The SCP collection agent collects files from a remote host and inserts them into a  workflow, using the SCP protocol over SSH2.

Upon activation, the agent establishes an SSH2 connection and an SCP session towards the remote host. If this fails, additional hosts are tried, if configured. On success, the source directory on the remote host is scanned for all files matching the current filter. In addition, the Filename Sequence service may be utilized for further control of the matching files. All files found, will be fed one after the other into the workflow.

When a file has been successfully processed by the workflow, you can select for the agent to move, rename, remove or ignore the original file. The agent can also automatically delete moved or renamed files after a configurable number of days. In addition, the agent can decompress (gzip) files after they have been collected, before they are inserted into the workflow.

When all the files have been successfully processed the agent stops, awaiting the next activation, scheduled or manually initiated.

This section contains the following subsections:

• SCP Collection Agent Configuration(4.3)
• SCP Collection Agent Input/Output Data MIMs(4.3)
• SCP Collection Agent Transaction Behavior(4.3)