ActiFi FTP servers utilize SSH FTP (Secure Socket Shell / Secure FTP) and whitelisted IP addresses to provide a secure connection to a tenant-specific, encrypted file space. Clients will deliver files to ActiFi's Amazon VPC (Virtual Private Cloud).
Please review these points before testing your SFTP connection:
Client will provide IP address(es) or an IP address range via email to ActiFi so that incoming connections can be whitelisted.
Configure the Host address based on the following information:
Configure Authentication:
- ActiFi will provide a User/Username after ActiFi support submits a JIRA request.
- ActiFi can supply a password via an agreed-upon secure method, typically box.com .
- Alternatively, the client may provide a public key for Public Key Authentication.
Client will configure the connection client to use SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol)
Client will ensure that port 22 is open for outbound traffic.
If you are configuring an automated process/job, ensure that the connection is configured to auto-accept the host key.
A SFTP user’s home directory will contain and folders. Clients should deliver files to and retrieve files from ActiFi via .
ActiFi's ETL/Jobs servers can access 3rd party SFTP servers via password or public key authentication.
Please review these points before testing your SFTP connection:
Provide ActiFi's Development and Production environment IP addresses to the client to be whitelisted.
If configuring public key authentication, work with the ActiFi development team to generate new key pairs (Dev and Prod) and deliver the public keys to the client for configuration.
Client will provide a host address and username. If using password authentication, the client will also provide a password via secure mean.