Configuring Transfer Servers for Use with Faspex

What is a Node?

A node is a local, remote, or cloud server running an Aspera transfer server product (IBM Aspera High-Speed Transfer Server). Faspex uses the Node API on the transfer server to configure the node and to perform transfers to and from the node.

When installing Faspex on the same server as the HST Server, Faspex automatically configures the local node's aspera.conf configuration file and sets up a Node API user to communicate with the Node API. When installing Faspex on a machine without a transfer server, you must configure a remote transfer node for use with Faspex and connect that node to Faspex during the installation process.

Configuring a Node for Use with Faspex

Nodes do not have to run on the same platform as the Faspex server. To set up your machine to run as a node, follow the instructions pertinent to the platform of the workstation.