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Protocols

A Publication Target specifies, amongst others, information about which protocol to use. The Content Manager supports Local File System, SSHFTP, SFTP, FTP, and HTTP(S) protocols and you can create custom Protocol Schemas.

When a user publishes to a Target Type, Transport Packages are prepared, so that they may be transported to one or more Presentation Servers. The Transport Package contains information about which protocol to use (obtained from the Publication Targets associated with this Target Type). The Transport Service picks up the Transport Packages to be transported, and uses the protocol information in the Transport Packages to delegate the transport of the package to a protocol-specific Sender (for example, a Sender that sends content over FTP) on the Content Manager.

To enable content to be transported over a specific protocol, you must configure a Sender element for that protocol in the Transport Service configuration file, cd_transport_conf.xml.