Overview
To connect your Aspera products to the Cluster Manager
storage, you must use the information found in the Access
Keys tab of a cluster in the Cluster Manager console.
The
following configuration examples use the sampel values from the table below:
Option |
Example Value |
DNS name for available nodes |
my-atc.example.com |
DNS name for all nodes |
my-atc-all.example.com |
Access Key ID |
LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY
|
Access Key Secret |
Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET |
Access Key Token |
TGNrUBxuQXCASPZxOXYGN1ZnaTk6WTFTWHB4bzKsZtNtVkU1bHoyVPN6QChoQUo2aTc3dGVLTmdEXAMPLETOKEN= |
All the access key values can be retrieved by clicking
Details on an
Access Key in the
Cluster Manager interface.
Aspera Faspex
Configure a file storage node with the following
information:
Field |
Value |
SSL? |
✓ |
Host |
my-atc-all.example.com |
Port |
443 |
Username |
LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY |
Password |
Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET |
Storage Type |
Default |

Aspera Shares
Add a share node with the following information:
Field |
Value |
Host |
my-atc-all.example.com |
Port |
443 |
API Username |
LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY |
API Password |
Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET |
Use SSL |
✓ |
Aspera Enterprise Server / Point-to-Point / Desktop Client
Create a
new connection with the following information:
Field |
Value |
Host |
my-atc.example.com |
Username |
LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY |
Authentication |
Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET |
Aspera Drive
Add a new account to Drive with the following
information:
Field |
Value |
Server address |
my-atc.example.com |
Username |
LckPlcKpMIEXAMPLEKEY |
Password |
Y3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLEY3SApwo2lyrsV018z2T3kAX_AX6iKwtEXAMPLESECRET |


ascp Command Line
Command-line transfers require the authentication token to be available in an
environment variable ASPERA_SCP_TOKEN and uses the xfer user with an
SSH key:
ascp -i aspera_tokenauth_id_dsa -W "Basic TOKEN" xfer@my-atc.example.com:/file1 .
Note: This SSH key comes as part of the Aspera Connect Browser Plug-In. It is
located at /opt/aspera/var/aspera_id_dsa.pub on any cluster
node.