Configuring an SFTP Resource

To add an SFTP connection resource:

1. Navigate to the Resources folder of the application for which you want to configure the SFTP connection resource. Right-click and select Add Resource. The Configure New Resource modal appears.

2. Select SFTP Connection as the connection type and click Save. Your resource is now created, and you can configure it as appropriate.

3. To configure a resource, click on it.

Here's a table that lists out details associated with each of the fields in the ABS Connection Configuration panel. This panel has two tabs, Configuration and Advanced.

Basic Configuration Details

Field	Required	Content Type	Description	Example
Name	Required	String	A unique identifier for the SFTP configuration. This name will be used across the application to identify this specific storage account.	DailySalesSFTP
Description	Optional	String	Optional notes or context about the configuration.	Account used to connect to the sales server to upload daily reports.
Host	Required	String	The hostname or IP address of the SFTP server.	sftp.salesdata.com
Port	Required	Number (Integer)	The port used for the SFTP connection. Default is usually 22.	22
User	Required	String	The username used to authenticate with the SFTP server.	sales_uploader
Authentication Type	Required	String	Choose the method of authentication: SSH Key or Password.	SSH
SSH Key	Required if SSH is the authentication type selected.	Text (Multi-line)	The private SSH key used for authentication, typically in PEM format.	-----BEGIN OPENSSH PRIVATE KEY----- ...
Password	Required if Password is the authentication type selected.	String	The password required to log into the SFTP server.	NA

Advanced Configuration Details

Field	Required	Content Type	Description	Example
Timeout	Optional	Number (Seconds)	Maximum time to wait for the full file transfer operation to complete.	120
Connection Timeout	Optional	Number (Seconds)	Time to wait while establishing the SFTP connection before failing.	30
Host Verification	Optional	String	Specifies how the server’s identity is verified during connection: None: No host verification (not recommended). Host Key: Validates against a known SSH host key. Displays the Host Key field. Host Key Fingerprint: Validates using a specific key fingerprint. Displays the Fingerprint field.	Host Key
Host Key	Required if Host Key is selected as the method for host verification.	Text (SSH Key)	The full public SSH host key of the server to verify against.	ssh-rsa AAAAB3NzaC1yc2EAAAABIwAAAQEA7...
Host Key Fingerprint	Required if Host Key Fingerprint is selected as the method for host verification.	Text (String)	The expected fingerprint of the server’s host key (SHA256, MD5, etc.).	SHA256:AbCdEfGhIjKlMnOpQrStUvWxYz1234567890==