Once you have configured an Aspera transfer user on HSTS, test that an Aspera client can
successfully connect to HSTS and upload a file.
About this task
Prerequisites:
- Client: Install an Aspera client application, such as the freely available IBM Aspera Desktop Client or IBM Aspera Command-Line Interface, on the client
computer.
- Server:
HSTS
must have at least one Aspera transfer user (a system user account that is
configured to authenticate Aspera transfers) configured on it.
If any of the following connection tests fail, see Clients Cannot Establish Connection.
Procedure
-
On the client, test that you can reach the IP address of your server.
Run the
ping
command:
> ping 10.0.0.2
PING 10.0.0.2 (10.0.0.2): 56 data bytes
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=0 ttl=64 time=8.432 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=1 ttl=64 time=7.121 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=2 ttl=64 time=5.116 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=3 ttl=64 time=4.421 ms
64 bytes from 10.0.0.2: icmp_seq=4 ttl=64 time=3.050 ms
...
In
the example above, the address of HSTS is 10.0.0.2 and the output shows successful responses from the host.
If the
output returns "Destination host unreachable," check the firewall configuration of the
server.
-
On the client, try a transfer to HSTS by using ascp.
Use the following syntax on your client machine:
> ascp -P 33001 -l max_rateunit source_pathtransfer_username@ip_address:destination_dir
For
example:
> ascp -P 33001 -l 10M /client-dir/files xfer_user1@10.0.0.2:/users/xfer_user/tmp
For
more information about ascp options, see Ascp Command Reference.