File spaces

A file space is a reserved area of file storage that is associated with a Web Gateway user. A file space has an allocated quota of storage. Access to the file space is restricted to users with authorization to read from it or write to it.

You can send files from an agent to a user's file space. The files are stored in the file space and can be downloaded using an HTTP client that submits a request to the Web Gateway API. File spaces can be used to make files available to users who do not have access to a system hosting an agent. Transfers into a file space and downloads from a file space are logged in the same way as a normal file transfer.

You do not need a file space to upload a file to an MQMFT agent using the Web Gateway. If you want to make a file available for a user to collect using an HTTP client, you do need to create a file space. For more information about the behavior of file uploads and downloads using the Web Gateway, see Scenarios for the Web Gateway.