Database configurations

This collection of commands configures settings that are related to the MySQL database that stores transfer data (for use with Aspera Console before version 3.0).

General syntax

The syntax for setting database parameters is the following:

# asconfigurator -x "set_database_data;parameter,value"

Database configurations

server
The IP address of the database server (or the IP address of the Aspera® Console server).
Values: (IP address, default 127.0.0.1).
port
The port that the database server listens on. The default value for an Aspera Console installation is 4406.
Values: (Number 1-65535, default 4406).
user
The user login for the database server.
Values: (String).
password
The password for the database server.
Values: (String).
database_name
The name of the database used to store Aspera transfer data.
Values: (String).
threads
The number of parallel connections used for database logging.
Values: (Number, default 1).
exit_on_database_error
Whether all transfers are stopped on a database error (true) or not (false).
Values: false (default), true.
session_progress
Whether transfer status must be logged at an interval (true) or not (false). Transfer status includes number of files that are transferred, bytes transferred, among other stats.
Values: true (default), false.
session_progress_interval
The frequency at which an Aspera node logs transfer session data, in seconds.
Values: (Number 1-65535, default 1).
file_events
Whether complete file paths and file names must be logged (true) or not (false). Performance might be impacted when setting this to true for transfers of thousands of files.
Values: true (default), false.
file_progress
Whether file status, such as bytes transferred, must be logged (true) or not (false).
Values: true (default), false.
file_progress_interval
The frequency with which an Aspera node logs file transfer data, in seconds.
Values: (Number 1-65535, default 1).
files_per_session
The number of file names to be recorded for any transfer session. For example, if the value is set to 50, the first 50 file names are recorded for any session. A setting of 0 logs all file names. The session still records the number of files that are transferred, and the number of files that are completed, failed, or skipped.
Values: (Number, default 0).
file_progress_interval
The frequency at which an Aspera node logs file transfer data, in seconds.
Values: (Number 1-65535, default 1).
ignore_empty_files
Whether to block the logging of zero-byte files (true) or not (false).
Values: false (default), true.
ignore_skipped_files
Whether to block the logging of skipped files (true) or not (false).
Values: false (default), true.
ignore_no_transfer_files
Whether to block the logging of files that were not transferred because they exist at the destination (true) or not (false).
Values: false (default), true.