Create a Pre-population Job in the CLI
Add and configure pre-population jobs using CLICommnad line interface commands.
- On your browser, open the Exinda Web UI (
https://Exinda_IPInternet protocol_address
). - Key-in the User and Password.
- Click Login.
- Click Configuration > System > Tools and click Console.
- Log into the console. The prompt
exinda-appliance >
is displayed. - To enter configuration mode, type
enable
thenconfigure terminal
. The promptexinda-appliance (config) #
is displayed. - To create the pre-population job, at the prompt type the following command with the appropriate parameters:
acceleration prepopulate <name> {location|username|password|recursive|start|stop}
where:
<name>
is the name of the pre-population job.location cifs <server> <path>
configures an SMB server and path.location http <url>
configures an HTTP path.username | password
is the authentication information for the server.recursive
fetches all the files in the specified directory, as well as those in sub-directories.start | stop
controls the transfer.
- To view the pre-population rules and the status of those rules, run the following command:
show acceleration prepopulate
EXAMPLE
In the following examples, the pre-populate job is called videos
.
- All files and folders from the "Public\Documentation" folder on a Windows file share:
exinda-appliance (config) # acceleration prepopulate videos location cifs MYSERVER public\documentation
- Including a username and password for authenticating to the server:
Exinda-appliance (config) # acceleration prepopulate videos username myname password mypassword
- Download the entire path specified, including sub-folders:
Exinda-appliance (config) # acceleration prepopulate videos recursive
- Start the pre-populate job:
Exinda-appliance (config) # acceleration prepopulate start
- Display the status of the pre-population job:
Exinda-appliance (config) # show acceleration prepopulate videos