Configure a local and a remote folder for the sychronization.
With hot folders, you can monitor selected (and configured) folders for changes and automatically transfer new or modified files. Hot folders can be used for one-way replication between two locations or simply as a way of forwarding files in your workflow. The hot folders feature uses Aspera Sync, which runs as a service in the background.
Note: In order for the hot folder feature to work, the peer machines
must be running compatible versions of Aspera Sync. The 3.5 version of Sync requires
peers with either Sync 3.5 or Sync 1.5.6. Installations of ES (Enterprise/Connect
Server, Point-to-Point, and Client) include these versions of Sync as follows:
- ES 3.5 products include Sync 3.5.
- ES 3.4.6 products include Sync 1.5.6.
To set up the hot folders, use the file browser in the application ( ) to navigate into the path you wish to set up as the hot folder. Right-click the panel and select to bring up the New Hot Folder dialog. You can also launch it from File > New > Hot Folder.
The New Hot Folder window includes the following configuration tabs:
| Tab | Description |
|---|---|
| Hot Folder | Set up the source, the destination, and the synchronization interval. |
| Transfer | The transfer speed and transfer policy. |
| Tracking | Turn on and configure email notification(s) for transfer start, completion and/or error. |
| Filters | Create filters to skip files that match certain patterns. |
| Security | Enable the transfer encryption and the content protection. |
| File Handling | Set up resume rule, preserve transferred file attributes, and remove source files. |
Hot Folder
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Name | The hot folder's name. Use the default name or enter your own. The default name is the name of the Windows folder. |
| Source | Specify the source for the hot folders. |
| Destination | Specify the destination for the hot folders. |
| Send Changes | Select when to perform the synchronization. Use Send
immediately to synchronize whenever a file in the folder is
changed. Use Daily at to specify a daily time to
synchronize. Note: When the specified time is reached, file transfers from
the hot folder are allowed for one hour, including any new files added
during that window. The one-hour window supports retries.
Use
the Periodic scan interval to specify the regularity Aspera Drive scans your hot folders for updates and
changes. Note: In some scenarios when file notification is not available,
this feature must be activated in order to detect file changes in your
hot folders.
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| Generate | This button restores the default setting (if the field was cleared or modified). |
Transfer
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Policy | Select the transfer policy. Refer to fasp Transfer Policies. |
| Speed | Check this option to specify the transfer rate. |
Tracking
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Send Email Notifications | Check this box to enable email notifications and to display
configuration options. Note that notifications are not sent until they are
enabled under "Preferences." Please refer to the topic Configuring Transfer Notifications for
details. Important: For hot folder email notifications to
work, the GUI has to remain open.
|
| When (not displayed until checkbox is enabled) | Select one or more events that trigger the notification (transfer start, completion and/or error). |
| To (not displayed until checkbox is enabled) | Enter recipients' email address(es). |
| Template (not displayed until checkbox is enabled) | Select a notification template from the drop-down list. You may add, delete, edit and preview templates by clicking the "Manage Templates" button. |
| Message (not displayed until checkbox is enabled) | Include a custom message with the notification. |
Filters
Click Add and enter the pattern to exclude files or directories with the specified pattern in the transfer. The exclude pattern is compared with the whole path, not just the file name or directory name. As shown below, the asterisk (*) can be used in the setting of patterns:
| Symbol | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| * | Asterisk | Represents zero to many characters in a string, for example *.tmp matches .tmp and abcde.tmp. |
Examples:
| Filter Pattern | Matched files |
|---|---|
| *dirName | path/to/dirName, another/dirName |
| *1 | a/b/file1, /anotherfile1 |
| *filename | path/to/filename, /filename |
Note: The temporary files used by Aspera to resume incomplete files are ignored
according to the resume suffix setting of the sender. For
more information about the resume suffix, see File Handling.
Security
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Encryption | When checked, fasp encrypts files while transferring. Encryption may decrease performance, especially at higher transfer speeds and with slower computers. |
| Content Protection | Two options: Encrypt uploaded files with a password encrypts the uploaded files with the specified password. The protected file has the extension .aspera-env appended to the file name; Decrypt password-protected files downloaded prompts for the decryption password when downloading encrypted files. |
File Handling
| Option | Description |
|---|---|
| Resume | Check Resume incomplete files to enable the resume feature. In the When checking files for differences options: Compare file attributes only checks if the existing file is the same size; Compare sparse file checksums performs a sparse checksum on the existing file. Compare full file checksums perform a full checksum on the existing file. |
| File Attributes | Check Preserve file timestamps to preserve the transferred files' timestamps. |
| Source Deletion | Check Automatically delete source files after transfer to delete the successfully-transferred files from the source. Check Delete source directories to also remove the folder. |