The SFTP presets section allows you to configure secure FTP servers where the generated PDF (or a custom one) will be uploaded once the conversion is done. A preset can be used by multiple printing profiles and whenever a preset is updated, it will be modified automatically in all profiles that use it.
Manage presets
New
This will create a new preset based on the default one. You can change its settings and use the Save button to record your changes and create the preset. It is created only after you click on the Save button, if you click on Cancel or select a different preset the current one will be discarded.
Copy
This allows you to duplicate an existing preset. To do so, just select an existing preset and click on Copy. Unlike the New option, when you copy an existing preset the duplicate is automatically saved with a different name (original name of the preset plus the word Copy ). Removing the original preset doesn't affect in any way the existing copy of it.
Delete
Deletes the preset selected from the list of presets. You cannot delete the default presets that are included in the application.
Browse
You can use the left/right arrows in the top-right section of the window to navigate back to the profile manager page or forward to the preset window. You can also access quickly the presets by clicking on the Profile text next to the navigational arrows and selecting the preset section you want to read more about.
Presets List
When the novaPDF is installed, a default set of presets is included for each section that uses presets. These presets have predetermined unchangeable settings that are taken into consideration when creating the PDF files.
However you can create custom presets based on the default ones that when used, will create PDFs using the options you've chosen. In novaPDF there are two types of presets, private and public:
- Private presets. A private preset is visible only to the current user. By default new presets are created as private and only the users from the computer where it was created will be able to see it and use that preset in their profiles.
- Public presets. Public presets are visible from all client computers (or other users on the same computer) that connect to and print via the computer where they are defined (the printer server). When a public preset will be used, all the settings from that preset will be propagated to the client computers.
This list shows the presets (both private and public) that were defined. The icon on the right of the preset name shows what type of it is (public or private). You can filter the shown profiles by starting to type in the search field and also use the Public/Private checkboxes to filter them by type.
Default Presets
The default emails presets are automatically included in the application and available right after installation. These are presets created based on the most used scenarios for this section.
Upload to SFTP server
This preset is included as an example, you will need to make a Copy of it and then fill in the SFTP server and other details so that the file will be correctly uploaded. You can have the generated PDF or a custom PDF file uploaded to a specific folder on the server.
FTP
Name
You can type a name for the default preset you are editing/creating.
Description
Add a description for the default preset you are creating/editing.
Author
Optionally you can set the author for this default preset.
Private preset
When the novaPDF is installed, a default preset is created. This preset uses its own default printing settings to create the PDF files. However you can change those settings and create a custom preset, that when used, will create PDFs using the options you've chosen. For each newly defined preset you can choose to have it as Private or Public by checking or unchecking the Private checkbox.
Source file
You can select the PDF file to be uploaded via SFTP. It can be either the original PDF that was generated, or one located in a custom folder:
- Original PDF. This will use the PDF you generated as the source of the upload.
- Custom PDF. Browse for the custom PDF file that you want uploaded after the current PDF gets generated. If it is located on a network drive, you can enter an Username/Password to access that location. You can use Macro variables to automatically fill a file name.
Destination file
You can select the destination folder on the SFTP server where the PDF will be uploaded. If the entered folder does not exist, it will be created on the server. If no destination folder is set, a folder using the name of the PDF file will be created.
Server name or IP
In this field you have to enter the name or IP address for the SFTP server.
Port
In this field you have to enter the port number if different than the default SFTP port (22).
User name
If this is a private FTP server (no anonymous access allowed) you have to enter the user name for your account.
Password
In this field you can enter the password for the FTP server. There are FTP servers that allow anonymous access (public FTP servers). You can connect to these types of FTP servers using as user name Anonymous and your email address as password. It is not recommended to upload important PDF files to public FTP servers.
Timeout (seconds)
You can set the time interval (in seconds) that is allowed for no data transfer before the transfer operation is interrupted and must be resumed. Default is 15 seconds.
If SFTP server not ready
The first number ( Retry option) indicates how many times the application tries to access the destination server if it is not available. By default this option is set to 5 attempts. The second number ( Wait option) indicates how many seconds to wait between two consecutive attempts to access the destination location. By default this option is set to 60 seconds. This option is useful when the destination SFTP server has restrictions (i.e. only 2 users logged in the same time, no. of accesses etc.) and insures that if the SFTP server cannot accept your connection, it will not be "hammered" by sending log-in requests frequently.
Key file
If this is checked, it allows the user to specify a private key file that will be used to access the SFTP server. Just browse for the stored SFTP private key and optionally enter a Password if it's protected. If this option is left unchecked, then no private key will be used.
Upload Speed
If you activate this option, the upload speed will be limited to what you enter in the field below.
Authentications
You can select which authentication methods will be used when uploading the PDF on the SFTP server. Available options: publickey, password and keyboard-interactive.
The priority of these options can also be changed.
Encryption
- Ciphers. Clear or select the check boxes in this section to specify which ciphers you want to allow for encrypting SFTP sessions. A Cipher is the algorithm used for symmetric session encryption.
- MACs. Clear or select the check boxes to specify which MACs you want to allow for encrypting SFTP sessions. A MAC (Message Authentication Code) is the algorithm used for data integrity verification.
Compressions
SFTP supports the use of data compression to reduce the amount of data that is transmitted. Both the client and server agree on a compression algorithm. They then compress data before sending and decompress data when it is received. Typically, zlib compression is the compression algorithm most commonly supported in SFTP servers. No compression is set as the default, and zlib is specified as an option. If the server forces use of zlib compression it will happen automatically.
Note: Some of the features mentioned on this page might not be available in your edition. The Professional edition includes all the features, while Standard and Lite have limited functionality. For a comparison between editions, please check feature matrix topic.