Once you have configured an Aspera transfer user on HST Server, test that an Aspera client can
successfully connect to your HST Server and upload a file.
Prerequisites:
- Client: Install an Aspera client application, such as the freely available IBM Aspera Desktop Client or IBM Aspera Command-Line Interface, on the client
computer.
- Server:
HST Server
must have at least one Aspera transfer user (a system user account that is
configured to authenticate Aspera transfers) configured on it.
If any of the following connection tests fail, see Clients Can't Establish Connection.
-
On the client, test that you can reach the IP address of your HST Server.
Run the
ping
command:
# ping 10.0.0.2
PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=8.432 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=7.121 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.116 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=4.421 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=3.050 ms
...
In
the example above, the address of HST Server is 10.0.0.2 and the output
shows successful responses from the host.
If the output returns
"Destination host unreachable," check the firewall configuration of the
server.
-
On the client, try a transfer to HST Server by using ascp.
Run the following command on your client machine:
# ascp -P 33001 --mode=send --policy=fair -l 10000 -m 1000 source_path username@ip_address:destination
For
example: (where
aspera_user_1 is the example transfer
user):
# ascp -P 33001 --mode=send --policy=fair -l 10000 -m 1000 /client-dir/files aspera_user_1@10.0.0.2:/dir
This
command specifies the following values for the transfer:
| Item |
Argument |
Example Value |
| TCP Port Set the TCP port to start the transfer
session.
|
-P port |
-P 33001 |
| Transfer Direction Specify if the server is the destination
or source.
|
--mode=direction |
--mode=send |
| Transfer Policy Specify how to share bandwidth with other
network users.
|
--policy=policy |
--policy=fair |
| Maximum Transfer Rate Set the maximum transfer rate, in
Kbps.
|
-l rate |
-l 10000Maximum transfer rate = 10
Mbps
|
| Minimum Transfer Rate Set the minimum transfer rate, in
Kbps.
|
-m rate |
-l 1000Minimum transfer rate = 1
Mbps
|
| File or Directory to Upload Set the path relative to your
current directory.
|
source |
/client-dir/files |
| Transfer User |
username |
aspera_user_1 |
| Host Address |
ip_address |
10.0.0.2 |
| Destination Folder Set the destination path relative to the
transfer user's docroot.
|
destination |
/dirIn this
example, the files are transferred to the "dir" folder in the
docroot of aspera_user_1.
|