Configure Java VFS Service

The Java VFS Service is the next generation service for the virtual file system for the Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform.  This service is required for the following integrations:

• ADLS Gen2

• SFTP Connections

In future releases, it may be applied to other components of the platform, instead of VFS Service. For more information on the earlier version, see Configure VFS Service.

Configure

1. You can apply this change through the Admin Settings Page (recommended) or trifacta-conf.json. For more information, see Platform Configuration Methods.

2. Locate the following configuration:

   "java-vfs-service.enabled":true,
   "java-vfs-service.host":127.0.0.1,
   "java-vfs-service.port":41917,

   Parameter	Description
   enabled	Set this value to true to enable the Java VFS Service.
   host	Host of the Java VFS Service. This host is used to listen to requests from the Designer Cloud application. Leave this value as 127.0.0.1.
   port	Port number that Java VFS Service uses to communicate. This port number is used to listen to requests from the Designer Cloud application. Default value is 41917. This port must be opened on the Alteryx node. See System Ports.

3. Verify that the enabled parameter is set to true.

4. Locate the following properties. These properties define the address and port used by other services in the Designer Cloud Powered by Trifacta platform to communicate with the Java VFS Service:

   NOTE: These property values can differ with the host and port values specified above.

   "java-vfs-service.systemProperties.server.host": 127.0.0.1,
   "java-vfs-service.systemProperties.server.port": 41917,

   Parameter	Description
   host	Internal address of the Java VFS Service. This host is used to listen to requests from other platform services. Leave this value as 127.0.0.1.
   port	Port number that Java VFS Service uses to communicate with other platform services. Default value is 41917.

5. Save your changes and restart the platform.

Logging

You can configure how logging is managed for the VFS service. For more information on configuring logging for the VFS service, see Configure Logging for Services.