MFT Internet Server

MFT Internet Server is the TIBCO® Managed File Transfer Internet Server   product.

MFT Internet Server is the file transfer component. MFT Internet Server supports many open protocols, and it also supports the Platform Server protocol. MFT Internet Server has an administrative component that allows you to configure all of the parameters (users, servers, transfers) to allow file transfers to execute. For additional capabilities, you can install MFT Command Center.

MFT Internet Server can be installed in the DMZ or in the internal network; when executing in the DMZ, you must disable the administrative capability because it allows you to configure Internet Server transfers.

Think of MFT Internet Server as a protocol converter. Here is an example:

• File Upload

  An SFTP client connects to MFT Internet Server to upload a file. The MFT Internet Server is configured to send the file to a target MFT Platform Server:

  SFTP --> Internet Server --> Platform Server for Linux

  As MFT Internet Server receives packets from the SFTP client, it converts the packets to the Platform Server protocol and sends the packets to the MFT Platform Server. All of this is done in a streaming mode. Packets are not written to a disk file; the file can be sent directly to the location where the data is processed.

• File Download

  An HTTP client connects to MFT Internet Server to download a file. The MFT Internet Server is configured to receive the file from a target FTPS Server:

  HTTPS <-- Internet Server <-- FTPS Server

  As MFT Internet Server receives packets from the FTPS Server, it converts the packets to the HTTPS protocol and sends the packets to the HTTPS client. All of this is done in a streaming mode. Packets are not written to a disk file; the file can be sent directly from the location where the file is stored.

  Note: For any recent changes in MFT Internet Server, see also the latest version of TIBCO® Managed File Transfer Internet Server - Managed File Transfer Overview.