Prerequisites
The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard communication protocol used to transfer data from a server to a client.
To create an FTP destination connection, configure the following connection settings:
Connect to Your Destination
To connect to your destination:
Provide a unique connection name.
Provide your connection settings.
Click Add connection to connect to the delivery channel.
Note: When testing a connection to a new destination, a test file is added into the target destination.
Connection Fields
To create an FTP destination connection, configure the following connection settings:
Field | Description |
Connection name | Unique name of your connection that you can refer to in the future. |
Connection method | Type of connection: FTP |
Address | Host/Server IP address. |
Port | Port number (typically, 21). |
Username | Username associated with this FTP connection. |
Password | Password associated with this FTP connection. |
Folder path (optional) | Destination folder path for the files. |
Override on revision | Allows an override of the default FTP umask, so files can be created with a 000 umask which allows read and write access. |
File types | Delivery options: Avro, CSV, Parquet, Raw |
Uncompressed delivery (optional) | If checked, delivers uncompressed files. Default: Compressed versions of the files. For example, gzip-compressed objects. |