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Connecting Dropbox is a little more work because you have to create a Dropbox
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app. Log into the `Dropbox Developers page <http://www.dropbox.com/developers>`_
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and click **App Console**:
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and click **Create Your App**:
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.. figure:: images/dropbox.png
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:alt: Create your app.
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If you have not already created any Dropbox apps it will ask you to accept
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their terms and conditions. Then you are presented with the choice to create
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either a Drop-ins App or a Dropbox API App. Click **Dropbox API App**, and then
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check:
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Next, for **Choose an API** check **Dropbox API**.
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* Files and datastores.
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* No -- My app needs access to files already on Dropbox.
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* All file types -- My app needs access to a user's full Dropbox. Only
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supported via the CoreAPI.
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Then enter whatever name you want for your app.
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-1.png
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:alt: Select Dropbox API.
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-app.png
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The next option is choosing which folders to share, or to share everything in
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your Dropbox.
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Now click the **Create App** button. Under **Status**, do not click
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**Development (Apply for production status)** because that is for apps that you
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want to release publicly.
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-2.png
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:alt: Folder selection.
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Then enter your app name. This is anything you want it to be.
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Click **Enable additional users** to allow multiple ownCloud users to use your
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new Dropbox share.
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-3.png
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:alt: Name your app.
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Then click the **Create App** button.
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Now you are on your app page, which displays its settings and more options. Do
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not click **Development (Apply for production)** because that is for apps
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that you want to release publicly.
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Note your App key and App secret, which you will enter in the External Storage
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form on your ownCloud Admin page.
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-4.png
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:alt: Your app's page.
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-configapp.png
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Click **Enable additional users** to allow multiple ownCloud users to access
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your new Dropbox share.
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Your ownCloud configuration requires only the local mount name, the App Key and
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the App Secret, and which users or groups have access to the share.
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Now go to your ownCloud Admin page. Your ownCloud configuration requires only
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the local mount name, the **App Key** and the **App Secret**, and which users
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or groups have access to the share. Remember the little gear icon at the
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far right for additional options.
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After entering your local mount name, **App Key** and **App Secret**, click
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**Grant access**.
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-oc.png
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-6.png
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:alt: ownCloud Dropbox configuration.
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You must be logged into Dropbox, and when ownCloud successfully verifies your
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connection Dropbox will ask for verification to connect to your Dropbox
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account. Click **Allow**, and you're done.
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If you are not already logged into Dropbox, you will be prompted to login
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and authorize access. This happens only once, when you are first creating
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the new share. Click **Allow**, and you're done.
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-allowshare.png
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.. figure:: images/dropbox-5.png
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:alt: Allow Dropbox access.
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See :doc:`../external_storage_configuration_gui` for additional mount
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options and information.
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