JADE - FAQ by Topic

This page contains a collection of frequently asked questions about JADE and its predecessor SOSFTP.

Any comments, questions and/or confusing points? Please get in contact with SOS. We need all the information we can get to make the use of JADE and everything related to it (including this documentation) a breeze.

Note that you may also find the following useful:

• our (JADE and SOSFTP documentation pages)

Features

• Is JADE compliant with file transfer standards as RFC 959, RFC 1579 and RFC 2228?
• Secure file transfers via encrypted network sessions
• Example for JADE file transfer with both implicit and explicit SSL connections with FTPS
• ZLIB data compression for improved file transfer performance with SFTP
• Automated file transfer using JobScheduler
• Support for openSSH public key and client certificate authentication
• ASCII and binary file transfer modes

• Can YADE transfer multiple files using regular expressions?
• Example for JADE recursive file transfer of directories and subdirectories

• Network timeout capabilities detect lost connections and inaccessible servers
• Interrupt file transfers using non-blocking methods
• Example showing logging capabilities to log messages exchanged between source and target server
• Upload and download files from/to memory.

• Example for JADE with checksum verification to detect corrupt or incomplete file transfers
• Can YADE components be re-distributed as part of an individual application without additional fees?
• Using Credential Store to securely store authentication, connection and other parameters
• How JADE ensure that file is completely written before transfer it?
• Can JADE read last record from received file to ensure complete transfer of file?
• Example for JADE to check files for completeness by steady state

Getting Started

• How to install JADE
• Why should i use JADE?
• What are the differences between YADE and SOSFTP?
• Is there a JADE server?

• Example for JADE Client CLI and JITL job with Credential Store

Architecture

• Can YADE be used on any operating system?
• How can I use JADE as a component of my JAVA Application?

Components

• JADE Client
  • JADE Command Line Interface
  • JADE API (Application Program Interface)
  • JADE JITL Jobs
• JADE Background Service
  • JADE Background Service Automation
  • JADE Background Service History Viewer

Configuration

• Using Configuration Files
  • Defining Transfer Profiles
    • The globals profile
    • A Transfer Profile
    • Profile Fragments
    • Modularizing Profiles___include directive
    • Variables in Parameter Values
• JADE JITL Parameter
• Server to Server Transfer
• Can YADE use mutliple destinations for file transfer?
• Can YADE handle UNC Names, multiple destinations and secure credentials?
• Example for JADE file transfer with WebDAV
• Example for JADE CIFS usage
• Example for JADE file transfer using localhost
• How can I carry out preprocessing and postprocessing for file transfers?
• How can we select files by a timestamp?
• Example for JADE cascaded profiles

• Using Parameters when setting up file order source
• Can you use file sink to rename and move file at the same time
• JADE How to wait for "file transmission is complete" with large files

Technical Issues

• What protocol and port has to be opened between JADE client & Background Service
• For JADE background service configuration - do we need to open the database firewall port
• JADE S2S implementation details

Scheduling

• Does JADE has a scheduling capability?
• Which scheduler are supported by JADE?
• How to write a separate log file for each transfer with JADE?

Operation

• How to select transfer objects
• How to execute a command after a successful transfer?
• How to poll a server in the DMZ and execute a job chain for each file found?
•  How_to_send/receive_files_using_DMZ_as_a_jump_server
• How_to_send/receive_files_between_networks_with_DMZs

Other Topics

JADE : Use cases

• Use-Case A - Download the file from Vendor's FTP/sFTP server to User's desktop
• Use-Case B - Internal user generate the file and want to share the encrypted file with Customer over SFTP
• Use-Case C - Legecy Batch system generate reports/input file for other systems/customer

• Server to Server Transfer
• Example for JADE Server-to-Server File Transfer with polling
• Can YADE use mutliple destinations for file transfer?
• Can YADE handle UNC Names, multiple destinations and secure credentials?
• Example for JADE file transfer with WebDAV
• Example for JADE CIFS usage
• Atomic Transfer
•  UseCase-0100 - Server2Server data transfer with processing steps

Troubleshooting

• What to do if removing files on an FTP server fails?
• Answer of Apache as WebDAV server too slow
• What to do if transfer speed for SFTP is slow?