# Elements Create Share Action

With the help of Elements Create Share Action it is possible to create a new share. It is mandatory to provide the Elements server URL as well as the particular user based API token. The „Share name“ as well as the „Volume name“ must be entered. The (display) name of the volume can be extracted from the Status menu of Elements. Optionally the „Path“ of the new share can be set. Regarding the related server communication of the file sharing different protocols can be enabled or disabled. The options are SMB, NFS and AFP. Furthermore, it can be defined which groups should be able to have write access and which one should have read-only access. Certain groups can be entered in the corresponding fields. The node result will be the share name.


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