How To Use FTPS For Azure Blob Storage
It is now possible to share file/folder from Azure Blob storage using FTPS in NirvaShare. Users can use any of the FTP client to access the shared files/folders using secure connection.
Prerequisites
In order to enable Azure Blob file sharing using FTPS you should ensure that NirvaShare is installed in your system environment either manually or from Market Place.
To configure the storage, please refer to the documentation below.
Installing FTPS Service
FTPS service has to be installed manually because it is not part of default NirvaShare installation. To install FTPS service, refer to below link
Configuring FTPS Service
Before using FTPS for Azure Blob file sharing, the built- in FTP server in NirvaShare has to be configured. The following document will help in configuring the same.
FTPS Login Profile
In order to create a Login Profile in NirvaShare, you can make use of the following steps.
- Log in to the Admin console of NirvaShare as an administrator.
- Click on Login Profile from the left menu of the admin console.
- Click on CREATE button from the top right corner.
- Under the Basic Info tab, provide a name for the Login Profile Name and an optional description.
- For the Authentication, select FTP(S).
Settings
- Click on the Settings tab.
- (Optional) To restrict access to only certain white listed IP address or a range, please refer to Access Restriction with IP Address
- Choose the language in the Language field. By default it is set to English.
- While accessing this share, a welcome message can be displayed to the user. Please refer to Welcome Message for the Share
- Click on CREATE button to create the Login Profile.
Shares
At this stage, we can use FTPS with Azure Blob files. To do this, we can create a folder Share to share Azure blob files. Refer to the documentation below to create new Shares from Storage. During the Share configuration, ensure that you select the login profile created in the above section for FTPS. You can also create one or more shares and assign the same login profile.
Creating FTP Users
Users are those users who just need access to files but do not necessarily need admin privileges like managing shares, login profiles, etc. Access users like employees, customers, partners, etc. can only perform file actions such as download, upload, delete, etc. based on the permission given to them.
- Click on Users from the left menu of the admin console.
- To create a new User click on CREATE button on the top right corner.
- Provide Username and Email Id.
- Select the authentication method as FTP(S) and select a login profile from the dropdown.
- Enable Active
- Click on CREATE USER.
At any point, login profile and other user information can be changed by editing the user. To set a new password, please check HERE
FTPS Client
FTPS Client is a software that is required by the computer to communicate with the FTPS server. There are many popular clients, such as FileZilla, Win SCP, Coffee Cup etc. that can facilitate efficient file transfers.
- Once configured, you can use any FTPS client like Filezilla and connect to the server using the host name.
- In order to know the host name, edit the ftps login profile created above.
- Click on the Settings tab to know the host name.
- Connect using port no. 21
- Provide a user name and password to connect with the FTPS client.
