An FTP site can be set up to send files generated by a File Exporter, or retrieve files using a File Collector, via FTP.

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Basic Settings

For each FTP site the following settings are configured:The FTP Type, FTP Mode, SSL Security and SFTP Ciphers are standard FTP concepts.

Field	Description
Name	The

Name

name of the FTP Site.
Enabled	Whether or not the FTP Site is enabled to run.
Username	The name of the user that will be used to create a connection with the FTP server.
Password	The password that will be used to create a connection with the FTP server.

Server Address

Server Address	The address of the destination server.
FTP Type	Select an option from: Plain SSH (secure transfer using FTP over SSH) SSL (secure transfer using FTP-SSL) These are standard FTP options, and will be described in any good reference for FTP.
Port	Optional field to specify a Port Number, if required.
FTP Mode	This property is

a standard FTP option, and will be described in any good reference for FTP.FTP Mode

available when FTP Type is Plain or SSL.

Select an option from:

These are standard FTP options, and will be described in any good reference for FTP.SFTP Cipher

SSL Security

This property is available when FTP Type field is SSL.

Select an option from:

SFTP Cipher

This property is available when FTP Type field is SSH.

For secure file transfer, PhixFlow automatically uses

the following ciphers 3des-ctr, aes128-ctr, aes192-ctr, aes256-ctr. If your

current ciphers (listed below). If your SSH server uses deprecated ciphers,

such as 3des-cbc and blowfish-cbc, enter the

enter a comma-separated list of all the ciphers you want to use. The order that you enter the ciphers indicates the order of preference.

This means

PhixFlow

will use

uses the first cipher that is listed and is available to encrypt/decrypt the files it transfers.

Enter a list of ciphers, in order of preference, that you want PhixFlow to use for secure file transfer. The list can include:

and the

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