OFTP (cron input agent)

This input agent receives files over OFTP and passes them to the profile as input data.

NOTE: If several profiles are ready to accept a specific file, the profile scoring decides which one gets it.

Settings

① Channel selection: OFTP channel that connects to the target system. For OFTP2, you must select a channel. If you change the connection type in ⑥ afterwards, the system removes the channel. Select the channel again in that case.

② Host/Port: Target address (IP or URL) and port, or the ISDN number. Which one applies depends on your selection in ⑥. For the port, the following rules apply:

• Port 0 with no channel selected: the default port from ./etc/oftp.xml applies.

• Port 0 with a channel selected: the port from the channel applies.

• Port greater than 0: that value applies.

③ Activate parallel processing: If this checkbox is set, several instances of this profile can run in parallel. The checkbox Profile may only run in one instance must not be set for this profile.

④ Do not skip empty files: If this checkbox is set, even empty files generate jobs. In a DMZ environment, you control the behavior with a startup option in the configuration file ./etc/startup.xml of the DMZ server.

<!-- Defines how to handle empty FTP, SSH and OFTP files (0=skip, 1=delete, 2=transfer) -->
<Set name="handleEmptyFiles">0</Set>

• 0 (skip, default): The empty file remains on the DMZ server. The system writes a log entry to DmzEvents.

• 1 (delete): The system deletes the empty file on the DMZ server.

• 2 (transfer): The system passes the empty file on to the profile. The setting in ④ then takes effect.

⑤ OFTP service: Name of the OFTP service. This field is relevant if several instances are configured.

⑥ Connection type: The type of the OFTP connection. The following types are available:

• OFTP over ISDN

• OFTP over TCP/IP

• OFTP over TCP/IP with TLS

System variables

Several system variables are available for OFTP, for example:

• VAR_SYS_OFTP_SFID

• VAR_SYS_OFTP_ORIGINATOR

• VAR_SYS_OFTP_FILE_COUNTER

• VAR_SYS_MESSAGE_ID

• VAR_SYS_LASTINBULK

• VAR_SENDER