SFTP Smart Services

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:
- Remove Directory Over SFTP (Basic Credentials)
- Send File Over SFTP
- Send File Over SFTP (Basic Credentials)
- Receive File Over SFTP
- Receive File Over SFTP (Basic Credentials)
- Rename File Over SFTP
- Get Remote Directory Contents Over SFTP
- Get Remote Directory Contents Over SFTP (Basic Credentials)
- Create Directory Over SFTP
- Create Directory Over SFTP (Basic Credentials)
SCP:
- Send File Over SCP
- Receive File Over SCP
FTP:
- Send File Over FTP
- Receive File Over FTP
- Receive Folder Over FTP
FTPS
- Receive Folder Over FTPS
- Send File Over FTPS (Basic Credentials)

All smart services in the package use Secure Credentials Store.

raghulvishnud over 3 years ago in reply to arunramanathtm

hi arunramanathtm ,

Can you help us with the steps to reproduce this issue.If Possible please share with us a sandbox environment(with credentials) to work on the possibilities to resolve this issue,Thanks.
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Santhosh Kumar over 3 years ago in reply to arunramanathtm

Hi arunramanathtm,

We will check on the possibilities of using an SSL certificate in the SEND FILE OVER FTPS Smart service.
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arunramanathtm over 3 years ago

Hi Team,
We are trying to do FTP over SSL using SEND FILE OVER FTPS smartservice.
We have deployed the necessary client certificate in the admin console yet the smart service gives the error message like ERROR READHANDSHAKE RECORD
From the below discussion, I can understand that if the authentication is indeed via client certificate, we can not incorporate this smart service directly
https://community.appian.com/discussions/f/plug-ins/12127/sftp-smart-service-plug-in
Please help us resolve this.
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Krishnan over 3 years ago in reply to arunramanathtm

Hi arunramanathtm,

1. Please check if the user is having full permissions to access the file/dir

2. Please check the Port & Firewall is open or not.

3. Try to connect to the SFTP server using some 3rd party tools like Filezilla and check.

Once you checked the above-mentioned steps, check the smart service again. If the issue persists, please provide the snapshot of the issue and application server log as well.
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arunramanathtm over 3 years ago

Hi,
Im trying to invoke Send File over SFTP smart service. When I run an instance, after an hour, the node fails with the error message "Connection closed by foreign host" . What could be the possible reason?
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Santhosh Kumar over 3 years ago in reply to soniyam

Hi soniyam

Thank you for notifying. We can reproduce the issue. We will work on it and update it asap. Thanks.
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April Schuppel over 3 years ago in reply to jvandenbranden

Hi jvandenbranden - the new version was release on Friday Jan 15
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soniyam over 3 years ago

Hi,

I am using receive file over FTP Smart service on Appian Cloud, It is giving me file not found error.Can anyone help me to fix this issue.My file is in the folder whose path is given for FTP Configuration.
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Appian AppMarket over 3 years ago
v2.1.0 Release Notes
- Receive File Over SFTP Bug fix
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jvandenbranden over 3 years ago in reply to Krishnan

Hi Krishnan

Any idea on the timeline of the release?

Thanks in advance for the info!
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