How to install FTP

[Former Member]

I have to write an XML message from PI to a remote file system using file receiver adapter.

As i understand , i have to use FTP for doing this. Can anybody give me details about where to download this and how to install FTP? And on which box it has to be installed?

[Shabarish_Nair]

if for your test purposes,

ref - /people/shabarish.vijayakumar/blog/2006/08/01/along-came-a-file-adapter-mr-ftp-and-rest-of-the-gang

[Former Member]

Hi,

If it is a real development then do not do it by yourself, take a help of your BASIS consultant, because he is the one who will do all these installtion and authorization stuff.

Regards,

Sarvesh

[Former Member]

Hi,

FTP is a built-in feature of the file adapter. So you don't need to download anything. Just choose the FTP option when creating the receiver channel in PI.

Regards,

Kai

[Former Member]

If it is an inbulit feature then What should be the server ip and port ? And the target directory should be the location where i want to write the file.

[Shabarish_Nair]

the inbuilt feature is in support of the protocol. But anyway to post/pick a file from a FTP server, you need to have the FTP server Refer my blog and install a FTP server in your local machine for test purposes.

[Former Member]

Indeed it's the protocol "FTP" that is supported out-of-the box by PI. Within the receiver channel you have to specify the remote server, folder, file name, etc. you want to post / pick the file to / from.

Regards,

Kai