Adding File Storage on your Remote Server

IBM Aspera Faspex on Demand v3.X supports remote file storage, which means that senders can create packages with files that are stored on another server, as well as on their local machines. Before v3.X, senders were only able to browse their local machine for files to send through Faspex. Remote file storage can also be used for inboxes, i.e., locations where packages can be received.

Note: Only registered Faspex users (i.e., those you have created accounts for within Faspex or imported from DS) can browse remote file storage. Outside senders are not permitted to access remote file storage. Additionally, every registered Faspex user can access all file storage (meaning that you cannot limit file storage access to certain registrants); however, a registered Faspex user cannot send from remote sources unless their account is configured with Create packages from remote sources enabled and their permission settings give them access to the source.

You can add file storage to a node in either of two ways:
- When you originally create the node (see Configuring a Remote Server in Faspex) click Create and Add File Storage.
- Click the down-arrow icon in front of the name of an existing node and select Add File Storage.
Either choice opens the New File Storage dialog which lets you browse for and select the file-storage directory.
Click Browse... and select a directory in the resulting pop-up window.
Directory "/" means the docroot, not the root of the server node's file system.

Here, you have several options:
- You can perform a simple search for a directory by entering it into the name field and clicking Search.
- You can perform an advanced search by clicking the Show Filters link, and entering your criteria.
- You can sort the directory list by type, size, size descending, last modified, and last modified descending.
- You can select a radio button next to the directory that you would like to be the share. After clicking the radio button, click Select.
Important: You will only be able to browse within the docroot that was associated with your transfer service user and API username.
Click Create File Storage.
You should now see your node and file storage listed on the File Storage page.

For each node, the display shows its name and its status (active or error). The Active and Error links provide more detail on status. The display indicates which location is the current default inbox, and the permission level for access to sources in that location (private, public, or limited). By default, source directories are created with the private level.
Configure File Storage settings.
You can configure read permissions and transfer rate limitations of your file storage from the Faspex web UI by selecting the dropdown arrow next to the file storage's name and selecting Edit.

Refer to Configure File Storage for more details on each configuration option.
Set an inbox to the default.
In a fresh install, the default inbox is packages. You can change the default inbox to any file storage directory on an active node by clicking one of the option buttons in the Default Inbox column. If the node's connection status is Error, the option button will be grayed out and not selectable.
When you are finished, click Update at the bottom of the display to save your selection.