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IBM Aspera HST Speed Transfer Server manual available for free PDF download: Admin Manual
IBM Aspera HST Admin Manual (353 pages)
High-Speed Transfer Server
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IBM
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Server
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Table of Contents
Table of Contents
2
Introduction
7
What's New
9
Get Started with an Aspera Transfer Server
9
Get Started as a Transfer Client
10
Comparison of Aspera File Delivery and Synchronization Tools
11
Installation and Upgrades
13
Requirements
13
Installing HST Server
14
Configuring the Firewall
15
Securing Your SSH Server
16
Changing and Securing the TCP Port
17
Configuring Transfer Server Authentication with the Host-Key Fingerprint
19
Testing a Locally Initiated Transfer
20
Updating the Product License
21
Uninstalling
21
Set up the HST Server Web UI
22
Configuring the Apache Server to Host the HST Server Web UI
22
Configuring Your Web UI Settings
25
Customize the Appearance of the Web UI
27
Testing the Web UI
27
Configuring HTTP and HTTPS Fallback
29
Server Set up Methods
33
Set up Users and Groups
33
Setting up Transfer Users
33
Setting up Transfer Groups
35
Configuration Precedence
38
Setting up a User's Public Key on the Server
38
Testing a User-Initiated Remote Transfer
39
Configure the Server from the Command Line
40
Aspera.conf - Authorization Configuration
40
Aspera.conf - Transfer Configuration
42
Controlling Bandwidth Usage with Virtual Links (Command Line)
58
Global Bandwidth Settings (Command Line)
61
Increasing Transfer Performance by Using an RTT Predictor
62
Aspera.conf - File System Configuration
63
Aspera.conf - Transfer Server Configuration
69
Aspera.conf - Filters to Include and Exclude Files
71
Server-Side Encryption-At-Rest (EAR)
74
Reporting Checksums
75
Server Logging Configuration for Ascp and Ascp 4
78
Out-Of-Transfer File Validation
80
Inline File Validation
83
Inline File Validation with URI
85
Inline File Validation with Lua Script
87
File Pre- and Post-Processing (Prepost)
90
Setting up Pre/Post Processing
90
Pre/Post Variables
91
Pre/Post Script Examples
93
Email Notifications
95
Setting up Email Notifications
95
Email Notification Examples
97
Ascp: Transferring from the Command Line with Ascp
99
Ascp Command Reference
99
Ascp General Examples
114
Ascp File Manipulation Examples
116
Ascp Transfers with Object Storage and HDFS
118
Transfers with IBM Aspera on Demand and Cloud-Based HST Servers
118
Writing Custom Metadata for Objects in Object Storage
120
Multi-Session Transfers
121
Using Standard I/O as the Source or Destination
122
Using Filters to Include and Exclude Files
126
Symbolic Link Handling
132
Creating SSH Keys
133
Reporting Checksums
134
Client-Side Encryption-At-Rest (EAR)
137
Comparison of Ascp and Ascp 4 Options
138
Ascp Faqs
141
Ascp4: Transferring from the Command Line with Ascp 4
144
Introduction to Ascp 4
144
Ascp 4 Command Reference
144
Ascp 4 Transfers with Object Storage
152
Ascp 4 Examples
153
Built-In I/O Providers
153
Data Streaming Command Syntax
154
Ascp 4 Data Streaming Examples
156
Configuring Macos Server for Multicast Streams
157
Troubleshooting Stream Transfers
158
Watch Folders and the Aspera Watch Service
159
Introduction to Watch Folders and the Aspera Watch Service
159
Choosing User Accounts to Run Watch Folder Services
160
Creating, Managing, and Configuring Services
161
Watch Folders
164
Getting Started with Watch Folders
164
Creating a Push Watch Folder with Aswatchfolderadmin
165
Creating a Pull Watch Folder with Aswatchfolderadmin
170
Watch Folder Service Configuration
174
Watch Folder JSON Configuration File Reference
175
Managing Watch Folders with Aswatchfolderadmin
193
Configuring Linux for Many Watch Folders
