Delete Files Via FTP

Description

Delete Files Via FTP removes files from a remote server using FTP, FTPS, or SFTP protocols. Use this step when your workflow needs to clean up processed or obsolete files on a remote host — for example, removing source files after they have been successfully downloaded and processed. It supports wildcard regular expressions to target specific files within a remote directory and provides configurable success conditions to control when the step is considered complete. Proxy and timeout settings let you adapt the connection to different network environments.

Configurations

Field Name	Description
Step Name	Name of the step. This name must be unique in a single workflow.
	General tab:
	Server Settings:
Protocol	Select protocol from list. Available options are: - FTP - FTPS - SFTP
Server name / IP Address	Specify the name of the FTP server or the IP address.
Server Port	Specify the TCP port number to use. Default ports for respective protocol: - For FTP:21 - For SFTP:22 - For FTPS: - Explicit Encryption: 21 - Implicit Encryption: 990.
Username	Specify the username of your server account to log in.
Password	Specify or select the password of your server account to log in. 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 the checkbox Accept Value as variable/static is not selected, then the password field appears as a dropdown in which you can select a field from the previous steps.
Use old algorithm for SSH Communication	Select to enforce the internal library to use older or weaker algorithms for SSH communication. Important: Selecting checkbox is required when the client or source machine with updated SSH environment is trying to communicate with a target machine which has older SSH environment. If not selected, then user will get “Algorithm negotiation failed” error. Recommendation: We recommend using modern and secure algorithms wherever possible. Using old algorithms for SSH communication can be a security risk.
Use Private Keyfile	Specify Yes, to use private key file otherwise specify No. Allowed Values: Yes or No Default Value: No
Private Key Filename	Specify the key file location. OR Click Browse to select the key file to upload. Notes: - The field is enabled when Use private key file is set to Yes - Supported key file type is: .pem and .ppk
Key passPhrase	Specify the passphrase of the key file if needed. Note: The field is enabled If Use public key file is Yes
Proxy Type	Specify the proxy types. Allowed values: HTTP or SOCKS5
Proxy Host	Specify proxy server host name.
Proxy port	Specify proxy server port number.
Proxy Username	Specify username of proxy server to sign on to server.
Proxy Password	Specify password of proxy server to sign on to server. 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 the checkbox Accept Value as variable/static is not selected, then the password field appears as a dropdown in which you can select a field from the previous steps.
Test Connection	Click to check whether the connection is successfully established or not.
	Files Tab:
	Remote:
Remote Directory	Specify the remote directory path of folder on the FTP server from which we delete the file(s). Note: The Check Folder will not work if the Remote Directory value is set using the value from a field in the previous step.
Check Folder	Click Check Folder to connect to the remote server and validate whether the folder exists or not.
Wildcard (regular expression)	Specify the regular expression to delete specific file(s) from remote directory. For example: ".txt,.pdf,.xls,.xlsx" Note: If no expression is defined, then all files will be deleted from remote directory.
	Success Condition:
Success on	Sets the condition which defines the success of the step. Select condition from list, available options are: - All works fine - At least x files - No. of errors less than
Limit files	Sets the number of files associated with a condition of success to delete files. Note: Field is enabled if Success on is At least x files or No. of errors less than
	Advanced Settings:
Time Out	Specify the timeout in milliseconds for the server connection.
Use active FTP connection	Specify Yes or No. If you specify 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 open. The default is Passive mode. Allowed values: Yes or No Default Value: No