Configuring Ftp Reverse Proxy; Setting Ftp Mapping Rules; Enabling Ftp Reverse Proxy; To Set Ftp Mapping Rules - HP P4535A - Web Cache Server Appliance Administrator's Manual

Chapter 5

Configuring FTP Reverse Proxy

To use FTP reverse proxy, you must:
Set FTP mapping rules in the
page 40.)
Enable the FTP reverse proxy option. (Refer to
As an optional configuration step, you can modify FTP options (for example, you can change the FTP
connection mode and inactivity timeouts). (Refer to

Setting FTP Mapping Rules

You must set FTP mapping rules so that Traffic Server can direct any incoming FTP requests to the FTP server
if the requested document is a cache miss or is stale. You set FTP mapping rules in the
file.

To set FTP mapping rules:

1. Telnet into the HP web cache appliance and select Shell Access as described in
Methods‚ on page
2. Open the
ftp_remap.config
3. Enter one mapping rule per line in the following format:
Traffic_Server_ipaddress:port
ftp_Server_ipaddress:port
where:
Traffic_Server_ipaddress
ftp_Server_ipaddress
FTP requests.
NOTE
4. Save and close the
5. Run the following command to apply the configuration changes.
traffic_line -x

Enabling FTP Reverse Proxy

You enable the FTP reverse proxy option by editing the

To enable FTP reverse proxy:

1. Telnet into the HP web cache appliance and select Shell Access as described in
Methods‚ on page
2. Open the
records.config
ftp_remap.config
7.
file located in the Traffic Server's
is the IP address assigned to Traffic Server and
is the IP address assigned to the FTP server to which you want to redirect the
Because FTP requests do not include host headers, Traffic Server cannot distinguish
between different FTP servers. Therefore, if you are working with multiple FTP
servers, you must have multiple IP addresses assigned to Traffic Server.
file.
ftp_remap.config
7.
file located in the Traffic Server's
Reverse Proxy and HTTP Redirects
file. (Refer to Setting FTP Mapping Rules‚ on
Enabling FTP Reverse Proxy‚ on page
Modifying FTP Options‚ on page
config
file. Follow the procedure below.
records.config
directory with Vi.
config
40.)
41.)
ftp_remap.config
Overview of Access
directory with Vi.
Overview of Access
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