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Creating a SAML authenticated account in advance

Published July 12th, 2023 by Richard Auger

SAML authenticated accounts tend to be created at first signon (there is no ‘sync’ method as you would find in LDAP authentication). However, you can create an ordinary Goanywhere authenticated account in advance and assign it features and folders using groups or a template. If you use the name that would be used during SAML signon, the user will r

Replacing the SSL server Certificate in EFT

Published April 12th, 2023 by Richard Auger

SSL server certificates are created at the SITE level in EFT. To add or replace a certificate you must first add it to the server, either as a single certificate containing both private and public keys (for example .p12 or .pfx), or as two separate files - a .crt and .key file. Normally these files are stored somewhere in the configuration folder,

Projects from 2023 User Group session "Using Common Code in workflows"

Published September 25th, 2023 by Richard Auger

The functions project This is an example of how to group functions together into a single project so that you can call them from several locations This is the code behind the project: https://static.helpjuice.com/helpjuice_production/uploads/upload/image/12264/3505741/1695656845824-Functions.xml Call External Projects This is the calling process t

Iterating though a folder path in GoAnywhere

Published April 23rd, 2024 by Richard Auger

We tend to think as collections being vertical things that we can loop through - a list of names or files etc. However, you could also consider a folder path as a collections too, and may want to act on every folder in the path. This could be because you need to create the actual folders before performing a move operation (which would fail if th

Sending messages to Teams from GoAnywhere

Published April 19th, 2023 by Richard Auger

Steps to follow to send messages to Teams: 1) In Teams, create a channel, then select 'connectors' 2) configure an 'incoming webhook' and record the URL 3) In GoAnywhere, create a REST resource and provide the URL. Set the data format to JSON and leave the authentication tab blank. IMPORTANT: on the Connection tab, set Use Chunked Encoding to '

Automation - Invalid connection string attribute

Published May 31st, 2023 by Richard Auger

During an MSSQL install against Amazon RDS, the following error was encountered: 10:41:14 DB Type is SQL Server: Yes10:41:14 Progress status - Creating database on MS SQL Server10:41:14 ---------- CreateSQLDBGetParams() ----------10:41:14 ---------- CreateSQLDB1() ----------10:41:14 DB Type is SQL Server Azure: No10:41:14 DB Type is SQL Server Azure

MOVEit Transfer compatibility

Published June 9th, 2023 by Richard Auger

MOVEit Transfer compatibility chart - useful for migrations

Identifying stuck monitors

Published September 29th, 2023 by Richard Auger

Occasionally monitors may become 'stuck' in GoAnywhere. You can easily create and schedule a project to identify this and receive email notifications. The first thing to do is to create a query to check inside the GoAnywhere database. This will require you to have a database resource defined. Monitor information is stored here inside the dpa_moni

GoAnywhere Securemail replies

Published April 19th, 2023 by Richard Auger

When sending Securemails there are three different protection levels: For URL and Password Protected, no recipient account will be created, but it will allow users to reply to the securemail Certified Delivery means a user account will be created, however in order to be able to reply, that account must have the securemail feature enabled

Checking Firewall access

Published September 8th, 2023 by Richard Auger

One of the most common issues that affects File Transfer is network connectivity. You can check that your firewall is correctly configured by opening powershell on the source machine and checking that you are able to reach the destination server on the expected port. The command to check this is: Test-NetConnection <servername> -port <portn

Whitelisting and load balancing in MOVEit Transfer

Published July 17th, 2023 by Richard Auger

If you are using a load balancer in front of MOVEit Transfer then you should be aware that it performs numerous health checks to ensure that the service is available. this can cause lots of unnecessary logging which you can avoid by disabling 'sign on/sign off ' logging for the account being used (assuming that you are in fact logging in with an ac

Using the GoAnywhere Gateway as an HTTP Proxy

Published November 30th, 2023 by Richard Auger

As of version 7.2.0 of GoAnywhere, the GoAnywhere Gateway can be used to provide an HTTP Proxy, rather than having to rely on an external proxy. This will allow GoAnywhere to perform the following functions when it has not been granted direct access to the Internet: Refresh News & Tips Refresh Licence Check for updates Connect to Marketplace Pe

HTTPS uploads to a Thru workflow

Published April 25th, 2024 by Richard Auger

Start by creating an organization for the user. Go to Organizations and click on ‘+ Add Organization’. Give the Organization a name and click save. We'll use ‘DemoOrg’ as the name. Select the new Organization from the list and go to Endpoints Add a New Endpoint, we'll call it ‘Demo Web Endpoint’. Select ‘Thru HTTPS Web UI Upload’ as the type. Cl

Manual migration of EFT version 7

Published May 30th, 2023 by Richard Auger

Manually migrate an EFt instance by copying the following files from source to destination server: FTP.CFG and FTP.BAK All *.aud files All *.db files Host Certificates and Keys as mentioned in the EFT config (client certs and keys are internal) If this is an HA cluster, copy to both the Programdata and shared config locations; otherwise just the pro

MOVEit Port Requirements

Published July 27th, 2023 by Richard Auger

MOVEit Transfer Inbound Where “Internet” is listed, you may decide to only open ports from a specific address; if using the Ipswitch Gateway, only open Intranet ports. Port Notes Source 21 Explicit FTP(s) Intranet, Internet 22 SFTP Intranet, Internet 443 HTTPS Intranet, Internet 990 Implicit FTPS Intranet, Internet 3000-3100 FTPS Passive port range

Configuring GoAnywhere to use Azure SAML

Published November 7th, 2022 by Richard Auger

Setting Up SAML in GoAnywhere Web Users SAML Set Up Step 1: Create a Web User Template for SAML web users I created ‘SAMLWU’ with HTTPS and secure folders Step 2: Create an Admin User Template for SAML Admin users I created ‘SAMLAdmin’ with all roles assigned Step 3: Create a certificate - Go to Encryption – Key Management System Select System V

Diplomat Trial licence

Published January 31st, 2025 by Richard Auger

The trial clock isn’t initiated until the installed service is started for the first time. Some assume it starts from the moment you request the trial, or maybe the later moment when you download the installer. To the contrary, if the Diplomat service hasn’t been started yet, then the trial clock hasn’t started, either. If it has been started at som

Repairing a MySQL table

Published August 4th, 2023 by Richard Auger

Sometimes it is necessary to run a repair on a corrupted table in MySQL if (for example) the database was interrupted during a write operation. Normally you can do this using MySQLCheck, i.e. mysqlcheck -u root -pSYXt1fI5zO -r micstats Which will repair all tables in the micstats database. Sometimes, however, this will not work and you receive the