194
Creating a Push Watch Folder with the API
195
Creating a Pull Watch Folder with the API
199
Managing Watch Folders with the API
203
Configuring Custom Watch Folder Permissions Policies
207
Updating the Docroot or Restriction of a Running Watch Folder Service
210
The Aspera Watch Service
211
Starting Aspera Watch Services and Creating Watches
211
Watch Service Configuration
213
Setting Custom Watch Scan Periods
215
Managing Watch Subscriptions
215
Transferring and Deleting Files with the Aspera Watch Service
216
Aspera Sync
218
Introduction
218
Overview
218
Synchronization and Direction Modes
220
Aspera Sync FAQ
221
Aspera Sync Set up
222
Configuring Aspera Sync Endpoints
222
Viewing Aspera Sync Transfers in the Aspera GUI
226
Symbolic Link Handling
227
The Aspera Sync Database
228
Running Async
230
Composing an Async Session
230
Async Command Reference
234
Examples of Async Commands and Output
247
Include and Exclude Filtering Rules
248
Filtering Examples
252
Bidirectional Example
253
Synchronizing with AWS S3 Storage
253
Writing Custom Metadata for Objects in Object Storage
255
Aspera Sync with Basic Token Authorization
256
Using the Aspera Watch Service with Aspera Sync
257
Starting Aspera Watch Services and Creating Watches
257
Starting the Aspera Watch Service
259
Watch Service Configuration
259
Aspera Sync with Aspera Watch Service Session Examples
261
Aspera Sync Monitoring and Logging
262
Asyncadmin Command-Line Options
262
Logging
264
Troubleshooting Aspera Sync
264
Troubleshooting General Aspera Sync Errors
264
Troubleshooting Continuous Aspera Sync Errors
266
Resolving Bidirectional Aspera Sync File Conflicts
267
Appendix
268
Hardlinks
268
Creating SSH Keys
269
Rsync Vs. Async Uni-Directional Example
269
Configuring for Other Aspera Products
271
Set up HST Server for Node API
272
Overview: Aspera Node API
272
Node API Setup
272
Node Admin Tool
275
Configuring the IBM Aspera Noded Service
277
Securing the Node Service Behind a Proxy
281
Backing up and Restoring the Node User Database Records
282
Backing up and Restoring Access Keys (Tenant Data)
282
Backing up and Restoring a Node Database
283
Setting up SSL for Your Nodes
284
Installing SSL Certificates
286
Authentication and Authorization
289
Introduction to Aspera Authentication and Authorization
289
Require Token Authorization: Set from the Command Line
290
Transfer Token Creation (Node API)
291
Transfer Token Generation (Astokengen)
293
Access Key Authentication
296
Basic Tokens
304
Bearer Tokens
305
Highly-Available Redis Backend for an HST Server Cluster
306
Introduction
306
Requirements
307
Setup and Configuration
307
Start and Test the Cluster
310
Redis Sentinel Operation
311
Logging
311
Asconfigurator Reference
311
The Asconfigurator Utility
311
Syntax and Usage
311
Examples
313
Reading Output
314
User, Group and Default Configurations
315
Trunk (Vlink) Configurations
321
Central Server Configurations
321
HTTP Server Configurations
322
Database Configurations
324
Server Configurations
325
Client Configurations
329
Troubleshooting
329
Clients Can't Establish Connection
329
Error: Session Timeout During Ascp Transfers
331
Node API Transfers of Many Small Files Fails
332
Logs Overwritten before Transfer Completes
332
Disabling Selinux
332
Appendix
333
Restarting Aspera Services
333
Docroot Vs. File Restriction
334
Aspera Ecosystem Security Best Practices
335
Securing the Systems that Run Aspera Software
335
Securing the Aspera Applications
338
Securing Content in Your Workflow
341
Testing and Optimizing Transfer Performance
343
Create an SSL Certificate (Apache)
345
Enable SSL (Apache)
347
Log Files
348
Preserving IBM Spectrum Scale Acls of Transferred Files
352
Product Limitations
352
Technical Support
353
Legal Notice
353
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