FTP

Creating an FTP Connection

In the Flow Designer, click the icon, select FTP, and enter a name for the connection. Enter the connection properties in the inspector.

You can create system or user connections in the management console: click Settings > Connection > FTP > New.

Setting FTP Connection Properties

Property	Description
Connection Name	Enter a unique name.
Host	Enter the host name (or IP address) of the FTP server.
Protocol	Select a protocol to use to connect to the FTP server. FTP [ftp] Connect with FTP (the default protocol). SFTP [sftp] Connect with SFTP (Secure FTP).
Port	Enter a port number to use to connect to the FTP server. The default is 21. If you connect with the SFTP protocol, you need to specify a dedicated port number -- usually 22. Specify the port number you are actually using.
Passive Mode	Select whether to connect to the FTP server in passive mode or active mode. This isn't used in SFTP. true Connect in passive mode (default). false Connect in active mode.
Filename Encoding	Select an encoding for the filename, for example, to use non-ASCII characters in the filename. This isn't used in SFTP.
User	Enter the username to authenticate with.
Password	Enter the password of the user. If you specify the Private Key property in SFTP, the Password property isn't used.
Private Key	If the SFTP server uses public key authentication, enter the absolute path to the private key to use to authenticate. This isn't used in FTP.
Private Key Passphrase	If the private key is protected with a passphrase, enter the passphrase here. This isn't used in FTP.
Timeout	Enter the time-out period in seconds in the case that the server does not respond. The default is 60 seconds.
Dynamic	Enable this option to use the DynamicConnection component to change the connection definition while the flow is running. false Disable dynamic connections (default). true Enable dynamic connections.