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title: "CTERA Edge Filer How-tos"
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> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://kb.ctera.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# CTERA Edge Filer How-tos

CTERA Edge Filers seamlessly combine collaboration capabilities, local storage, cloud storage, and data protection functionality in a single, cost-effective package.

Edge filers are available both as software-based virtual appliances in a virtual environment and as H-Series appliances, which are virtual appliances running under a VMware ESXI hypervisor on a physical server.

All edge filers enable you to do the following, dependent on the license:

- Share files across your network
- Synchronize folders across your network and the cloud, including keeping the main storage on the cloud with stubs saved on the gateway.
- A stub is a file with a tiny footprint that contains the metadata about the file, such as the file name, size, and modification date. Only the folder and file metadata and not the actual file content is saved locally.
- Back up files online, securely and automatically
- Restore multiple file versions
- Access backed-up files from anywhere, using a web browser

This section includes how-to articles for CTERA Edge Filers.

## **Articles**

- [Change an AWS Instance Type](/v1/docs/change-an-aws-instance-type-1)
- [Change the HPE iLO Password for an HC400 or HC1200 Gateway](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-7)
- [Change the Edge Filer EV License](/v1/docs/change-the-edge-filer-license)
- [Connect an Edge Filer to a Portal over TCP 443](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-9)
- [Execute CLI Commands from the Administrator User Interface](/v1/docs/how-to-6)
- [H Series: Update the CTERA Edge Filer ESXI Version](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-20)
- [Handle Microsoft End-of-Life for RC4](/v1/docs/handle-microsoft-end-of-life-for-rc4)
- [HC400 and HC1200: Create an Active Health System (AHS) Report](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-17)
- [HC400 and HC1200: Create an Array Diagnostic Utility (ADU) Report](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-18)
- [Identify Open Files and Forcibly Close Them](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-19)
- [Install an Edge Filer in Azure Not Using the Azure Marketplace Version](/v1/docs/install-an-edge-filer-in-azure-not-using-the-azure-marketplace-version)
- [Integrate CTERA as a Container Storage Interface (CSI) Provider](/v1/docs/deploy-a-smb-container-storage-interface-csi-driver)
- [Manage Static Routes](/v1/docs/manage-static-routes)
- [Monitor an Edge Filer Using Datadog](/v1/docs/monitor-an-edge-filer-using-datadog)
- [Mount a Local Share](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-21)
- [Mount a Remote Share Using WebDAV](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-22)
- [Set Up Ransomware Protection](/v1/docs/set-up-ransomware-protection)
- [Upgrade the Firmware from the CTERA Portal](/v1/docs/upgrade-the-firmware)