Pentaho Data Integration Cookbook Second Edition

Getting files from a remote server

When you need to copy files from or to remote machines, you can use the standard network protocol File Transfer Protocol (FTP) built on client-server architecture.

Kettle provides the Get a file with FTP job entry to get files from an FTP server. In the example, you will connect to a remote directory named remoteDir on an FTP server and copy some text files from that server to a local folder named destinationDir.

How to do it...

You need access to an FTP server to be able to continue with this recipe.

Perform the following steps:

1. Create a new job and drop a Start entry into the canvas.
2. Add a Get a file with FTP job entry from the File transfer category.
3. Under the General tab, type the server name or its IP address in ...