ftp2http

ftp2http

An FTP server that pushes uploaded files directly to a HTTP URL.

Overview

Think of ftp2http as a simple FTP layer that sits before a HTTP server.

| An FTP client connects to an ftp2http server and uploads a file. The ftp2http | server immediately uploads that file to the configured HTTP URL.

| The server directory always appears empty to the client, even after a file has | been uploaded. This is because uploaded files are only sent to the HTTP server, | not stored.

Installation

Install ftp2http by using pip, a tool for managing Python packages.

#. Run pip install ftp2http #. Create a configuration file at /etc/ftp2http.conf

• Example: https://github.com/apn-online/ftp2http/blob/master/conf/ftp2http.conf

Usage

• Run ftp2http

| We use circusd to manage the ftp2http process. An example configuration has | been provided in the examples directory.

Authentication

| Authentication can be checked against user accounts specified in the | configuration file, or by configuring an authentication backend URL.

User accounts in the the configuration file

| A specific configuration format is used, which can be generated using the | ftp2http -a command.

Example:

::

$ ftp2http -a
Enter a username: dogman
Enter a password:
Confirm password:

Add the following line to your configuration file.
user: dogman:$2a$12$5NyFA4AbEfmZiexG62qIieBu/isqwTYnta8H9gH5zC0lCRVKyMrc.

HTTP Basic Authentication

| FTP login authentication can be performed via HTTP requests, using HTTP basic | authentication. Set one or more authentication_backend entries in the | configuration file, and then ftp2http will perform requests to check the FTP | login details. Login details are accepted if an authentication_backend URL | returns a 2xx response.

| File uploads themselves can also use HTTP basic authentication. By enabling | http_basic_auth in the configuration file, ftp2http will reuse the FTP | login details for HTTP basic authentication when sending uploaded files | to the target URL.