Cloud Storage Provider

Location: Available from the File Servers Window

Version Compatibility: Server version 5.0 or later Console version 5.0 or later.

The Cloud Storage Provider Properties window contains the settings used to connect to a cloud storage provider.

Property Pages

Authorization Settings

The Authorization Settings page contains information used to connect to the cloud storage provider. The settings will depend on the authorization method used by the cloud provider:

OAuth Authorization

If the cloud provider uses OAuth for authorization, click the Authorize button to launch your default Web browser, which will take you to a login and authorization page for the provider. Here you must log in to the service and authorize adTempus to connect to your account. Once you have done this, adTempus saves an access token that allows it to connect to your account without knowing your user ID and password. You can revoke access to adTempus at any time from your account with the storage provider.

App Registration6.0Server version 6.0 or later
Console version 6.0 or later

Click the App Registration button to open the App Registration window, where you can specify the application registration used to connect to the provider. By default adTempus uses its own application registration. For providers for which adTempus does not have an application registration you must register your own application with the provider and enter its client ID and secret before you can authorize.

For Microsoft providers (OneDrive and SharePoint), you can also use the App Registration window to specify the tenant for your organization.

If you change the application registration after authorizing, you must click Reauthorize to authorize access again.

Explicit Credentials

If the cloud provider does not use OAuth for authorization, you will enter explicit credentials to connect to the account. (a user ID and password, an account name and secret key, etc.

Proxy

If adTempus needs to go through a proxy server to connect to the file server, specify the proxy information here.

Proxy Type

Select the type of proxy server:

  • None (no proxy server is used)
  • HTTP
  • SOCKS4
  • SOCKS5
  • FTP
  • SSH (tunnel through an SSH server)

Server Address

Enter the DNS name or address of the proxy server.

Port

Enter the port to connect to on the proxy server.

Authentication Type

Select the type of authentication that the proxy server uses, and enter the user ID and password if needed.

The supported authentication types for HTTP proxies are:

  • Basic
  • NTLM

The supported authentication types for FTP proxies are:

  • Automatic. adTempus will attempt to determine the correct authentication type
  • SITE host
  • USER user@host
  • USER with login
  • USER/PASS/ACCT
  • OPEN host

The supported authentication types for SSH tunnels are:

  • User ID and Password. Enter the user ID and password for the account.

  • User ID and Private Key. Enter the user ID for the account.

    Then select the file that contains your private key (provided by the server administrator). adTempus supports private keys in OpenSSH format (file extension .pem) or PuTTY format (file extension .ppk). Once you have selected the file, the contents are saved in adTempus and the original file is no longer needed by adTempus.

    If the private key file is encrypted, you must enter the private key password when you import the key.

  • User ID, Password, and Private Key. Enter all user ID, password, and private key information as described for the two options above.

Expected host key fingerprint

To have adTempus confirm the identity of the SSH server on each connection, enter the host key fingerprint for the server. If no fingerprint is specified, adTempus will not validate the server's identity. The easiest way to obtain the key fingerprint is to use the Test button to validate the connection. When you do this, adTempus will show you the key fingerprint and prompt you to save it for future validation.

Options

Preserve timestamp on download6.0Server version 6.0 or later
Console version 6.0 or later

When this option is checked, adTempus will attempt to preserve each file's timestamp when downloading files. If the option is not checked, adTempus will set the timestamp to the current date/time. This option can also be set for individual File Transfer tasks.

Notes

Enter an optional description or notes for this provider.

Security

The Security page contains a standard Security Editor used to managed permissions for this server definition.

Test

When you click the Test button adTempus will attempt to connect to the storage provider using the settings you have provided.

Related Concepts

File Service Provider