OpenDeploy transfers

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What does OD use to transfer files?

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tvaughan

If memory serves, OD uses a proprietary transfer protocol built on TCP/IP.

Tom

nipper

OD does have its own protocol. However I beleive that in 5.6, there is now an option to go http puts to systems that do not run OpenDeploy.

I am certain Todd will chime in on this, but in the mean time, read the OD 5.6 manuals for more info

Andy

Migrateduser

OK, here's my chime. Smiley Happy

OD has its own handshake protocol on top of TCP/IP. So essentially a base server establishes a TCP session via socket connection to each receiver. It's over that connection that the OD communication happens, including data transfer. If you enable SSL, then the data transfer is encrypted.

Regarding the new functionality... OD 5.6 introduced a feature called the Delivery Adapter Framework. This is a mechanism whereby you can load and run a Java class to perform a "last tier" push of content. In the deployment config, you specify which Java class to load to complete the deployment. Then you run the deployment to push files from a source server to an intermediate server, which in turn loads the Java adapter. The adapter has access to a manifest of deployed (and deleted) files, so it can process those files appropriately.

Adapters for NetCache and for ftp are provided out-of-box, along with a sample adapter that you can use as the basis for creating new ones.

Todd Scallan
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Interwoven
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