FTP Transport Configuration page

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

Use this page to configure transport settings for a proxy service using the ftp transport protocol. Table 17-6 describes how to use this page.

Table 17-6 Create/Edit a Proxy Service - FTP Transport Configuration Page 
Option
To create or edit...
User Authentication
Select anonymous if the user of the FTP server is anonymous, or select external user if the user of the FTP server is an externally configured account.
Identity (E-Mail ID)
This field is available only if the User Authentication option is set to anonymous.
Enter the mail ID for the anonymous user.
Service Account
This field is available only if the User Authentication option is set to external user.
Enter the service account for the user. This is a required field when the User Authentication option is set to external user.
Pass By Reference
Select this check box to stage the file in the archive directory and pass it as a reference in the headers.
Remote Streaming
Select this check box to stream the FTP files directly from the remote server at the time of processing. When you select this option, the archive directory is the remote directory on the remote FTP server machine. Therefore, you should specify the archive directory as relative to the FTP user directory.
File Mask
Enter the regular expression for the files to be picked. The default is *.*.
Managed Server
This field is available only in a clustered domain.
Select the Managed Server to act as the polling server. All of the Managed Servers can process the message, but only one can poll for the message.
Polling Interval
Enter a polling interval, in seconds. The default is 60.
Read Limit
Specify the maximum number of messages to read per polling sweep. Enter 0 to specify no limit. The default is 10.
Post Read Action
Select what happens to a message after it has been read.
  • Archive - The message is archived.
  • Delete - The message is deleted.
Transfer Mode
Select ASCII or binary as the transfer mode.
Archive Directory
Specify the path to the archive location if the Post Read Action option is set to Archive. This field is required if the Pass By Reference option is selected.
Note: The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Download Directory
Enter the directory on your local machine where files are downloaded during the file transfer.
Note: The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Error Directory
Enter the location where messages are posted if there is a problem.
Note: The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Request Encoding
Accept the default UTF-8 as the character set encoding for requests in FTP transports.
Advanced Settings
Scan Subdirectories
Select this check box to recursively scan all directories
Sort By Arrival
Select this check box to deliver events in the order of arrival.
Timeout
Enter the socket timeout interval, in seconds, before the connection is dropped. If you enter 0, there is no timeout.
Retry Count
Specify the number of retries for FTP connection failures.

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 Proxy Service - Summary page.