Advanced SFTP Options

Item	Name	Default Value	Description
A	Authentication	Password	Determines how to authenticate to the SFTP server. Options include Password, Public Key, or Both.
B	Public/Private Key Files		The absolute file path of the public/private keypair used to gain access to the remote server.
C	Passphrase		The passphrase associated with the public/private keypair.
D	Host Key Checking	Ask	Select Yes to validate the server's host key within the provided Known Hosts file (or the system default). Otherwise the host key will always be automatically trusted.
E	Known Hosts File		The path to the local Known Hosts file used to trust remote host keys.
F	Configuration Options		Custom JSch configuration options used when connecting to the remote server. For example, these can be used to enabled Kerberos authentication.

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Advanced SMB Options

When the SMB file method is selected, these additional advanced options may be set: Item Default Value Description SMB Minimum Version 2.0.2 The minimum version of the SMB protocol to support. Note that if you are upgrading from an earlier version of Connect, this may still be set to v1. You should consider changing this to at least v2 for best security practices SMB Maximum Version 3.1.1 The maximum version of the SMB protocol to support. Parent topic: File Reader

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Advanced Amazon S3 Options

When the Amazon S3 file method is selected, these additional advanced options may be set: Item Name Default Value Description A Use Default Credential Provider Chain Yes If enabled and no explicit credentials are provided, the default provider chain looks for credentials in this order: Environment variables: AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY Java system properties: aws.accessKeyId and aws.secretKey Default credentials profile file: Typically located at ~/.aws/credentials (location can very per platform) ECS container credentials: Loaded from an Amazon ECS environment variable. Instance profile credentials: Loaded from the EC2 metadata service. Note that if your File Reader has Anonymous enabled, this option will not be enabled. B Use Temporary Credentials No If enabled, the given credentials will be used to request a set of temporary credentials from the Amazon Security Token Service (STS). Those temporary credentials will then be used for all S3 operations. C Duration (secon

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Advanced FTP Options

When the FTP file method is selected, these additional advanced options may be set: Name Default Value Description Initial Commands A comma-separated list of custom commands to run upon initializing an FTP connection. For example when connecting to an AS/400 FTP server you may have to change the list format using the "NAMEFMT" command. Parent topic: File Reader

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File Reader

This source connector reads files from a local or remote directory on a specified interval/time schedule. Several protocols are supported, including regular local file mode, FTP, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV, and Amazon S3. Files may be read in and converted to Base64, or converted to a message string using a specific character set encoding. After reading in files, the connector has options to either delete the original files, rename them, or move them to a separate directory. Additional options (like FTPS) are available with the SSL Manager extension. Supported property groups: Polling Settings Source Settings Item Name Default Value Description A Method file The basic method used to access files to be read in. Options include File (local filesystem or NFS / mapped share), FTP, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV, or Amazon S3. Once all necessary connection/directory information has been filled in before, use the Test Read button to attempt to actually connect and test the ability to read from the directory. B Ad

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File Writer

This destination connector writes files out to the local filesystem, or to a remote directory. Several protocols are supported, including regular local file mode, FTP, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV, and Amazon S3. Files may be converted from Base64 and written out in raw binary format, or converted to bytes using a specific character set encoding. Additional options (like FTPS) are available with the SSL Manager extension. Supported property groups: Destination Settings Item Name Default Value Description A Method file The basic method used to access the directory to write files to. Options include File (local filesystem or NFS / mapped share), FTP, SFTP, SMB, WebDAV, or Amazon S3. Once all necessary connection/directory information has been filled in before, use the Test Write button to attempt to actually connect and test the ability to write to the directory. B Advanced Options If the file method supports advanced options, this button will be enabled. Any advanced options set will be summarized

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Email Settings

Item Name Description J SMTP Host The SMTP (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol ) host field is used as a global e-mail setting for actions such as alerts. Enter the email you would like to use to receive alerts in the SMTP Host field. Select the Send Test Email button to send a simple test e-mail to the Default From Address email address. The SMTP Host, SMTP Port and Default From Address fields are required and must contain valid information to use send a test email. K SMTP Port SMTP port used for global email settings (such as alerts) L Send Timeout (ms) SMTP socket connection timeout in milliseconds. The default value is 5000 (ms) or 5 secs. M Default From Address Default address used in the From field for emails. A test email will also send to this address. N Secure Connection Determines whether to use the following setting when sending emails: None: no encryption STARTTLS: Explicit TLS SSL: Implicit TLS O Require Authentication Determines whether authentication is required when sending

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