Adding a Drive Account for Faspex

Use Drive's account wizard to configure a new package transfer account.

Have the following information available before configuring an account:

  • The address of the server where Faspex is installed and running.
  • The username and password that you have on the Faspex server.

The steps below assume that you have Drive installed and running.

To add a Faspex account to Drive, do the following:

  1. If the Account Wizard is not open, launch it:
    In the menu bar, click the Drive icon and select Preferences > Accounts. Then click to add a Drive account.
  2. Select your IBM Aspera product:
    Click IBM Aspera Faspex.
  3. Fill in the fields with the following information about the Faspex transfer server:
    Account name A name for the account. The name is used only by Drive.
    Server address The URL for the server that is running Faspex.

    Click Next.

  4. Select your Faspex server's authentication method:
    Either
    • SAML Authentication

      If you choose SAML Authentication, log in to the Faspex server with this user's SAML credentials.

      or

    • Basic Authentication

      If you choose Basic Authentication, enter the username and password that this user has on the Faspex server.

  5. If you are prompted to confirm the server's security certificate, indicate whether you trust the server.
  6. Set up package downloading:
    • Choose Automatically download my packages to the following directory and enter or browse to a location where you'd like to store your downloaded Faspex packages.

      or

    • Choose I'd rather not set up automatic downloading now. You can change this setting later if you wish.
  7. If you opted to set up package downloading in the previous step, now select a timeframe:
    • Choose to download packages from a date in the past.

      Select Download my packages from date sent and choose an option from the drop-down:

      • Yesterday (default)
      • A week ago
      • A month ago
      • The beginning of time

      or

    • Choose to download packages from now on.
    Click Next.
  8. Set up how you will check for new packages:
    • Automatically

      Select Check for new packages and select an automated time interval from the drop-down list.

      or

    • Manually

      Select I'll check manually using the Check Now option.

  9. Click Finish to complete your Faspex account setup.