To use a client to operate the drive, use the management console of PDS Developer Edition to generate a desktop client.
The desktop client is not signed or notarized after it is installed. When you launch the desktop application, a security alert appears.
The user interface of the desktop client is displayed on web pages loaded by WebView. If you want to update the features of the desktop client, you must use a web server. This makes the desktop client similar to a browser.
Prerequisites
You have the permissions to operate the PDS console. If you log on as a RAM user that has not been granted the relevant permissions (AliyunPDSFullAccess), you need to grant the permissions to the RAM user.
A PDS Developer Edition domain is created.
The operation account is a Super Administrator or Drive Administrator of PDS.
Supported operating systems
Operating system | System version | Client format |
Windows | Supports Windows 7, 8, 10, 11 systems | EXE format |
macOS | Supports macOS 10.15 and above versions | DMG format |
Linux | Supports Ubuntu, Deepin, Linux Mint, etc. | DEB format |
Supports CentOS, openSUSE, Red Hat, etc. | RPM format |
Procedure
Step 1: Generate a desktop client
Go to the desktop client generation page.
Go to the domain list of PDS Developer Edition.
Find the domain for which you need to generate the client, and click Details in the right column of the domain.
Click the Applications tab. Under Official Applications, click Allow Access for BasicUI. In the dialog box that appears, click OK. Then click Manage.
In the left-side navigation pane of the management console, select Enterprise Customize > Advanced Customization.
On the Advanced Customization page, find the Client Settings section and click Generate Desktop.
On the Generate Desktop page, modify the Client Name, Client Icon, and Copyright as needed.
Click Start.
The generation of the client is an asynchronous task and does not affect current usage. The generation process takes about 10-20 minutes.
After the client is generated, click Update on the right side of the Desktop Client Download Link and enable the user interface to display the desktop client download link feature.
Step 2: Download and install the client
Download the desktop client.
Go to the domain list of PDS Developer Edition.
Find the domain where you generated the client, and click Details in the right column of the domain.
Click the Applications tab. Under Official Applications, click Manage for BasicUI.
Click Download Clients in the top navigation bar.
Install and start the client.
Windows
Double-click the downloaded exe installation package and select the path where you want to install the client.
Click Install to continue.
After the installation is complete, double-click the software on the computer desktop to use the client.
macOS
When you launch the desktop client for the first time, your system sends you a security alert. This is because the desktop client is not signed or notarized.
If the version of the desktop client is later than V0.10.0, Drive and Photo Service provides two types of installation packages for macOS. One type is for Macs that use Intel processors, and the other one is for Macs that use Apple Silicon processors. If you are a Mac user, select one based on your processor brand.
Intel version
Double-click the dmg to open it and drag to install.
Double-click Applications, or open the Applications directory in Finder, find the application you just installed, and double-click to open it for the first time. A prompt appears.
Click Cancel, right-click to select the installed application.
A prompt appears. Click Open.
Double-click on the desktop or in the Applications to start and use the client.
Apple Silicon version
Double-click the dmg to open it and drag to install.
Double-click Applications, or open the Applications directory in Finder, find the application you just installed, and double-click to open it for the first time. A prompt appears.
Open the terminal and enter
xattr -c(note that there is a space after -c), then open the Applications directory in Finder, find the installed application, and drag it to the terminal.
Execute the command to lift the restriction.
Double-click on the desktop or in the Applications to start and use the client.
Linux
Linux only supports desktop systems (with a user interface).
Drive and Photo Service provides DEB and RMP files for you to install the desktop client on various Linux operating systems.
Installation
Deb version
This version is suitable for Debian-based Linux systems, such as Ubuntu, Linux Mint, DeepIn, etc.
Method 1:
For general desktop systems, double-click to install the client.
Method 2:
Directly use the command line to execute the command sudo dpkg -i ./your-package.deb to install the client.
Rpm version
This version is suitable for RedHat-based Linux systems, such as RedHat, CentOS, etc.
Directly use the command line to execute the command rpm -i ./your-package.rpm to install the client.
Startup
Find the installed desktop client on the desktop, double-click to start and use it.
If you encounter a crash or cannot start during startup, try to start it using the command line first.
First, find the installation directory. For Ubuntu or Deepin, it is generally in the /opt/ directory, for example:$ /opt/DeveloperEdition-ClientExperience/pdsbj375 . Press Enter, and you can see the specific error message. Then, based on the specific error message, search the Internet for the corresponding missing library and install it yourself.