External Storage

External Storage Clients let you connect your application to external (remote) file-storage systems (e.g. SFTP servers) so that features like reporting can export data outside of the FVV server.

URL: /hub/external-storage

Managing External Storage Clients

On the External Storage page you can:

• List all existing clients
• Create a new client via an interactive form
• Delete a client you no longer need

Browse Clients

1. Navigate to External Storage from the left-hand menu.
2. You’ll see a table with the following columns:

   Name	Type	Path	Actions
   my-example-main	SFTP	/	🗑️
   my-example-reports	SFTP	/example-reports	🗑️

Create a New Client

1. On External Storage, click Configure New Client.

2. In the Create External Storage Client dialog that appears:

   1. Name - Enter a unique, human-friendly identifier.

   2. Type - Select one of the available client types.

   3. Configuration Fields - Configure all required fields for the specific client type.

   4. Confirm - Click Confirm to validate your inputs and save the new client.

💡 To see specific configuration for the currently supported client types, check out the Client Configuration section.

⚠️ Once a client has been created, it cannot be updated. To change its settings, you must delete the client and recreate it from scratch.

Delete a Client

1. In the External Storage list, locate the client you wish to remove.
2. Click the Trash icon under the Actions column.
3. Confirm the deletion when prompted.

⚠️ Deleting a Client cannot be undone. Any processes relying on that client will fail.

Update a Client

Immutable Configuration - Once created, you cannot edit a client’s configuration. To change any field, you must delete the client and create a new one with the updated values.

Client Configuration

SFTP Client Configuration Reference

Field	Description
Name	Unique client identifier
Type	Must be SFTP
Hostname	Remote server address (domain or IP)
Username	SFTP account username
Password	SFTP account password
Port	TCP port for SFTP (default: 22)
Remote storage path	Full directory path on the server; *must already exist

⚠️ *The Remote Storage Path must already exist on the remote server. If it does not, any service that attempts to use this client will fail.

Only password-based authentication is supported for the SFTP client.

Integration

After creation, your External Storage Client is immediately available to other system features (e.g. Reporting Data Export):

• See Reporting Documentation for instructions on using your new client in report export.