Location Connection for File, FTP, SFTP

This section describes the connection details required for creating File / FTP / SFTP location in Fivetran Local Data Processing. For information about the pre-requisites, access privileges, and other configuration requirements for creating File / FTP / SFTP location, see .

Field	Description	Equivalent Location Property
PROTOCOL	Protocol for connecting Local Data Processing to the file server. Available options are: Local default SFTP FTPS (FTP with implicit SSL/TLS encryption) FTP (FTP with optional SSL/TLS encryption)
DIRECTORY	Directory path where the files are replicated to or captured from.
ENCRYPTION	Encryption type used for connecting Local Data Processing to the file server. This field is displayed only if PROTOCOL is set to FTP (FTP with optional SSL/TLS encryption). Available options are: No encryption default SSL Explicit encryption TLS Explicit encryption
HOST	Hostname or IP-address of the server on which the file server is running.
PORT	Port number on which the file server is expecting connections.
USER	Username for connecting Local Data Processing to the file server.
PASSWORD	Password of the USER.

Advanced Settings

Field	Description	Equivalent Location Property
PROXY	Show/Hide the connection parameters for proxy server, which is used for connecting Local Data Processing to the file server.
PROXY PROTOCOL	Protocol for the proxy server host used for connecting Local Data Processing to the file server . Available options are: HTTP SOCKS4 SOCKS4A SOCKS5 SOCKS5H
PROXY HOST	Host name of the proxy server used for connecting Local Data Processing to the file server .
PROXY PORT	Port number for the proxy server host used for connecting Local Data Processing to the file server .
PROXY USER	Username for the proxy server host used for connecting Local Data Processing to the file server .
PROXY PASSWORD	Password for the PROXY USER.