SFTP Providers (Conf)¶

Using this section users can configure BPM FTP/FTPS/SFTP providers.

SFTP Provider¶

Users must create a new SFTP provider. To add a new SFTP provider, click on New SFTP Provider, enter the name of the provider, then press the Save changes button.

Connection¶

Host: the SFTP host.
Port: the port associated to the provider.
User: the name of the user.
Password: the password to login. To change the password, press the Change password button, enter twice the new password and click on the Save button to confirm.
Confirm password: the password entered in the upper field.

Proxy¶

Proxy enabled: if checked, the proxy is enabled.
Proxy host: the host of the proxy.
Proxy port: the port associated to the proxy.
Proxy user: the user of the proxy.
Proxy password: the password of the proxy. To change the password, press the Change password button, enter twice the new password and click on the Save button to confirm.
Confirm proxy password: the password entered in the upper field.

Advanced¶

Connection timeout: the connection timeout in milliseconds. It is passed to the socket's object connect() method.
Server alive interval: the timeout interval in milliseconds before sending a server alive message, if no message is received from the server.
Server alive max count: this is the number of server-alive messages which is sent without any reply from the server before disconnecting. The default value is 1.

To save, press the Save Changes button and then Back.

To delete a zone, select the zone, and press the Trash button, then press Confirm.

To modify a zone, select a zone, and press the Edit button. To save changes, press Save Changes and then Back.

FTP/FTPS Provider¶

First of all, users must create a new SFTP provider. To add a new SFTP provider, click on New FTP/FTPS Provider, enter the name of the provider, then press the Save changes button.

Connection¶

Host: the SFTP host.
Port: the port associated to the provider.
Anonymous: if checked, when users login do not have to specify username and password.
User: the name of the user.
Password: the password to login.
Confirm password: the password entered in the upper field.

FTPS¶

FTPS: if checked, FTPS over SSL is enabled.
It is implicit: if checked, negotiation are not supported with implicit FTPS configurations.
Protocol: the FTPS protocol.

Proxy¶

Proxy enabled: if checked, the proxy is enabled.
Proxy host: the host of the proxy.
Proxy port: the port associated to the proxy.
Proxy user: the user of the proxy.
Proxy password: the password of the proxy.
Confirm proxy password: the password entered in the upper field.

Advanced¶

File type: the type of file. It can be:
- ASCII_FILE_TYPE: a text file in which each byte represents one character, according to the ASCII code.
- BINARY_FILE_TYPE: a file which contains parts that can be interpreted as text.
- EBCDIC_FILE_TYPE: a text file based on an eight-bit character encoding.
- LOCAL_FILE_TYPE: a text file with the .local extension.
File transfer mode: the way files are transferred. It can be:
- STREAM_TRANSFER_MODE: the default strategy, the file is gradually transferred in a streaming mode.
- BLOCK_TRANSFER_MODE: the file is transferred block by block. Every block contains a preset number of bytes.
- COMPRESSED_TRANSFER_MODE: the file is compressed (zipped) to be transferred.
Connection timeout: the connection timeout -in milliseconds. It is passed to the socket's object connect() method.
Control keep alive timeout: Set the time to wait between sending control connection keep alive messages when processing file upload or download. During file transfers, the data connection is busy, but the control connection is idle. FTP servers know that the control connection is in use, so they don't close it through lack of activity, but it's a lot harder for network routers to know that the control and data connections are associated with each other. Some routers may treat the control connection as idle and disconnect it if the transfer over the data connection takes longer than the allowable idle time for the router. One solution to this is to send a safe command (i.e. NOOP) over the control connection to reset the router's idle timer.

To save, press the Save Changes button and then Back.

To delete a provider, select the provider, and press the Trash button, then press Confirm.

To modify a provider, select the provider, and press the Edit button. To save changes, press Save Changes and then Back.

Testing¶

Using the test feature, users can perform a search for the user test. To perform a test, click on Test Connection button.

If the search is successful, the corresponding information is displayed.