Post on HIFIS Transfer Service

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The HIFIS Transfer Service (HTS) enables the Helmholtz centres to easily share data in collaborations. For that, WebFTS as a graphical frontend is used to commission data transfers with CERN's backend service FTS3, which in turn controls transfers between an active and a passive endpoint at the involved centres. The main advantage of using FTS3 compared to commonly used ftp- or scp-based transfers is that no active involvement by the user is needed after commissioning the transfer.

In order to use HTS, a centre needs to install a dedicated endpoint that is capable of communicating with FTS3 either actively or passively. At the time of writing, HIFIS offers a passive endpoint solution in form of an Apache webserver for installation at a centre. Configuration and installation instructions can be found in the HIFIS Technical Documentation (LINK). An active endpoint that can be used as a relay point between two passive endpoints is also available.

For questions and/or support, please contact us via contact@hifis.net .