confluence. I have the option in Flare of creating "publishing destinations."  Here are my options:

FTP, SFTP, and File System (I use this to publish to SharePoint).

Will one of these work with Confluence Cloud?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

No, because your "local" drive might not be the same as someone else's.

You can map to a shared resource with a common location of course (as long as it is accessible to the current user)

[Jim Gilliam]

How do you map to a shared resource?

[Nic Brough -Adaptavist-]

Generally, shared resources will have a URL that the directory or service is exposed to, so just give people the URL for it.