Creating a send to FTP Channel for Integrator

Overview

Prerequisites

Procedure

Overview

This topic describes how to create a channel that enables Integrator to send a file to an FTP server.

Prerequisites

Before you can create the Channel, you must create:

• An Axway Server object to represent Integrator
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• An Application object to represent the FTP server
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• An Integrator FTP CommAdapter
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Procedure

1. In the Composer Integration-Services workbench, Infrastructure tab /Hierarchy sub-tab, right-click the Axway Server object that represents Integrator and then select Channel from the context menu.
2. Composer displays the Channel properties window.
2. Complete the General tab:
View fields

Field	Contents
Name	Enter a name for the Channel. For example, ch_ftp_send
Label	Optionally enter a description.
Status	This field displays the current status of the object, set to ToBeChecked by default. You cannot directly change the status in this field.
Endpoints
Terminus1	From the drop-down list, select Axway Server. Then from the Instance field drop-down list, select the Axway Server object that represents the Integrator Server.
Terminus2	From the drop-down list, select Application. Then from the Instance field drop-down list, select the Application object that represents the FTP server application.
Connection parameters
Connection type	Select TCP / FTP
Connection point 1	Select the FTP CommAdapter
Connection point 2	Select the FTP CommPoint/CommAdapter pair (this is for the connection on the FTP Server side)

3. In the Connection point 1 tab,:
   • In the Receiver or Sender field select Sender.
   • Send script field: Enter a script specifying the correct path used by Integrator to send a file to the host.
4. Check, save and close the object.