Set up FTP Server

In order to have Lobster_data (the Integration Server) function as an FTP server, you only have to create a partner in the Partner Administration, activate it, and create an FTP channel for this partner and also activate it.

All that is left to do is entering an ID and password (2) and set the data direction incoming (1). If the user is allowed to download files, also enable the data direction outgoing.

As soon as you save this configuration, you have a running FTP server on which files can be stored.

The IP/URL of the FTP server is that of your Integration Server. The port is the default port 21.

The access data is the one you entered in (2). Also make sure that you give the user sufficient access rights (4).

If files are uploaded to your FTP server, they are located in the subdirectory ./transfer (3) of the Integration Server installation directory. This is the default directory in the configuration file ./etc/startup.xml that is preloaded in the input mask of the channel.

Process Files Uploaded to FTP Server Automatically with Profiles

Of course, you can use your FTP server just as it was set up in the previous section. But you also have the possibility to immediately process incoming files on the FTP server by a profile.

To do this, you only need to create a profile with an FTP Input Agent, select your FTP channel, and activate the profile.

Lobster_data as FTP Client

To avoid ambiguity, it should be mentioned here that Lobster_data acts as an FTP client when you use the time-driven Input Agent FTP or the Response Route FTP.