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1.4.4. SFTP Client Gateway In

See: Managing Channels - Manage a Channel

With a SFTP Client Input Gateway, incoming messages are transfered to an external SFTP server. Babelway platform polls this server at regular intervals and retrieves incoming files to process them.

To create a SFTP client gateway, select an existing template or make a copy of the generic SFTP Client template in the catalogue and following screen will be displayed.

SFTP client gateway in configuration

Figure 1.14. SFTP client gateway in configuration


The following fields should be defined in order to configure access to your external sftp server:

Protocol

Use sftp protocol for incoming messages that transfered to SFTP server.

Hostname

Babelway sftp server host name

Username

Login or username to access files on this external sftp server.

Password

Password associated to previous username to access account.

Directory

Directory where files are to be fetched on the server.

Polling Interval

Interval of times in seconds between checking for message arrival.

Post Process Delete

Delete file once it has been retrieved and processed.

Post Process Suffix

The file suffix which will be added to the file name after it is processed.

Post Process Directory

The sftp directory to which the file will be moved after it is processed by the ESB

Error Delete

If true, the file will be deleted if an error occurs during processing. Note that in that case error-directory and error-suffix have no effect.

Error Suffix

The file suffix which will be added to the file name after an error occurs during processing.

Error Directory

The sftp directory to which the file will be moved after when an error occurs during processing.

Input Suffix

The file suffix used to filter files targeted for comsumption by the ESB (note: add the dot, so something like '.esbIn'). This can also be specified as an empty string to specify that all files should be retrieved.

After channel deployment, your ftp server will be available to send messages. You can access this ftp server using any ftp client software set up with the previous account parameters.

When a message is transfered to the sftp server, it is processed immediately then original file is removed from server.