Novell Documentation: Volera Excelerator 2.3

FTP Tab

Path: Cache > FTP

Figure 111

The FTP tab lets you configure the appliance to provide an FTP listening address (Mini FTP Server) for appliance management, FTP forward proxy (client acceleration), and FTP reverse proxy (Web server acceleration) services.

IMPORTANT: All appliance FTP services listen on port 21. Therefore, each IP address on the appliance can be configured for only one FTP service (Mini FTP, Forward Proxy, or FTP Accelerator).

Mini FTP Server: Check an address in the Server IP Addresses list to enable it for FTP listening. If an address is not checked, you cannot upload or download files using FTP.

FTP Client Accelerator: Check an address in the Proxy IP Addresses list to enable FTP forward proxy services on that address.

Username/Hostname Separator: Use this character on the FTP command line to indicate where the username ends and the hostname begins.
- Example: From a DOS window using native FTP mode (an FTP/FTP, client to an appliance using the FTP protocol, or an appliance to the origin FTP host using the FTP protocol), enter
```
syntax: ftp appliance_proxy_address
```
```
username: anonymous$ftp_host
```
```
password: 
```
- Example: From a browser using native FTP mode (FTP/FTP), enter
```
ftp://anonymous$ftp_host@appliance_proxy_address
```
- Example: From a browser configured to route FTP traffic to an appliance via HTTP (HTTP/FTP) (the appliance retrieves data from the origin FTP host using the FTP protocol), enter
```
ftp://anonymous@ftp_host
```
- Example: Non-anonymous FTP/FTP can also be used. From a DOS window, enter:
```
syntax: ftp appliance_proxy_address
```
```
username: username$ftp_host
```
```
password:
```
IMPORTANT: The default separator is the dollar sign ($). This character should be used whenever possible. The pound sign (#) and the at sign (@) are also known to work as separators.
Although the browser-based tool will let you specify other characters such as the comma (,), the percent sign (%), and the colon (:), these characters will not work as FTP separators, and they will not appear in command line interface queries.

If you are using an FTP client, you might need to configure the client to recognize the dollar sign ($).
Anonymous FTP Email Address: When the appliance's FTP server prompts you for a password, if you enter a blank, this e-mail address will be used as the password.

FTP Web Server Accelerator: Summary of the FTP accelerators created in the FTP Accelerator dialog box. You can only enable or disable the service represented by an item in the list. To modify a list item, click the item > click Modify.

FTP Accelerator Dialog Box

Path: Cache > FTP > Insert under FTP Accelerator list

Figure 112

The FTP Accelerator dialog box lets you define an FTP accelerator service on the appliance.

Enable This Accelerator: Activates the defined FTP accelerator service.

FTP Server Name: Identifies either the IP address or DNS name of the FTP server being accelerated.

Accelerator IP Addresses: Lists all appliance IP addresses. Checking the box to the left of an address enables FTP acceleration through the address for the server listed in the FTP Server Name field.