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How To Use DropBox As Cloud Storage For Your MFT Server

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

Last time, we taught you how to configure JSCAPE MFT Server so that files uploaded via FTPS, SFTP, HTTPS, and other file transfer services can be stored in the Box cloud storage solution. This would allow you to take advantage of the scalability, high availability and cost efficiency of the cloud infrastructure. But if you're more familiar with DropBox and want to use it for this purpose, you can do that as well.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Videos, Tutorials

How To Use Box As Cloud Storage For Your MFT Server

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

A file transfer server that stores user files in cloud storage solutions has many advantages. This would mean, your storage would be more scalable, highly available, cost-efficient, and secure. JSCAPE MFT Server easily integrates with several cloud storage solutions like AWS S3, Azure Files, Google Storage, Box, DropBox, and IBM Cloud, so that when users transfer files to it via FTPS, SFTP, AS2, HTTPS, and so on, those files will be stored directly into one of these cloud storage solutions.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Videos, Tutorials

How To Schedule Automated File Uploads From Your Server To Box Cloud Storage

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The ability to transfer files automatically to a cloud-based storage solution like Box.com can be a valuable asset to businesses who want to benefit from the scalability and cost-efficiency of the cloud or who simply need to transfer data to a trading partner's online storage. In this post, we'll teach you how to configure JSCAPE MFT Server to carry out scheduled automated file uploads to Box.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Videos, Tutorials, Triggers

How To Install MFT Synchronizer Agent on Windows | JSCAPE

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to install JSCAPE MFT Synchronizer Agent on a Windows host. Agents are used in cases wherein the remote host that you would like to synchronize with your host via JSCAPE MFT Synchronizer doesn’t have any running file transfer service whatsoever. So, there’s no FTPS, no SFTP, not even, plain FTP, or any other file transfer protocol for that matter.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Tutorials

How To Append a TimeStamp To Each File Downloaded From Another Server

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

Overview

Whenever we download files from an external server on a regular basis, we often like to rename each file so that they follow a certain format. This would make it easier for us to group, sort or manage them whenever the need arises. One common practice is to append a timestamp at the end of the filename. This article will teach you how to automate the entire process using JSCAPE MFT Server Triggers.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Tutorials, Triggers

How To Do an iPad or iPhone File Transfer

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Overview

In this tutorial, I'll show you how to carry out file transfers between an iPhone or iPad and JSCAPE MFT Server. This capability is ideal for organizations who have adopted some form of BYOD policy and want to establish secure backups and file transfers between iOS mobile devices and a company-owned server.

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Topics: Ad-Hoc File Transfers, JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, File Transfer Clients, Tutorials, Secure File Transfer

Scheduling an Automated File Transfer for Files Matching a Regex

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

One of the reasons why our clients love Triggers is because this feature makes it so easy to set up unmanned, automated file transfers that run overnight or over the weekend. But sometimes, you'll want to specify more than just a schedule. One particular client, for example, wanted to restrict a scheduled download to a certain set of files, which he wanted to specify using a regular expression or regex. This post details the steps we recommended for him to achieve that.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Tutorials, Triggers, FTPS

How to Apply a Digital Signature on AS2 MDNs | JSCAPE

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

To ensure non-repudiation of AS2 receipts, you need to affix digital signatures to your AS2 Message Disposition Notifications or MDNs. We'll teach you how to do that in this post.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Secure File Transfer, AS2

AS2 Message Tutorial on Applying Digital Signatures

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Overview

As promised in our last post, we'll be teaching you how to set up your AS2 Server to use digital signatures when sending AS2 messages. Let's dive into the digital signature tutorial now.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Tutorials, AS2

Applying AS2 Encryption

Updated by John Carl Villanueva on

Overview

If your AS2 connection already runs over HTTPS, your EDI messages should already be protected by the data-in-motion encryption that comes with SSL/TLS. But what if you want an added layer of security or if you're somehow only using HTTP and want to encrypt your transmission? You'll need something like this.

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Topics: JSCAPE MFT, Managed File Transfer, Business Process Automation, Tutorials, Secure File Transfer, AS2

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