This page is for administrators who need to set up a directory an location where PhixFlow can save exported configuration zip files.
Set the Download Location
When PhixFlow generates CSV or Excel exported configuration zip files, it saves them to a secure folderarea in the PhixFlow database, called the download folder. Set area. You can set the location of the download folder area in System Configuration → System Directories → File Download Location.
Users can then access the folder to download a file.
Processes that save zip files to the download folder area are:
- Exporting exporting a configuration or stream data.
- Running running an analysis model that exports a file
- Running running an action in an application that exports a file.
Users can open the download area from the task bar, by clicking
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Set Download Expiry Time
PhixFlow automatically deletes files from the download area after a period of time. By default, files are available for 24 hours. You can set a different time period in System Configuration → System Configuration → General Settings → File Download Expiry.
PhixFlow encrypts the files and requires a password to unencrypt the files. The password is set by the user when they start the process that generates the file.
You can also apply a password policy to the passwords that users create for files saved to the download folder. To do this, define the Password Policy, and set it in System Configuration → Advanced → Export Password Policy. New user accounts created in PhixFlow version 8.1.0 and will have automatically have the password policy.
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Set Encryption Required
To configure PhixFlow so that exported configuration files are encrypted as they are downloaded by the user:
- In System Configuration → Advanced → Export Password Policy select a Password Policy. This can be the same as the default password policy, used to specify the rules when users log into PhixFlow. Alternatively, you can create a new password policy with rules specific to exported configurations.
- Ask users to set their default password using their User Details, or set it passwords in the User account properties, in the Export Password section.
The password policy means users must specify a password when they download a zip file from the download area. Specifying the password causes the file to be encrypted and the password is associated with it. When a user imports the zip file to another PhixFlow instance, they must provide the same password; see Using the Download Area.