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title: "CTERA Portal How-tos"
slug: "ctera-portal-how-tos"
status: "update"
updated: 2026-01-21T06:52:06Z
published: 2026-01-21T06:52:06Z
canonical: "kb.ctera.com/ctera-portal-how-tos"
---

> ## 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 Portal How-tos

CTERA Portal is a scalable cloud service delivery platform that you install at your own datacenter or in a cloud environment and use to create, deliver and manage cloud storage applications, including file sharing and sync, backup, and mobile collaboration. CTERA Portal is compatible with cloud storage infrastructure from multiple vendors, including EMC, Scality, IBM COS, HPE and cloud storage providers such as and AWS and Azure.

This section includes how-to articles for the CTERA Portal.

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- [Amazon S3 Storage Node: Use Intelligent Tiering](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-11)[](/v1/docs/change-an-aws-instance-type)
- [Change an AWS Instance Typ](/v1/docs/change-an-aws-instance-type)e
- [Change the Device Connectivity Port from TCP 995](/v1/docs/how-to-8)
- [Change the Maximum Number of Days Backups are Retained](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-14)
- [Delete Storage Snapshots](/v1/docs/delete-storage-snapshots)
- [Enable Content Security Policy (CSP)](/v1/docs/enable-content-security-policy-csp)
- [Execute CLI Commands from the Global Admin User Interface](/v1/docs/execute-cli-commands-from-the-global-admin-user-interface)
- [Integrate CTERA Portal in Microsoft Teams](/v1/docs/access-ctera-portal-as-a-tab-in-microsoft-teams)
- [Install a CTERA Portal in Azure Not Using the Azure Marketplace Version](/v1/docs/install-a-ctera-portal-in-azure-not-using-the-azure-marketplace-version)
- [Map to the Portal Using WebDAV](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-23)
- [Microsoft Azure Blob Storage Node: Using Tiering](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-24)
- [Reconfigure a Folder Group](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-10)
- [Set Up Azure Defender On the CTERA Portal Storage Node](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-25)
- [Set Up Local Quotas](/v1/docs/set-up-local-quotas)
- [Set Up an SMTP Relay Server](/v1/docs/setup-smtp-relay-server)
- [Use Telnet to Test SMTP Communication](https://knowledge-base.document360.io//v1/docs/how-to-12)