Seafile

As part of the Rhineland-Palatinate Data Centre Alliance (RARP), the University of Mainz offers the central ‘Sync & Share’ platform Seafile to all staff and students at universities and higher education institutions in Rhineland-Palatinate. Seafile is comparable to solutions such as Dropbox, Google Drive or Microsoft OneDrive. The data is stored on servers within the RARP and is not shared with external providers. Seafile is therefore a data protection-compliant alternative to using commercial service providers. Each student is allocated 20 GB of storage space, whilst staff start with a capacity of up to 100 GB.
 

• The synchronisation feature allows you to synchronise data across your own computers, tablets and mobile phones, so that you can access it from any device.
• The share functionality allows you to exchange data with colleagues from Rhineland-Palatinate and beyond, and to edit it collaboratively. 
• The Desktop Drive Client offers the option to integrate Seafile as a virtual network drive.

This software application is available to:
 

• Staff and teaching staff at Worms University of Applied Sciences
• Students duly enrolled at Worms University of Applied Sciences

Access to the software application is granted as follows:

• For staff, lecturers and teaching staff, as well as fully enrolled students at Worms University of Applied Sciences: automatically via their IT centre account. No activation is required.

Using via a
web browser 

• Please use the following login details: https://seafile.rlp.net

Using it as a virtual drive

1. Download the Desktop Drive Client for your operating system (Windows, Linux, Mac, Android): Download the Desktop Drive Client.
    
2. Install the Desktop Drive Client (the steps below apply to Windows but should also work with other operating systems).
3. Add a new account and select Single Sign-On (to the left of the Log in button).
4. Enter the following address in the ‘Seafile server address’ field: https://seafile.rlp.net and confirm by clicking ‘OK’.
5. In the next window, select Worms University of Applied Sciences.
6. Then enter the login details for your RZ account (without @hs-worms.de) as your username and password, and click on Log in.
7. Now click on ‘Log In (Universities)’.
8. Account setup is now complete. The virtual drive should now be displayed and synchronisation should begin.

Customisation options

Switch from OnlyOffice to Collabora

Further information can be found in the RARP’s official Seafile help section.