Filecatalyst Workload Automation «LEGIT»
def run_fta(local, remote, server, user, pw): cmd = ["fta-cli", "--server", server, "--username", user, "--password", pw, "--put", local, "--target", remote] result = subprocess.run(cmd, capture_output=True) return result.returncode == 0
Since FileCatalyst itself is primarily a high-speed file transfer solution (using UDP acceleration), it does not have a native "Workload Automation" engine built into its core. Instead, automation is achieved through its , REST API , and Hotfolders .
#!/bin/bash # workload_processor.sh # Step 1: Compress files tar -czf /data/prepared/batch1.tar.gz /data/raw/*.csv fta-cli --server fc.example.com --port 11001 --username auto_user --put /data/prepared/batch1.tar.gz --target /incoming/ Step 3: Verify success (check exit code) if [ $? -eq 0 ]; then echo "Transfer successful, triggering downstream API" curl -X POST https://processing.api/start -d '"file":"batch1.tar.gz"' else echo "Transfer failed" >> /var/log/fc_errors.log fi Method B: Hotfolders – Best for Simple, Event-Driven Workloads Configure hotfolder.properties to watch a directory. Any file dropped is automatically transferred. filecatalyst workload automation
headers = "X-API-Key": API_KEY resp = requests.post(f"API_BASE/transfer", json=payload, headers=headers) transfer_id = resp.json()["id"]
# Retry up to 3 times RETRIES=3 for i in $(seq 1 $RETRIES); do fta-cli --put critical_file.dat --target /incoming/ && break || sleep 10 done | Tool | Integration Method | |------|--------------------| | Apache Airflow | Use BashOperator with fta-cli or SimpleHttpOperator for REST API | | Jenkins | Execute shell script step calling fta-cli | | Rundeck | Create a job step: "Command" → fta-cli ... | | Control-M | FileCatalyst provides a Control-M plugin (File Transfer Hub) | | Apache NiFi | Use ExecuteProcess processor to call fta-cli | def run_fta(local, remote, server, user, pw): cmd =
# PowerShell example $md5 = (Get-FileHash "data.bin" -Algorithm MD5).Hash if ($md5 -eq "expected_hash") fta-cli --put data.bin --target /secure/ else Write-EventLog -LogName Application -Source FileCatalyst -EntryType Error -EventId 100 -Message "Hash mismatch"
| Action | Endpoint | Method | |--------|----------|--------| | Trigger transfer | /api/transfer | POST | | Get transfer status | /api/transfer/id | GET | | List active transfers | /api/transfers | GET | | Create user | /api/users | POST | -eq 0 ]; then echo "Transfer successful, triggering
def main(): files_to_send = ["/data/file1.bin", "/data/file2.bin"] for f in files_to_send: # Pre-processing: compute hash with open(f, "rb") as fp: original_hash = hashlib.sha256(fp.read()).hexdigest()