Configuring the Notification Server
To use Email, SMS, or Pager Notifications, you must first configure the WS_FTP Server and the Ipswitch Notification Server to communicate with each other. You can configure WS_FTP Server to use a Notification Server installed on the same computer as WS_FTP Server, or you can use a Notification Server located on another computer.
To configure the Notification Server:
- From the top menu, select . The Notification Server Settings page opens.
: You must be logged in as a system administrator for the Notification Server Settings link to appear.
- Enter the appropriate information for each of the fields.
- . Enter the IP address of the Notification Server that you want WS_FTP Server to use to send notifications. If you are using Notification Server installed on the same computer as WS_FTP Server, enter
127.0.0.1
. - . Enter the port you want Ipswitch Notification Server to listen on for connections from WS_FTP Server.
- . Enter the number of times you want Ipswitch Notification Server to attempt to send a notification. If the notification cannot be successfully sent within this number of tries, the notification is logged as failed.
- . Specify the level of detail the server provides to the enabled log servers.
- . Select this option to enable logging to an Ipswitch Log Server.
- (127.0.0.1 by default). Enter the host name or IP address of the log server.
- (5151 by default). Enter the port over which the connection to the log server should be made.
- . Select this option to enable logging to a syslog server.
- . Enter the host name or IP address of the syslog server.
- . Enter the port over which the connection to the log server should be made.
- Click .