IBM Aspera HST Admin Manual page 168

Field Description
host The host IP address, DNS, hostname, or URL of the remote file system.
Required. The host can be specified with an IPv4 or IPv6 address. The
preferred format for IPv6 addresses is x:x:x:x:x:x:x:x, where each of
the eight x is a hexadecimal number of up to 4 hex digits. Zone IDs (for
example, %eth0) can be appended to the IPv6 address.
port The port to use for authentication to the remote file system. By default, if
the authentication type is SSH, then the SSH port for the ascp process
(the value for tcp_port in the "transport" section) is used. If the
authentication type is NODE_BASIC, 9092 is used. For Shares, IBM
Aspera Transfer Cluster Manager, or IBM Aspera on Cloud endpoints,
enter 443.
authentication How Watch Folders authenticates to the remote server. Valid values are
type SSH or NODE_BASIC.
For SSH, authenticate with a transfer user's username and password, or
specify the username and the path to their SSH private key file.
For NODE_BASIC, authenticate with a Node API username and
password, Shares credentials, or an access key ID and secret.
Sample JSON syntax for each authentication type is provided following
this table.
The username for authentication. Required. Depending on the type of
user
authentication, it is the transfer user's username, Node API username,
Shares username, or access key ID.
pass The password for authentication. Depending on the type of authentication,
it is the transfer user's password, the Node API user's password, the Shares
user's password, or the access key secret.
Required for SSH authentication if "keypath" is not specified
keypath For SSH authentication with an SSH key, the path to the transfer user's
SSH private key file.
Required for SSH authentication if "pass" is not specified
watchd identifier The daemon associated with the Watch Service that is used to monitor
the file system. Optional. Required only when you want to use a Watch
Service that is run by a user who is not associated with the Node API user
or access key. Use to specify the daemon on the remote host if it is not
xfer.
scan_period The time between file system scans of the watches (from end of one
to start of the next). These scans are independent of the snapshot
minimum interval and snapshot minimum changes to ensure that changes
are identified. To never scan (asperawatchd relies entirely on file
notifications), set to "infinite". On file systems without file notifications,
such as object storage, mounted storage (NFS), Solaris, AIX, and Isilon,
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Default
N/A
If authentication
type is SSH,
then default is
the value for
tcp_port in
the "transport"
section
(default: 22). If
authentication
type is
NODE_BASIC,
then default is
9092.
NODE_BASIC
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
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