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This chapter describes the file distribution services on the NIOS appliance. It contains the following sections:

• File Distribution Overview
• File Distribution Storage
  • Usage Threshold Alerts
  • Modifying File Distribution Storage Limits
• Managing File Distribution Services
  • Configuring the TFTP Service
  • Configuring the FTP Service
  • Configuring the HTTP Service
  • Configuring Access Control for File Distribution
  • Modifying Access Control Lists
  • Starting and Stopping File Distribution Services
  • Monitoring File Distribution Services
• Managing Directories
  • Adding Directories
  • Modifying Directories
  • Creating a Virtual TFTP Root Directory
  • Viewing Directories From the Files Tab
• Managing Files
  • Uploading Files
  • Enabling Upload to Grid Members
  • Uploading Files using Grid Manager
  • Uploading Files Using TFTP, FTP, or HTTP File Transfer Client
  • Deleting Files From the Grid Master
  • Deleting Files From a Member
• Viewing Files
  • Viewing Files from the Files Tab
  • Viewing Files from the Members Tab
• Managing Users
  • Users Default Home Directory
  • Enabling FTP Anonymous User
  • Adding FTP Users through Grid Manager
  • Adding FTP Users through CSV Import
  • Modifying FTP Users

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• File Distribution Overview, see below.

File Distribution Overview
You can upload files to the NIOS appliance and to individual Grid members using TFTP, HTTP, and FTP, clients. You can also upload files using the Grid Manager web interface or the API. Using access control lists, you can specify which network devices can upload files or retrieve files. You can use the Group Results function for file distribution services (TFTP, FTP, and HTTP) to group members by extensible attributes that contain the same values. For information about how to group members by extensible attributes, see Grouping Adding Grid Members by Extensible Attributes.

Note: File distribution services using TFTP, HTTP, and FTP is not supported by IPv6-only appliances.

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Network devices, such as VoIP phones, can use the DHCP services on the appliance for IP address assignments and use the file distribution services for IP device configuration downloads. Downloads can be accomplished with TFTP, HTTP, or FTP.

Figure 9.1 Uploading and retrieving files
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File uploads and downloads by FTP and TFTP file distribution clients are logged in the syslog under the Administration
-> Logs tabs. The logs store the following information:

• Client IP
• Date and Time
• Event type
• File(s) downloaded and/or uploaded

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