Put Files Via FTP
Description
Use the step to put files using FTP (Files Transfer Protocol)
Configurations
| Field Name | Description |
|---|---|
| General Tab | |
| Step Name Name of the step. This name must be unique in a single workflow. | |
| Server Name / IP Address | Specify the name of the FTP server or the IP address. The field is mandatory. |
| Server Port | Specify the port number to use. Default port for FTP protocols: 21 The field is mandatory. |
| Username | Specify the username of your FTP server account. The field is mandatory. |
| Password | Specify the password of your FTP server account. If the checkbox Accept Value as variable/static is selected, then the password field appears as a text box and accepts static or variable values. OR If not selected, the password field appears as a dropdown from which you can select a field from the previous steps. |
| Proxy Type | Specify the proxy type. Allowed values: - HTTP - SOCKS5 |
| Proxy Host | Specify proxy server host name. |
| Proxy Port | Specify proxy server port number. |
| Proxy Username | Specify username of your proxy server account. |
| Proxy Password | Specify the proxy password of your FTP server account. If Accept Value as variable/static is selected, password appears as a text box for static/variable values. OR If not selected, the field appears as a dropdown from which a value can be selected. |
| Test Connection | Click to check whether the connection is successfully established or not. |
| Files Tab – Source (Local) Files | |
| Local Directory | Specify the directory on the local machine to put file(s). Or click Browse to select the local directory path on your local machine. |
| Wildcard (Regular Expression) | Specify a regular expression to put multiple files from the specified remote directory. For example: *.txt, *.pdf, *.xls, *.xlsxNote: If no expression is defined, then all files will be uploaded from the remote directory. |
| Remove Files After Transferal? | Specify Yes to remove file(s) after the file is transferred; otherwise specify No. Allowed Values: Yes or No Default Value: No |
| Overwrite Files | Specify Yes to overwrite the files; otherwise specify No. Default Value: No |
| Files Tab – Target (Remote) Files | |
| Remote Directory | Specify the remote directory path of folder on the FTP server from which we get the files. |
| Create Folder | Specify Yes to create the destination folder if it does not exist. Allowed Values: Yes or No Default Value: No |
| Test Folder | Click Test Folder to connect to the remote server and validate whether the folder exists or not. |
| Advanced Settings Tab | |
| Binary Mode? | Specify Yes or No. If Yes, files will be transferred in binary mode. Allowed Values: Yes or No Default Value: No |
| Timeout | Specify the timeout in milliseconds for FTP server connection. |
| Use Active FTP Connection | Specify Yes or No. If Yes, you are connecting to the FTP server using active mode. Note: Set your firewall to accept connections to the port that your FTP client will |
| Control encoding | Select control character encoding that is valid for your server. - US-ASCII - ISO–8859-1 - UTF-8 - UTF-16BE - UTF-16LE - UTF-16 |