SFTP Functions

Overview

Contains multiple Smart Services for interacting with a remote file server via SFTP, FTP, or SCP.  Using these services, an Appian application can be configured to send and receive files, folders, and metadata in a process.  Features support for zlib compression.

Key Features & Functionality

Smart Services included:

  • SFTP:
    • Send File Over SFTP
    • Receive File Over SFTP
    • Get Remote Folder Contents Over SFTP
    • Create Folder Over SFTP
    • Remove File Over SFTP
    • Receive Files In Folder Over
    • SFTP Rename File Over SFTP
  • SCP:
    • Send File Over SCP
    • Receive File Over SCP
  • FTP:
    • Send File Over FTP
    • Receive File Over FTP
    • Get Remote Folder Contents Over FTP
    • Receive Files In Folder Over FTP
    • Remove File Over FTP
    • Rename File Over FTP
  • FTPS
    • Get Remote Folder Contents Over FTPS
    • Receive File Over FTPS
    • Receive Files In Folder Over FTPS
    • Send File Over FTPS

Functions:

  • getfoldercontentsoverftp
  • getfoldercontentsoverftps
  • getfoldercontentsoversftp
  • All smart services in the package use Secure Credentials Store.
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  • We are having an ongoing issue with node 'Receive File Over SFTP' wherein when we attempt to transfer files from 4 different folders simultaneously thru 4 instances simultaneously, we get error for 1 or 2 folders randomly. Is there a limitation in using a common single service account for all folders, as we are currently doing? 

  • hi ,

    We open a connection for each node execution and the same will be closed at the end of the execution. We have tried to run several transfers parallelly and were not able to recreate the scenario. Please share with us a sandbox environment where we can try to replicate the scenario and analyze the issue.

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  • hi ,

    We open a connection for each node execution and the same will be closed at the end of the execution. We have tried to run several transfers parallelly and were not able to recreate the scenario. Please share with us a sandbox environment where we can try to replicate the scenario and analyze the issue.

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  • Reproduce the issue by using 3-4 instances of the same process to load from different folders simultaneously, where each folder has more than 6 files, using the same account for all file transfers. If you are unable to reproduce, we can check about giving sandbox or dev access and/or having a conference call to show how it works on our system. Perhaps you can guide us in formulating a solution to this issue. Thanks in advance!