Easily push files to Amazon S3 using our Sync feature for Hosted~FTP~ Enterprise T2 and above accounts. By following rules you setup in the Sync process, you can have specified user directories sync towards your S3 server to: upload, move, delete, or upload and move files automatically. This article will cover how to setup a Sync to S3 process.
2. The Sync tab shows you a list of your existing Sync processes for you to easily manage. Click on the Add button to setup and create a new Sync process.
3. See table below for details on setting up each field
Name | Name of the Sync process |
Actions | Select what you want the Sync process to do: Upload, Move, Delete, Upload + Move.
For this use case, please select Upload |
Source | The source of where the data is located to sync.
For this use case, please select Hosted~FTP~ |
User+ | Use a * to include all users, or place specific usernames separated by a space (i.e. username1 username2) |
User- | Place usernames in this field to exclude them from the sync process |
Path+ | Use a * to include all paths, or place specific paths separated by a space (i.e. //Folder1/SubFolder1/.* //Folder1/SubFolder2/.*)
Note: /.* is required to pull all data from the target path Example in Path+ (does not include subfolders) to filter for a specific file extension: //prod/Folder1/Subfolder1/[^/]*\.csv Example in Path+ (folders with spaces) to include all files and subfolders underneath target folder: //prod/Folder\s1/Subfolder\s1/.* Example in Path+ (does include subfolders) to filter for a specific file extension: //prod/Folder1/Subfolder1/.*\.csv Example in Path+ to include all files and subfolders underneath target folder: //prod/Folder1/Subfolder1/.* |
Path- | Place paths in this field to exclude them from the sync process |
Target | The source of where you will sync the data into.
For this use case, please select AWS S3 |
Access Key | Access key provided by your AWS S3 |
Secret Access Key | The secret access key for the AWS S3 |
Bucket Name | Input field for the password or private key |
Folder | The designated folder to apply the sync process. |
Javascript | Additional Javascript commands that can be included. (Reach out to our support team for assistance) |
4. Manage the Options if required:
Options: | To have the sync process run fully, all options must be enabled. |
Active | Turns the sync process on or off after being created |
Accept | Accepts additions to the process |
Process | Disabling this option queues up the sync but does not process. For the sync to process, this must be enabled |
5. Click Save to create the sync process. If all options are enabled (by default), the sync will run in the background every time uploaded data meets the rules.