Watch Folders and the Aspera Watch Service Introduction to Watch Folders and the Aspera Watch Service Watch Folders and the Aspera Watch Service offer tools for easily monitoring file system changes in real-time and automatically transferring new and modified files. Choosing User Accounts to Run Watch Folder Services Run asperawatchd and asperawatchfolderd under a user with access to the area of your file system in which you intend to create a watch and Watch Folder. In most cases, the services are run under one user who has access to your entire file system, and watches and Watch Folders are created for specific areas of the file system. Creating, Managing, and Configuring Services Both asperawatchd and asperawatchfolderd are managed by asperarund, which stores asperawatchd and asperawatchfolderd configurations in its database. It automatically starts services when they are added and restarts services if they fail. It also enables admins to start services under different users without switching between accounts, and apply logging and database configurations to all services. Watch Folders in the GUI Watch Folders can be created and managed in the GUI, which offers all the functionality of the command line set up and management tools. Only the Node API user must be set up from the command line. Watch Folders in the Command Line Watch Folders can be created and managed in the command line, using the aswatchfolderadmin tool or the API. The Aspera Watch Service Automatically detect file system changes with the Aspera Watch Service.