Summary:
MassTransit 6.0 implements the automatic Active Directory account management feature that allows setting up MassTransit contacts, forwarding privileges and so on automatically, based on existing Active Directory groups.
MassTransit 6.0 implements the automatic Active Directory account management feature that allows setting up MassTransit contacts, forwarding privileges and so on automatically, based on existing Active Directory groups.
Apple frequently publishes updates to Mac OS X. Occasionally these updates make changes to the web setup that can break the web interface for MassTransit. This article describes how to ensure that MassTransit functions properly after updating your Mac OS X installation.
How does MassTransit handle permissions on Mac OS X?
Mac OS X uses Unix-style file and folder permissions. Read, write, and execute permissions can be enabled and disabled independently for the owner of the file, the group owner of the file, and for all users.
MassTransit Email Notifications can be configured to include the contact name, contact email address, date, time, and file transfer information such as number of files, length of transfer, and size of transfer. Tokens can be used in email subject lines and body text. These tokens are replaced with live text when the email is generated.
The tokens are case-sensitive and must be entered exactly as listed below.
$${{TokenName}}
Multiple tokens are also supported:
$${{TokenName}}$${{TokenName2}}
This is a document that outlines the procedure in which a MassTransit user analyze and report upon MassTransit file transfer data.
This document explains the process in which a MassTransit User may utilize the MySQL ODBC Connector in conjunction with Microsoft Excel and MySQL Server in order to analyse MassTransit file transfer data.
MassTransit Engine will not start after upgrading server to 10.4.4 and above.
Install or upgrade MassTransit 5.1 or 6.0 on Mac OS X Server 10.4.x Tiger. Launch MassTransit Engine.app and the icon bounces on the Dock and then stops, The message below appears in either a dialog box or your console window.
MassTransit[475]: SA_Exception [2002]: CreateDb: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/tmp/mysql.sock' (2)\n [DbManager]
The article describes how to configure and use the MySQL Administrator application for Macintosh in order to automate the backup of MassTransit Professional, Enterprise, Premier and Standard server Databases.
MassTransit 6.0.2 and later support transfers of files and folders with Unicode characters in TCP/IP and TCP/IP Secure file transfers. Polling and sending of Unicode files and folders is disabled by default, but can be enabled by adding the following line to the MassTransit.cfg file in the MassTransit application folder:
What is MassTransit Password Complexity?
For information about password complexity in MassTransit 7, please refer to Introduction page of the Web Client User Guide or to the Contacts page of the Server Configuration Guide.
Below are the general guidelines which may be used to determine the level of expected compression when utilizing MassTransit's lossless compression technology.
MassTransit uses industry-standard, lossless compression technology. [Note: MassTransit's compression technology is not proprietary.]
The level of compression which MassTransit provides will vary based on the type of file being transmitted.
This article describes factors that affect MassTransit performance, including CPU utilization, effects of compression on performance and TCP/IP network performance.
Periodic Event Actions are designed to trigger an action once per hour, daily, weekly or monthly. Under certain conditions it is possible for the action to trigger more than once.
If you edit and save an action that has already fired within the specified period, that action may trigger again. When you save the action, MassTransit reloads all the actions and re-initializes all of the time frames. Due to the re-initialization, MassTransit may detect that an action has not been triggered and it will trigger again.
What are Drop Folder Services and how are they configured?
Drop Folder Services further automate MassTransit's file delivery workflow by allowing the user to specify an alternate "drop" location for files to be delivered.
For delivery workflows of MassTransit 7 servers, please refer to the Workflows page of the MassTransit 7 documentation.
MassTransit provides support for AES-128 and AES-256 encryption algorithms that are recognized as industry standard. In order to utilize these new encryption methods while maintaining connectivity to legacy MassTransit servers, ensure that your server listen and client encryption request are compatible.
This article answers the question "What ports need to be opened through my firewall for the MassTransit Remote Administrator?"
In order for you to use the Remote Administrator function of MassTransit from behind a firewall you will need to have 2 ports opened. The default ports are as follows:
MassTransit is now supported in virtualized VMWare environments on Windows.
MassTransit 5.1 and later is certified to run in VMWare virtualization environments on Windows. System requirements for the virtualized environment in which MassTransit runs are unchanged. You should not see any performance problems provided that the VM host has adequate resources to run the additional guest VM.
Is it possible to have Simultaneous Uploads and Downloads Between Two MassTransit Servers?
MassTransit allows you to modify the variable that controls the auto-refresh rate of the Web Client log view window.
For information on how to modify the auto-refresh rate of the log view window for web clients of MassTransit 7 servers, please refer to MTWeb page of the MassTransit 7 documentation.
How Do I Configure a Firewall to Support Directory Services Outside the DMZ?
MassTransit 5.1 and later allows for authentication of application and web client contacts against Active Directory on Windows 2000 Server and greater. Because MassTransit systems may sit outside of an organization's firewall in the demilitarized zone (DMZ), it may be necessary to open the ports on a firewall to allow Active Directory queries to pass through without hindrance.
Ports Used by MassTransit
When launching MassTransit Enterprise or Professional, the following error message occurs at startup:
Missing Hardware Key
After dismissing the error dialog, MassTransit fails to open, returning the user to the desktop.
This message only appears where USB hardware keys are implemented.
This document provides instructions for installing MassTransit to run as a Windows service.
MassTransit Enterprise, Professional, and Satellite server may be configured to execute as a Windows service.
How do I uninstall the MassTransit Web Client Plug-In?
For information on how to uninstall the MassTransit 7 Web Client Plug-In, please refer to Introduction page of the Web Client 7 User Guide.
In MassTransit 4.5.1x20 and later versions, MassTransit runs as a service directly. This article describes the new method to install and uninstall MassTransit as a service. It also describes the enhanced scripting capabilities of MassTransit that result from this change.
There have been various security changes made to Windows XP operating system in Service Pack 2 including a new Windows firewall. This article answers questions on configuring MassTransit to run under Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Introduction
This article is written for customers who are using various flavors of MassTransit with a Windows XP operating system. It sheds light on the security enhancements made by Microsoft Corporation in Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2).
The directory services settings located within the MassTransitEngine.cfg file may be modified to search Organizational Units (OUs), as opposed to the default Active Directory "Users" folder.
How are FTP Clients for MassTransit Created?
MassTransit Server for Macintosh platforms can be configured to allow inbound FTP connections. Individual logins and FTP-related permissions are controlled via MassTransit's address book window.
The following procedure may be followed to add an individual FTP client:
1. From MassTransit's Address Book, click the "Add" button to create a new contact entry. The "Contact Information" window will appear.
MassTransit 6.0 offers the capability to specify actions that trigger on file and log events to only run when the filename, pathname, or log text meet particular rules. This feature allows you to better tailor actions to your workflow with out of the box capabilities.
The PDFs referenced below provide detailed instructions for configuring MassTransit 4.2 and later with supported web servers.
For MassTransit 6.0, these include IIS on Windows and Apache on Mac OS 10.5 Server.
For information on how to configure web servers for MassTransit 7, please refer to the Web Configuration section of the MassTransit 7 documentation.