FTP Connection

[Former Member]

Hi Experts,

I have two questions.

1. What are setting needs to be done for the XI to establish a FTP connection outside the network.

I am aware of configuring the FTP File adapter https://www.sdn.sap.com/irj/sdn/weblogs?blog=/pub/wlg/4120. [original link is broken] [original link is broken] [original link is broken]

However usually the FTP connection outside the network encounters the firewall issues. Please can you share you inputs on this one.

2. Is it possible to establish a SFTP connection in XI.

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

you need to resolve port issues when passing through firewalls! Otherwise it is just standard host and user password.

Seeburger to an SFTP adapter, but SAP XI only does FTPS as standard

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Barry,

Thanks for you input.

Great if u can be more specific on the port issues that u are taking about.

Bcz I configured the FTP server as specified in sabarish blog, however that failed communicating with the XI.

How this can be resolved..?

[Former Member · Accepted solution]

Just to make sure that port has an open connection through the firewall!

Normally then can be closed off and different ones are used!

You can always extend the tracefile to see where the issues are...

log onto Java Visual ADmin...

 Services

 Log Configurator

 Locations

 Choose the location (Java package) and the tracing level (severity)

(for example, com.sap.aii.adapter.file)

 Root Location > com > sap > aii > File

 Set the severity and choose Copy Severity to Subtree.

The version of the J2EE Visual Administrator Tool is important here (if it does not correspond to the relevant J2EE Engine, an empty location tree may be display). You can check the version of the Visual Administrator under

/usr/sap/<SID>/JC<number>/j2ee/admin/cfg

Reset tracing after analysis is complete.

[Former Member]

Saravana,

I have faced these issues.

The network issues is resolved by the network guys.

You need to make your home Network Admin and lagacy Network admin

to do the necesssary address translation and open the ports for your ftp ip address.

Once this is done it will run seamlessly.

SFTP is not supported in XI.

What you can do is you can call SFTP from External OS Command

Coz the native OS of XI will be Unix/ Windows/ ... Most of it have SFTP functionality..

So you can make use of it..