Fetches files from an FTP Server and creates FlowFiles from them
FTP, get, retrieve, files, fetch, remote, ingest, source, input
In the list below, the names of required properties appear in bold. Any other properties (not in bold) are considered optional. The table also indicates any default values, whether a property supports the NiFi Expression Language, and whether a property is considered "sensitive", meaning that its value will be encrypted. Before entering a value in a sensitive property, ensure that the nifi.properties file has an entry for the property nifi.sensitive.props.key.
| Name | Default Value | Valid Values | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hostname | The fully qualified hostname or IP address of the remote system Supports Expression Language: true | ||
| Port | 21 | The port that the remote system is listening on for file transfers | |
| Username | Username | ||
| Password | Password for the user account Sensitive Property: true | ||
| Connection Mode | Passive |
| The FTP Connection Mode |
| Transfer Mode | Binary |
| The FTP Transfer Mode |
| Remote Path | The path on the remote system from which to pull or push files Supports Expression Language: true | ||
| File Filter Regex | Provides a Java Regular Expression for filtering Filenames; if a filter is supplied, only files whose names match that Regular Expression will be fetched | ||
| Path Filter Regex | When Search Recursively is true, then only subdirectories whose path matches the given Regular Expression will be scanned | ||
| Polling Interval | 60 sec | Determines how long to wait between fetching the listing for new files | |
| Search Recursively | false |
| If true, will pull files from arbitrarily nested subdirectories; otherwise, will not traverse subdirectories |
| Ignore Dotted Files | true |
| If true, files whose names begin with a dot (".") will be ignored |
| Delete Original | true |
| Determines whether or not the file is deleted from the remote system after it has been successfully transferred |
| Connection Timeout | 30 sec | Amount of time to wait before timing out while creating a connection | |
| Data Timeout | 30 sec | Amount of time to wait before timing out while transferring data | |
| Max Selects | 100 | The maximum number of files to pull in a single connection | |
| Remote Poll Batch Size | 5000 | The value specifies how many file paths to find in a given directory on the remote system when doing a file listing. This value in general should not need to be modified but when polling against a remote system with a tremendous number of files this value can be critical. Setting this value too high can result very poor performance and setting it too low can cause the flow to be slower than normal. | |
| Use Natural Ordering | false |
| If true, will pull files in the order in which they are naturally listed; otherwise, the order in which the files will be pulled is not defined |
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
| success | All FlowFiles that are received are routed to success |