Question:
If I have to specify credientals for the transfer, can that be setup without it being in plain text?
Answer:
Yes. JADE (JobScheduler Advanced Data Exchange) allows the use of UNC-Names as well as server2server (or site2site) transfer without touchdown. e.g. it is possible to use different protocols for the source and the target server in a transfer. JADE can be used standalone as a command line client and together with JobScheduler in a scheduling enviroment. We have customers who are using JADE together with different Schedulers, e.g. Control-M, UC4, ...
Example: Using UNC Names with JADE I:
[Copy_Local2Local_UNC]
source_protocol = local
source_dir = //8of9.sos/c/temp
target_dir = //r2d2.sos/share/nobackup/junittests/testdata/JADE
target_protocol = local
log_filename = $\{TEMP\}/test.log
file_spec = ^.*\.(txt|dot)$
operation = copy
remove_files = false
This is a profile (section) of a configuration file. Just start with
jade.cmd -settings=settings-file-name -profile=Copy_Local2Local_UNC
All Files in the folder "//8of9.sos/c/temp" (source folder) with txt or dot file name extentions (specified with file_spec parameter) will be transferred (copied) to the "//r2d2.sos/share/nobackup/junittests/testdata/JADE" target folder. This is a local operation and therefore a (s)FTP(S) server is not needed. "file_spec" is not like a wildcard, it is a regular expression.
Example: Using UNC Names with JADE II:
Server to server transfer, from sftp to ftp without touchdown:
[ftp_server_2_server]
ssh_auth_method=password
source_user=kb
source_password=*****
source_ssh_auth_method=password
source_host=wilma.sos
source_protocol=sftp
source_port=22
target_user=test
target_password=*****
target_host=8of9.sos
target_protocol=ftp
target_port=21
file_path=test.txt
operation=copy
log_filename=$\{TEMP\}/sosftphistory.log
You will find more information in our JADE Parameter Reference Document.
Using JADE as an component via the API is described in our JADE API Reference.