SFTP Transport Configuration page

The Create/Edit a Business Service - SFTP Transport Configuration page is one in a series of pages for creating and editing business services, as described in Creating and Configuring Business Services and Editing Business Service Configurations.

For more information, see the SFTP Transport User Guide.

Use this page to configure transport settings for a business service using the sftp transport protocol. Table 16-15 describes how to use this page.

Table 16-15 Create/Edit a Business Service - SFTP Transport Configuration Page 
Option
To create or edit...
User Authentication
Select one of the following:
  • Username Password Authentication - Specifies that a static service account is associated with this authentication method and the client is authenticated using the provided credentials.
  • Host Based Authentication - Specifies that a user name and service key provider is required to use this authentication method. Any user connecting from a known host is authenticated using the private key of the host.
  • Public Key Authentication - Specifies that a user name and service key provider is required to use this authentication method. Every user has their own private key.
Service Account
Enter the service account for the user, or click Browse to select service accounts from a browser.
Service Key Provider
This option is available only when Host Based or Public Key Authentication is selected.
Enter a service key provider in the Service Key Provider field. You can click Browse to select service key providers from a browser. This is a required field.
Username
This option is available only when Host Based or Public Key Authentication is selected.
Enter the user name.
Timeout
Enter the socket timeout interval, in seconds, before the connection is dropped. If you enter 0, there is no timeout. The default value is 60.
Prefix for destination File Name
Enter the prefix for the file name under which the file is stored on the remote server.
Suffix for destination File Name
Enter the suffix for the file name under which the file is stored on the remote server.
Request Encoding
Accept the default UTF-8 as the character set encoding for requests in SFTP transports.

After you finish

Click Next to continue configuring this service on the next page; or click Last to review and save this configuration on the Create/Edit a Business Service - Summary page.