BOX: ZUS in the Cloud

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Last updated: Jul 14, 2023 by Christine Gross
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Prerequisite: ZUS in the Cloud service is deployed in your AWS account. Contact Zilla Customer Support to set up ZUS in the Cloud in your AWS account. Click on the link for the instructions ZUS in the Cloud Deployment .

Step-By-Step Instructions to Set up ZUS in the Cloud sync

ZUS in the Cloud service requires that the credentials are saved in the AWS Secrets Manager with the secret name as Zilla_App_<appID> .

Below are the steps to save the Box credentials in your AWS Secrets Manager.

  1. Login to the AWS account in which ZUS in the Cloud service is running.

     

  2. Navigate to Secrets Manager and click Store a new secret.

     

  3. Select Secret type as Other type of secret. Add the Key/value pairs as below:
    key: username , value: <Email address input from Box login>
    key: password, value: <Password input from Box login>.

     

  4. (Optional step) Save the MFA secret with the key mfaSecret. Set up 2-step verification in Box. The 2-step verification is optional.

    To setup the 2-step verification in Box, Login into Box and go to the Account Settings screen. Click on Set up under 2-step Verification.

     

    Copy the code given below the QR, and add the key/value as- key: mfaSecret value: <copied code>.
    Adding this key/value is optional. If this key/value is not provided, then user will have to enter the OTP at the time of the sync.

     

  5. Click Next.

     

  6. Give the name to the secret: Copy the app ID from the Zilla URL and name the secret as Zilla_App_<app ID>.

     

  7. Click Next and Next again.

     

     

     

  8. Click Store.

     

     

     

  9. Secret will get saved.

     

  10. Enable the cloud sync by checking the box. Also configure the scheduled sync frequency and start date. Then click Sync Now.