Send files with HULFT Transfer Application (via VPN)

(1) Preparation

Before you use a HULFT system in an on-premises environment to receive files that are sent from HULFT Transfer Application, make sure these steps are complete:

Prep on HULFT Square (sending-side host)

• Check the directory on the HULFT Square storage where the file to be sent is stored

• Install HULFT Transfer Application from App Square

• Configure the HULFT Transfer Application policy

  Assign AppTransferServiceFullAccess to the HULFT Transfer App service administrator.

• Configure the policies for the management information of HULFT Transfer Application

  Assign the following permissions to the administrator of the HULFT Transfer Application management information:

  • AppTransferSendConfigFullAccess

  • AppTransferHostInfoFullAccess

  • AppTransferHostGroupInfoFullAccess

• Install VPN Service from App Square

• Configure the VPN policy

  Assign VPNServiceFullAccess to the VPN service administrator.

• Check the IP addresses of the users who are to be permitted access

Prep on the on-premises HULFT system (receiving-side host)

• Configure the system management information

  In the HULFT system in the on-premises environment, configure the settings for the system management information for receiving.

  At this point, for Host Name (host name of remote host) in the Host Information, specify the hostname alias that is used in File Transfer in the HULFT Transfer App service.

  Set U (UNIX) for Host Type.

(2) Start up a VPN service

1. After applying a policy for VPN Service to a user, press the F5 key to reload the screen.

   = Remarks =

   When the screen is reloaded, VPN appears in the navigation menu.

2. Select > SERVICES > VPN.

3. On the VPN page, select Add.

4. In step General, set the fields as shown below, and then select Next.

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Name	VPN_1
   Description	(Optional)
   CPU	1
   Memory	2 GB
   Scalability	1
   Assigned group	Select the group with operation permissions.

5. In step Parameters, set the fields as shown below, and then select Next.

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   IP allowlist	Enter an IP address (such as your own IP address) that is to be permitted access.
   Name	Enter the name.
   Common name	Enter the common name (server name).
   Organizational unit	Enter the department name in the organization.
   Organization	Enter the organization name.
   Locality	Enter the address (name of the municipality) of the organization.
   State or province	Enter the address (name of the state or province) of the organization.
   Country	Enter the country name.
   Validity (in days)	Enter the validity period of the VPN service.

6. In step Service events, set the fields as shown below, and then select Next.

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Workspace to save	Select a workspace for storing logs.
   Author	Select a user who will be the author of log files.

7. In step Summary, confirm that the settings are correct, and then select Finish.

8. On the page displayed from > SERVICES > VPN, wait a few minutes for the VPN service to start and then confirm that appears for the status.

   Note

   If you configured the VPN service settings, it may take some time to apply the settings to the service.

(3) Add an external user who can connect to the VPN service

1. On the page displayed from > SERVICES > VPN, select Information from the action menu for the VPN service that was started.

2. Select the link beside External VPN user that indicates the number of users.

3. On the VPN > VPN service name > External Users page that is displayed, select Add.

4. In step General, set the fields as shown below, and then select Next.

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Name	Enter the user name.
   Authentication	Password
   Password	Enter the password.

5. In step Summary, confirm that the settings are correct, and then select Finish.

   Note

   After you add an external user, it may take some time until it's ready for use.

(4) Start up the HULFT Transfer App service

1. Select > SERVICES > HULFT Transfer App.

2. On the HULFT Transfer App page, select Add.

   Note

   If you have created a HULFT Transfer App service in Receive files with HULFT Transfer Application (via VPN), you can use the existing service.

   The setting for Hostname alias is important when a file is sent. Refer to step 3 and subsequent steps to set the field.

3. In step General on the HULFT Transfer App > Add New page, specify the information for the HULFT Transfer App service that you want to create.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Name	HULFT_App_01
   Description	(Optional)
   CPU	1
   Memory	2 GB
   Scalability	1
   Assigned group	Select the group with operation permissions.

   Select Next.

