VISULOX 4 Documentation

Host objects


Host objects are available for File Transit, Command Guard and Command Connect groups.

Host objects

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New host objects can be created and existing objexts can be edited, copied or deleted.

With the Used in button It is possible to display, where the selected host is being used  

Configuration

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Setting

Description

Object name

Name of the host object (must be unique)

Host enabled

Host enabled or disabled

Comment

Comment for the host

Host URI

Uniform Ressource Identifier: <user>@<host>, <host>, %USER%@<host>

Shell protocol

Shell protocol: SSH or Telnet and the port

FT user

File Transfer user for the access to the server

FT protocol

File Transfer protocol: SFTP, FTP.active or FTP.passive and the port

Directory

The base directory on the server

%USER% variable

  • %USER *% will always be replaced with the username

  • Also possible: %USER%@host, %USER1%@host, %USER2%@host

  • The placeholder %USER% is always replaced by "vlxloginuser"

    • In case of the datastore: the name in the surname field (SN)

    • In case of Active Directory: the SAMAccountName

    • In case of LDAP: the UID

Assigning a new host object to a Command Connect / Guard group

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Host objects can be attached / detached from the Command Connect / Guard group.

Before hosts can be added to a new created group, the group must be saved once.

Temporary hosts group

With a right click on an assigned host, the host can be added to a temporary group (@TMP).

Hosts can be added from any available groups to combine them in the new @TMP group.