FTP input connector

This connector retrieves files from an FTP server. TCP/IP profile and Authentication profile resources are used to specify the connection settings and logon credentials. In the TCP/IP profile resource you can also select to use a secure channel between the connector and FTP server.

Comments

When a file has been retrieved, it is deleted from the FTP server. If a Project has several connectors (FTP input or FTP output) per user account, the number of concurrent connections specified on the FTP server must be equal to, or more than, the number of FTP connectors. For example, if a Project has one FTP input connector and one FTP output connector that use the same user account, the number of concurrent connections specified on the FTP server must be at least 2.

 

Setting	Description
TCP/IP profile	The TCP/IP profile resource that contains the connection and recovery settings for the channel between the FTP connector and FTP server. See TCP/IP profiles in the Profile configurations documentation.
Authentication profile	The Authentication profile resource that contains the logon credentials to the FTP server. See Authentication profiles in the Profile configurations documentation.
Remote directory	The directory to be accessed on the FTP server. If you leave this blank, the root directory will be set as remote directory. The FTP server software determines whether to use slash or back-slash. Example: /invoices/pdfout/area2
File mask	The match criterion for the files to be retrieved. Example: *.pdf
Save path	If you want to save copies of the retrieved files you must specify a Save path. Use an absolute path, or a path relative to the StreamServer working directory.
Data transfer mode	Specifies the transfer mode for the data. • Active – use active mode. • Passive – use passive mode. This mode is used when communicating through firewalls. It opens a control connection to the FTP server, tells the FTP server to expect a control connection and a second connection. Then it opens the data connection to the FTP server on a randomly chosen high-numbered port. This works with most firewalls unless the firewall restricts outgoing connections on high-numbered ports.
File transfer type	Specifies the transfer mode for the files. • ASCII – use ASCII, Type A, transfer method. Control and formatting data is converted to local equivalents. • Binary – use FTP Image, Type I, transfer method. The file is transferred without any changes.
Schedule	Opens the Scheduler Configuration dialog where you specify when and how often to try to retrieve files.
Time-out	Specifies a time-out for the connector. The StreamServer uses job-end sequences in the input data to determine when all data in an input job is received. If there are no job-end sequences in the input data, the StreamServer will not know when to stop waiting for more input. To prevent this from happening, you can define a time-out for the input connector.