4. From step Network to step Service events, specify the following values:

   Field name			Setting content (example)
   Network	Receive Port No.		Specify the receive port number.
   	Observe daemon Port No.		Specify the observe daemon port number.
   	Inbound	Secure connection type	VPN
   		Secure connection	VPN_1
   	Outbound	Secure connection type	VPN
   		Secure connection	VPN_1
   Transfer general	MUX		10
   	DEMUX		0
   Code Conversion	Code encoding		EUC-JP
   	Japanese character set		JIS83
   	Key mapping for Tab		Space
   	Key mapping to KEIS Em-size space		0x4040
   File Transfer	Multi receiving threads for a file		Wait
   	Verify Host group Info		Don't verify any
   	Retry when the other peer exceeds DEMUX limit		Off
   	Policy in failing to clear/delete sending file		Treated as failure in sending
   	Dequeuing policy in resending queue		Dequeue in case the record has the same transfer name and host info
   	Maximum file size in receiving		0
   	Hostname alias		HULFTSQUARE01
   Connection layer	Retry count for establishing connection		5
   	Retry Interval		20
   	Retry count for auto resending		0
   	Socket timeout for sending/receiving		3600
   	Socket buffer size for sending		0
   	Socket buffer size for receiving		0
   	Socket timeout for observe daemon		86400
   	Transferring strategy		Send/Receive: Speed
   Security	Mandate longer encryption key length		Off
   Advanced	Timeout on transmit request		60
   	Timeout on job execution		999999
   	Threshold of recording lines to delete logs		0
   Reporting	Trace log format		ver.8
   	Reduce log size		Off
   	Trace log level		Info
   Service events	Workspace to save		Team A
   	Author		Select a workspace owner.

5. In step Summary, confirm the settings and select Finish.

6. On the page displayed from > SERVICES > HULFT Transfer App, wait a few minutes for the HULFT Transfer App service (HULFT_App_01) to start and then confirm that appears for the status.

   Note

   If you configured the HULFT Transfer App service settings, it may take some time to apply the settings to the service.

(5) Register the Host configuration

Register the Host configuration in HULFT Square.

You can also output the on-premise environment settings using the Management Information Parameter File Generation command and then import them using HULFT Transfer Migration.

For details on the steps, refer to Import the settings of the HULFT management information for HULFT Transfer Application.

This section describes the steps for registering HULFT management information in HULFT Square.

1. Select > HULFT TRANSFER APP > Host Info.

2. On the Host Info page, select Add.

3. In step General on the Host Info > Add New page, set the HULFT Transfer Application Host configuration (remote host information).

   This example specifies values in the case when the on-premises HULFT system is Windows. In cases other than Windows, change the values according to the type of use.

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Name	Enter the IP address of the VPN client.
   Description	(Optional)

   Select Next.

4. In step Profile, set the information for the profile.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Profile	Choose a profile.

   Select Next.

5. In step Configuration, set the information for the remote host.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Host name	Enter the IP address of the VPN client.
   Description	(Optional)
   Host type	Win/NT
   Code encoding	UTF-8
   Japanese character set	JIS83
   Receive port	Specify the receive port number.
   Protocol version 7 as Primary use	Don't select.
   MUX	0
   Accept send requests	Select.

   Select Next.

6. In step Summary, confirm the settings and select Finish.

7. In the list on the Host Info page, check that the host that you set has been added.

(6) Register the Host group information

Register the Host group information in HULFT Square.

You can also output the on-premise environment settings using the Management Information Parameter File Generation command and then import them using HULFT Transfer Migration.

For details on the steps, refer to Import the settings of the HULFT management information for HULFT Transfer Application.

1. Select > HULFT TRANSFER APP > Host Group Info.

2. On the Host Group Info page, select Add.

3. In step General on the Host Group Info > Add New page, set the HULFT Transfer Application Host group information.

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Name	AppTransfer_group_01
   Description	(Optional)

   Select Next.

4. In step Profile, set the information for the profile.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Profile	Choose a profile.

   Select Next.

5. In step Configuration, set the Host group information.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Host group info	GROUP02
   Description	(Optional)
   Host name	Enter the IP address of the VPN client.

   Select Next.

6. In step Summary, confirm the settings and select Finish.

7. In the list on the Host Group Info page, check that the Host group information that you set has been added.

(7) Register the Send configuration

Register the Send configuration in HULFT Square.

You can also output the on-premise environment settings using the Management Information Parameter File Generation command and then import them using HULFT Transfer Migration.

For details on the steps, refer to Import the settings of the HULFT management information for HULFT Transfer Application.

This section describes the steps for registering HULFT management information in HULFT Square.

1. Select > HULFT TRANSFER APP > Send Configs.

2. On the Send Configs page, select Add.

3. In step General on the Send Configs > Add New page, set the HULFT Transfer Application Send configuration.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Name	AppSndConf
   Description	(Optional)

   Select Next.

