Informatica Managed File Transfer Installation Guide

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Installing Managed File Transfer

Perform the following steps to install

Managed File Transfer

onto a UNIX server.

Create or designate a non-root user on the system that will be used to install and run the

Managed File Transfer

application. This user will be the owner of all files created during installation as well as files written to the file system during use.

Download the

Managed File Transfer

UNIX installer

Install.bin

file.

Open a Terminal window.

Change the directory to where the installer file was downloaded.

Run the installer.

Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.

Start the

Managed File Transfer

by following these instructions:

Open a Terminal window.

Change the working directory to the tomcat directory where

Managed File Transfer

is installed, for example

Opt/Informatica/B2B/MFT/server/tomcat/bin

Start the

Managed File Transfer

by executing the following command:

mft-server.sh

start.

The installation and startup of

Managed File Transfer

is complete. For configuration instructions, see Initial Configuration.

You can setup

Managed File Transfer

so it starts automatically when the system is booted. Refer to your operating system manual for more details on setting up auto-start services.