SFTP Actions

FinalBuilder Discussion
1

Hi all,







We've added in support for SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol). The next official minor update will include these actions, but we'd like some preliminary/beta feedback on them in the meantime. The actions will also be added to Automise very soon.







The SFTP actions provide client-side functionality for SFTP (Secure File Transfer Protocol). The actions implement SSH File Transfer Protocol. It works over secure SSH channel and has nothing common with FTP protocol. SFTP works as a subsystem of SSHv2 protocol, i.e. SFTP negotiation flow is the following:







  • TCP connection is established
  • Secure SSH connection is established
  • SFTP handshake is performed over SSH channel





To add SFTP support to your project you should perform the following sequence of operations:







  1. Add a SFTP Connect action (specify address/port, authentication parameters etc.)
  2. Add TRY, FINALLY, and END actions.
  3. Under the TRY action, add SFTP actions for the tasks that you need to perform (eg. SFTP Download File, SFTP List Files, etc)
  4. Under the FINALLY action, add an SFTP Disconnect action





The SFTP actions that are available are:







  • SFTP Connect
  • SFTP Disconnect
  • SFTP Check if Connected
  • SFTP Create Directory
  • SFTP Upload Fileset
  • SFTP Upload File
  • SFTP Upload Files
  • SFTP Download File
  • SFTP Download Files
  • SFTP Remove File
  • SFTP Remove Files
  • SFTP Rename File
  • SFTP List Files
  • SFTP Query Available Space
  • SFTP Query Home Directory
  • SFTP Copy Remote File
  • SFTP Remove Directory





We would appreciate any feedback on the new set of actions, specifically we would like to hear from you what server you have tested against and what actions you have used (successfully or otherwise).







The SFTP actions are available in this build onwards:



https://www.finalbuilder.com/downloads/finalbuilder/610/FB610_995.exe



2

Has anyone been able to give these actions a spin around the block yet? We would really like some feedback :)

3

Hello,

I have found two issues sofar using FinalBuilder 6.20 (build 1019)

1. When adding a SFTP Connect action to a new FinalBuilder project the entered connection name is only available to other SFTP actions *after* the project file has been saved and reloaded.

2. It seems as if the SFTP list files action always adds a backslash to the entered remote path. The action always fails with the following error when connecting to a FreeBSD 4.10-RELEASE-p2 i386 server: 'File listing failed: No such file'

For example:

Remote Path: /

Action log shows: Listing files in: /\

Remote Path: /bin

Action logs show: Listing files in: /bin\

Remote Path: /bin/

Action logs show: Listing files in: /bin/\

Kind regards,

Gerrit Jan

4

Hi Gerrit

Sorry for the delay in replying, we’re in the process of getting a freebsd virtual machine up and running (we don’t have much unix experience here!) to try and reproduce this. I was able to reproduce the connection object issue, looking into that now.

5

Please add a setting to specify the SFTP protocol version. Some sites will only allow certain versions. Please see my full post.

6

Are you experiencing a specific issue? Not sure which full post you are referring to? If the Force V4 or higher is not set, the library we use will work with any SFTP protocol version.

Also, please don’t revive old threads for new issues, create a new one, it makes it easier for support staff to manage and easier for users to search on.