4. In step Profile, set the information for the profile.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Profile	Choose a profile.

   Select Next.

5. In step Configuration, set the information for sending a file.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   Transfer name	SNDFILE01
   Description	(Optional)
   File to send	/Ateam/data/sndfile.txt
   File type	Text
   Compression type	DEFLATE
   Compression block size	0
   DEFLATE compressing strategy	Standard
   Code Conversion	None
   EBCDIC encoding	Auto
   Send File Mode	Keep
   Receivers	GROUP02
   Transmitting time interval	0
   Transfer task priority	50
   Add shift code in code conversion for MF-IBMi	On
   Encryption key	(Optional)

   Select Next.

6. In step Summary, confirm the settings and select Finish.

7. In the list on the Send Configs page, check that the HULFT Transfer Application Send configuration that you set has been added.

(8) Create a script for executing a send

Create the script necessary to execute a send.

For details about how to create projects and scripts, refer to Create a script that processes a CSV file.

1. Select > APPLICATIONS > Installed > HULFT Transfer Application.

2. Select Clone & Edit from the action menu.

3. Enter HULFT Transfer Application Snd for New application name and select OK.

4. Select Edit Script from the action menu in Contained scripts and depended resources.

5. Launch Designer, and from the Tool palette, drag HULFT > HULFT Transfer App > Send File onto the script canvas.

6. Select AppSndConf in Send config. Set script variables as needed.

   

7. Select Tools > Option and specify HULFT_App_01 for Specify HULFT Transfer service for execution.

8. Select OK.

9. Select Save project.

(9) Set the application

1. Select > APPLICATIONS > All > HULFT Transfer Application Snd.

2. On the HULFT Transfer Application Snd page, select the profile in which you have set the HULFT Transfer Application Send configuration.

3. Select Configure.

   The following values are specified in this example:

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   HULFT Transfer app Service	HULFT_App_01
   Integrate service	Select an Integrate service.
   Receive configs	Select 0 configs selected, and then select AppRcvConf from the list of displayed Receive configurations.
   Transfer name	(Appropriate value)
   Host info	(Appropriate value)
   Status code	(Appropriate value)
   Detail code	(Appropriate value)
   File name	(Appropriate value)
   File size	(Appropriate value)
   Start time	(Appropriate value)
   End time	(Appropriate value)
   msg0	(Appropriate value)
   msg1	(Appropriate value)
   Script	Selecting a script will also select one or more Send configurations in Transfer Configs.

   Select Next.

4. Select Test.

5. Confirm that "Test completed successfully" is displayed, and then select Apply.

(10) VPN connection

1. Select > SERVICES > VPN to open the VPN_1 page.

2. Copy the value of Endpoint.

3. Configure VPN communication from the client you intend to use.

4. Start Manage computer certificates from the Control Panel.

5. Select Trusted Publisher > All Tasks > Import, and then import the CA certificate downloaded in step 3.

   Note

   The extension of the downloaded CA certificate is .pem. If a .pem file is not displayed, change the settings so that all files are displayed.

6. Start the VPN settings from Settings.

7. On the Add a VPN connection page, set the fields as shown below.

   Field name	Setting content (example)
   VPN provider	Windows (built-in)
   Server name or address	Specify the host name copied in step 2.
   VPN type	IKEv2
   User name	Specify the user name of the VPN connection user who is set in HULFT Square.
   Password	Specify the password of the VPN connection user who is set in HULFT Square.

8. Connect to the VPN.

(11) Deploy the application

1. On the page displayed from > APPLICATIONS > Installed > HULFT Transfer App, confirm the settings that have been configured.

2. Specify the combination of settings that you created in (5) , (6) , and (7) in the profile, and select Deploy.

(12) Execute a send

If you have set an application trigger, a send is executed when the trigger condition is met.

If you want to try out transferring, you can also execute a send by directly executing the script created in step (8) .

(13) Check the execution results

1. Select > SERVICE EVENTS > HULFT Transfer App.

2. On the Receive tab of the HULFT Transfer App page, select the transfer log with the file ID SNDFILE01.

3. Select an event to check the details of the send results and script execution results.

4. Check the script execution results if you need to.

(14) Check the receive file

1. In the on-premises HULFT, check that the file has been received.

2. Check the Receive Log if you need to.