Creating a connection profile

This procedure describes how to create a AFT connection profile in the Control-M Configuration Manager, which enables you to define a AFT job in the Control-M Workload Automation.

Before you begin

If you want to use key authentication to access an SFTP server, you need to generate an SSH key, as described in Generating SSH keys.

To create a connection profile:

1. From Control-M Configuration Manager, select the Control-M for File Transfer on the host that you want to manage and right-click Connection Profile Management.

   The Control-M for AFT - Connection Profile Management dialog box appears.

2. Click the icon.

   The Add Connection Profile dialog box appears.

3. In the Connection Profile Name field, type the name of the connection profile that you want to add(The connection profile name must begin with a letter and without any blanks or special characters).
4. In the Control-M Workload Automation Users table, do one of the following:
   1. To select users from the list, select the users that you want to allow access to this connection profile, click Add, and then click Next.
   2. To add users manually, in the right text field, double-click, and type the name of the of user you want to add, and click Next.

   Wildcard characters (* and?) can be used as part of a defined Control-M/EM user name.

   Set Host1 details dialog box appears.

5. For each field, type the required value, as described in Control-M for AFT host parameters.
6. If you have defined this host as a Local CM, continue to step 7, otherwise, in the Communication Protocol area, select one of the following options, and then click Next:
   1. FTP: File Transfer Protocol. For each field, type the required value, as described in FTP protocol parameters.
   2. SFTP (SSH): Secure File Transfer Protocol.For each field, type the required value, as described in SFTP (SSH) protocol parameters.

   Set Host2 details dialog box appears.

7. For each field, type the required value as described in Control-M for AFT host parameters .
8. Repeat steps to set Host2, and then click Next.

   The Set Additional parameters dialog box appears.

9. For each field, type the required value as described in Connection profile additional parameters, and then click Next.

   The Add Connection Profile - Summary dialog box appears.

10. Review the connection profile details and click Test (optional).

    If the test completed successfully, the connection profile is validated and you can now define a AFT job, as described in Defining a File Transfer job. If the test failed, review the error message and test it again.

11. Click Finish.

    The connection profile is added to the Control-M for AFT - Connection Profile Management dialog box.