Configuring an FTP Server to Use the ContentStore

Configure an FTP server to write data to the ContentStore. Your configuration steps depend on the ftp server that you use.

Before You Begin

Configure an FTP server.

Procedure

1. Create a Hybrid File Store.

2. Mount the Hybrid File Store in the ftp server host home path.

   Example

   In the example, the IP address of the ftp server is 192.168.42.213 and the name of the Hybrid File Store is nsfmount.

   mount 192.168.42.213:/home_path /home/user/nfsmount -o vers=4

3. Configure the ftp root directory to point to the Hybrid File Store.

   You can access the Hybrid File Store, by using the following: ftp://ftp_server_ip_address/hybrid_file_store.

   Example

   In this example, the IP address of the ftp server is 192.168.42.213 and the name of the Hybrid File Store is nsfmount.

   ftp://192.168.42.213/nfsmount