FileMage Gateway - Documentation Reference

# Installing FileMage Gateway on Microsoft Azure

FileMage Gateway, a FTP and SFTP server backed by Azure Blob Storage, is available on Microsoft Azure as a virtual machine (VM) image. This virtual machine image is fully functional upon launch and requires no additional configuration to use. However, you may need to make certain changes depending on your specific use case.

Note

When deploying a Linux image, SFTP is running on port 2222.

# Deploying the VM from the marketplace

To quickly set up FileMage Gateway on Microsoft Azure, perform the following steps.

  1. Go to the marketplace listing page:

  2. To deploy from the marketplace page:

    • Click Get It Now.
    • Click Continue. You will be redirected to the Azure portal and may need to login to your account.
    • Click Create.

  3. Follow the instructions for creating an Azure virtual machine below to complete the deployment.

Note

In order to connect to the Blob Storage service without using access keys, we recommend that users enable the System assigned managed identity setting in Management tab, and assign the role Storage Blob Data Contributor

# Increase Passive Mode FTP Port Range

By default, FileMage Gateway deployed on Azure Marketplace is configured to use ports 6000-6005 for passive mode FTP data connections. This port range may be to small in situations where multiple clients attempt to establish data connections at the same time, and may cause connecting clients to experience delays or be completely unable to connect when they request passive data transfers. The following explains how to enable a larger port range for passive mode FTP in FileMage Gateway installed on a Microsoft Azure.

# Add Virtual Machine Inbound Security Rules

  1. Log in to Microsoft Azure portal.

  2. Go to Virtual machines

    • Click the name of the virtual machine you want to configure.
    • Under Settings, click on Networking.

  3. Click the Add inbound port rule button.

  4. In the Add inbound security rule panel, specify the following settings:

    • Service. Keep the Custom value in the drop-down list.
    • Port ranges. Specify the following port range: 49152-65535.
    • Priority. This value determines the order in which firewall rules are applied. Rules with low priority are applied before rules with high priority. We recommend keeping the automatically assigned Priority value.
    • Name. Give the rule a recognizable name so you can tell it apart from others.
    • (Optional) Description. If desired, you can add the description to the rule.

Note

You may use any port range, however 49152-65535 is the recommend standard port range.

  1. Click OK.

# Set Application FTP Passive Mode Port Range

  1. Add, or modify if already present, the following settings in the application configuration file:
ftp_data_port_start: 49152
ftp_data_port_end: 65535

FileMage Gatway is now configured to use a larger range of ports for passive mode FTP data connections.

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