Your clients rely on the availability of your FTP (File Transfer Protocol) and SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol) to download files from your server to their computer. The FTP and SFTP monitor types check the availability of your servers and report any down time. Your options vary based on your choice of FTP or SFTP monitor type.
What actions can I perform with an FTP Monitor?
The basic FTP monitor checks for:
- Availability and speed
By selecting the Load time check boxes on the Error conditions tab you can verify that your FTP server is responding quickly to user requests. - Perform basic server authentication
Verify that your basic authentication process works properly by providing a Username and Password on the Advanced tab.
What actions can I perform with an SFTP Monitor?
The SFTP monitor uses an encrypted connection to perform the file transfer. The SFTP monitor gives a broader range of testing options than the FTP monitor type. The SFTP monitor can perform various actions. Using the Advanced tab choose from:
- Connect to an SFTP server with a username and password
The monitor will connect to the SFTP server with the username and password that you specify. The monitor will report an error when the server is not available or if an error occurs during login. - Test if a file on the SFTP server exists
In this mode, the monitor first connects to the SFTP server, and then the monitor verifies if a specific file exists on the server. - Test if a file on the SFTP server does not exist
Sometimes you may want to monitor if a specific file does not exist on the SFTP server. You can select this action in the SFTP monitor properties. - Download a file from the SFTP server
In this mode, the monitor will first connect to the SFTP server, verify if a specific files exists on the server, and then download the file. The maximum download file size is 1MB.