Common Configuration Parameters

The following table lists parameters used to configure for all transfer requests.

Parameter Description
SecurityPolicy Defines whether TIBCO MFT Platform Server complies with any security policy on send and receive transfers.
  • HIPAA: this setting requires TIBCO MFT Platform Server to comply with HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) standards. The standards require all file transfers to use encryption key length that is 128 bits or greater.
  • FIPS140: this setting requires TIBCO MFT Platform Server to comply with FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard). This requires that all file transfers to use SSL with an encryption type of Rijndael (AES) which uses a key length of 256 bits. This is a Government standard that certifies cryptographic modules used for the protection of sensitive but unclassified information and communications in electronic commerce within a security system.
  • None: no security policy is enforced on TIBCO MFT Platform Server.
Note: If you initiate a transfer using DES encryption, which is not allowed for either HIPAA or FIPS-140, the encryption is overridden with a certified encryption method. If you are using HIPAA, a prompted message is displayed informing you the encryption is changed to Blowfish Long. If you are using FIPS-140, you receive a prompted message informing you the encryption is changed to Rijndael (AES).
LogEventFileName Defines the name of the file that holds the initiator log file.

By default, the log file is located in the $CFROOT/log directory. Ensure that the directory exists before you change the name of the log directory.

AuditTempErrors Defines whether all transfer attempts or only the final attempt is logged.
SemaphoreKey Defines the key used to create a semaphore.

If there are several transfers going on simultaneously, the output statements from different transactions can overwrite each other. This situation can be prevented by using a semaphore that synchronizes access to the log file.

The valid values are decimal numbers between 1 and 2147483647 or hexadecimal numbers between 0x00000001 and 0x7fffffff. Hexadecimal numbers must be prefixed with 0x.
Note: The default value 0x07e9368b cannot be changed unless instructed by TIBCO technical support.
SMTPServer Defines the name of the email server that is used to send out email notifications.
FromAddress Defines the value of the From Name field in the email notification.
Subject Defines the Subject line of the email notification.

The maximum length of the defined value is 256 characters.

CfgPostProc Defines the name of the file that holds the post processing configuration.

For more information, see Configured Post Processing.

AccessControlConfig Defines the path to the AccessControl.cfg in the MFTPS_install/config directory.

You can change the default directory for a file based on the USERID, NODE or IPADDR parameters on responder transfer requests only.

For more information, see Access Control.
AliasConfig Defines the path to the CfAlias.cfg file in the MFTPS_install/config directory.

You can use an alias file name based on the USERID, NODE or IPADDR parameters for responder transfer requests only.

For more information, see CfAlias.

AdminGroup Defines the group name that holds users who can configure nodes, profiles, and responder profiles, as well as view audit records from all users.
BrowseGroup Defines the group name that holds users who can view audit records from all users.
Note: Users who are not in the specified browse group can only view transactions that they conducted.
TransferGroup Defines the group name that holds users who can conduct platform to platform file transfers initiated from Command Center.
Note: If this group does not exist and a transfer request comes in from Command Center, the transfer can succeed based on the node configurations for the Command Center. If the group does exist and the end user account being used for a file transfer initiated from Command Center is not a member, the transfer fails.
LogDirectoryTransfers Defines whether to log cfdir requests when doing directory transfers.

The valid values are Y, N or Errors. The default value is Y. Errors means the cfdir request is logged only when an error occurs.

Encode Defines whether to convert local and remote file names.

The valid values are N or a non-UTF8 code page. The default value is N.

If Encode is defined, local and remote file names are converted.
  • When initiating a transfer, the file names are converted from native encoding to UTF-8.
  • When responding to a transfer request, the file names are converted from UTF-8 to native encoding.