FTP Fetchers¶

You can use an FTP fetcher to set up an FTP client in LogPoint to pull the data available in the remote FTP server.

1. Go to Configure >> Built-in Collectors/Fetchers >> FTP Fetchers.

2. Select the LogPoint instances where you want to configure the FTP fetcher.

3. Click Next.

   

   Configuring the FTP Fetcher¶

4. Enter a Username for the user on the FTP server.

5. Select a Processing Policy.

6. Select a Parser.

7. Select an encoding format from the Charset drop-down.

8. Enter the Fetch Interval time in minutes.

9. Enter the Filename Pattern. The pattern applies to the path beyond the base directory.

10. Under Old Logs, select On to forward the old logs or Off if you do not want to forward the old logs.

11. Enter a valid Password of the FTP server’s user.

12. Enter the Port number on which the FTP service is running. The default port for FTP is 21.

13. Enter the Remote Path.

14. You can either configure the FTP fetcher to a device or a log collection policy.

    • If you select Device, select all the devices where you want to configure the fetcher.

      Note

      For multiple LogPoint instances, you can select the devices used by the selected LogPoint instances only.

    • If you select Log Collection Policy, select all the log collection policies where you want to configure the fetcher.

15. Click Next.

    

    Confirming the Changes¶

16. Review your changes. You can go Back to make any changes if necessary.

    Note

    Click Download Report to save the summary of the task in PDF.

17. Click Finish.

18. Click OK.