Virtual Portals
As the CTERA Portal owner, you can create one or more virtual CTERA Portals on a single set of physical servers.
The following types of virtual portal are supported:
Team portal
This type of portal is designed for the needs of a company or team with multiple members, and as such does not include support for reseller-oriented features. The users in the portal are the team members.
Team portals are managed by team administrators, who are team members with the Administrator role. For information on managing team portals, see the CTERA Team Portal Administration Guide.
All users in the team portal share, by default, a single folder group, enabling cooperative deduplication between all members of the group. Furthermore, when the cloud drive feature is used, each user receives, by default, one personal folder, and can create multiple additional personal folders. Users can share personal folders. Each user also receives access to a projects folder that is visible to all the users in the portal. Users can create projects to collaborate with other team members.
When multiple team portals are created, the CTERA Portal owner can assign each team portal to a different organizational unit within the company or team. Each organizational unit can log in to their own virtual portal and manage their settings. In contrast, the CTERA Portal owner can access and manage the contents of any team portal, as well as manage global settings across all virtual portals.
Reseller portal
Designed for the needs of a reseller, this type of portal includes support for reseller-oriented features such as add-ons, plans, vouchers, and self-registration. The end users in the portal are the reseller's subscribers.
Reseller portals are managed by staff administrators. For information on managing reseller portals, see the CTERA Reseller Portal Administration Guide.
By default, each user uses a private folder group, enabling cooperative deduplication between all devices owned by the user. Furthermore, when the cloud drive feature is used, each user receives a private cloud drive that is not accessible to other users.
When multiple reseller portals are created, you can provide each portal to a different reseller, as part of a multi-tenant or hierarchical business model. Each reseller can log in to their own virtual portal, manage their subscribers, and define subscription plans, branding, and pricing models. In contrast, the CTERA Portal owner can access and manage the contents of any reseller portal, as well as manage global settings across all virtual portals.
Both team portals and reseller portals can be defined within a single CTERA Portal installation.