topic Re: FTP Repository in Network Access Control

FTP Repository

osman869 — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 09:28:30 GMT

Hi,

I want to create a repository is ISE and when I add the ftp server it asks for user/pass for this server.

We dont have ftp user/pass for ftp. ANy idea how to resolve this ?

Re: FTP Repository

georgehewittuk1 — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 10:31:54 GMT

I'm afraid it's marked as a required field and not seen a scenario where you can add without it.

Re: FTP Repository

andrewswanson — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:12:58 GMT

Have you tried entering random username/password when you create the FTP repository?

hth

Andy

Re: FTP Repository

osman869 — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 11:32:40 GMT

I tried I am able to create but its not validating gives me this error

"Repository validation failed due to error - Failed to read remote directory. Verify configuration. In case Backup was restored on different setup, please re-configure the repository passwords (Expected behaviour)"

Re: FTP Repository

Flavio Miranda — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:15:06 GMT

Try to use "user anonymous password plain anonymous"

Ot better, put credentials on your FTP server.

Re: FTP Repository

osman869 — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:37:18 GMT

"user anonymous password plain anonymous"

It didnt work either

Re: FTP Repository

ahollifield — Thu, 02 Jun 2022 12:36:15 GMT

You will need the FTP credentials from the FTP server admin. No way around this.

Re: FTP Repository

Marcelo Morais — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 03:36:54 GMT

Hi @osman869 ,

you are able to create a "LOCAL" repository without using a user:

repository LOCAL
 url disk:/

Hope this helps !!!

Re: FTP Repository

osman869 — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 06:30:19 GMT

Hi Morais,

Yes I can create local but that is not recommended because I need to
upgrade ISE from 3.0 to 3.1. Can I create an FTP repository without
username & pass in CLI ?

Re: FTP Repository

Marcelo Morais — Fri, 03 Jun 2022 13:28:47 GMT

Hi @osman869 ,

about "...Can I create an FTP repository without username & pass in CLI ? ..." AFAIK, I agree with @ahollifield "No away around this".

about " ...but that is not recommended because I need to upgrade ISE from 3.0 to 3.1... ", what is not recommended ? What are you planning to do ?

Regards

Re: FTP Repository

Arne Bier — Mon, 06 Jun 2022 07:06:08 GMT

Back in the good old days when anonymous FTP servers were all the rage, you could login as a read only user using the credentials:

anonymous and password anonymous

This worked on FTP servers that were intentionally setup to support anonymous logins. Not recommended for an ISE deployment.

What FTP server are you hoping to use with your ISE deployment? Or even better, you can spin up an SFTP server on any free Linux distribution.