### SFTP Transport Configuration page (Proxy Services)

Use this page to configure transport settings for a proxy service using the sftp transport protocol. For more information about the SFTP transport, see the SFTP Transport User Guide.

Option | To create or edit...
--- | ---
User Authentication | Select one of the following: Username Password Authentication - Specifies that a static service account is associated with this authentication method and the client is authenticated using the provided credentials. Host Based Authentication - Specifies that a user name and service key provider is required to use this authentication method. Any user connecting from a known host is authenticated using the private key of the host. Public Key Authentication - Specifies that a user name and service key provider is required to use this authentication method. Every user has their own private key.
Service Account | Enter the service account for the user, or click Browse to select service accounts from a browser.
Service Key Provider | This option is available only when Host Based or Public Key Authentication is selected. Enter a service key provider in the Service Key Provider field. You can click Browse to select service key providers from a browser. This is a required field.
Username | This option is available only when Host Based or Public Key Authentication is selected. Enter the user name.
Pass By Reference | Select this check box to stage the file in the archive directory and pass it as a reference in the headers.
Remote Streaming | Select this check box to stream the SFTP files directly from the remote server at the time of processing. When you select this option, the archive directory is the remote directory on the remote SFTP server machine. Therefore, you should specify the archive directory as relative to the SFTP user directory.
File Mask | Enter the regular expression for the files to be picked. The default is `*.*`.
Managed Server | This field is available only in a clustered domain. Select the Managed Server to act as the polling server. All of the Managed Servers can process the message, but only one can poll for the message.
Polling Interval | Enter the interval in seconds at which the file is polled from the specified location. The default is `60`.
Read Limit | Specify the maximum number of messages to read per polling sweep. Enter `0` to specify no limit. The default is `10`.
Post Read Action | Select what happens to a message after it has been read. Archive - The message is archived. Delete - The message is deleted.
Archive Directory | Specify the path to the archive location if the Post Read Action option is set to Archive. This field is required if the Pass By Reference option is selected.
Note: | The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Download Directory | Enter the directory on your local machine where files are downloaded during the file transfer.
Note: | The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Error Directory | Enter the location where messages are posted if there is a problem.
Note: | The Archive, Download, and Error directories are absolute paths, and they are automatically created. If you specify a relative path, the files are created relative to the Java process that starts the WebLogic Server.
Request Encoding | Accept the default `UTF-8` as the character set encoding for requests in SFTP transports.
Advanced Settings
Scan Subdirectories | Select this check box to recursively scan all directories
Sort By Arrival | Select this check box to deliver events in the order of arrival.
Timeout | Enter the socket timeout interval, in seconds, before the connection is dropped. If you enter `0`, there is no timeout. The default value is 60.
Retry Count | Specify the number of retries for SFTP connection failures.