Add Storage Connections to a Workspace and Reuse Them Across Workspaces

This article shows how to select one or more administrator-created connections for a Workspace and explains that a single shared connection may be intentionally reused by multiple Workspaces with different audiences and permissions.

How to do it

  1. Open Workspaces and edit the target Workspace.
  2. In Storage Connections, select each reusable connection that should participate in this Workspace.
  3. Save the Workspace. The same Storage Connection may be selected in multiple Workspaces; each Workspace can apply different Joomla group roles and overrides.
  4. Test the Workspace with the intended frontend account because connection membership alone does not grant permission.
  5. If a connection should be a destination but not a permanently visible panel, keep the Workspace permission available and use the destination-only frontend behavior instead of opening it by default.

Verify the result

  • Test Connection succeeds.
  • The displayed/usable root is exactly the intended root and no parent folder is reachable.
  • A normal authorized user can perform only the operations intended for that connection/Workspace role.

Important limits and mistakes to avoid

  • Never broaden a connection root merely to work around a permission or provider error; fix the actual root/credential/hosting problem.
  • A successful Super User test does not prove a normal Joomla group has correct Workspace access. Test with the real role.

Troubleshooting

  • If the provider is unreachable, test the connection in Administrator before troubleshooting the Workspace UI.
  • If an action is missing/denied, check Joomla menu access, Workspace allowed group, Workspace role, custom denies, connection override, and plan gate separately.
  • Keep passwords, OAuth secrets/tokens, private keys, and unrestricted private paths out of public screenshots and support posts.

Community Discussion

For practical QCSB workflows and discussion with other Joomla site owners, visit the QC Storage Bridge Community. For private support, bug reports, account-specific entitlement issues, or feature requests, use the QuantaCade support system.