Configuring a file listener associated with a storage repository
You can configure a file listener to monitor a specific folder in your repository and call a file service to process the files. With this configuration, you can better organize your files and create work items from a repository of related files. This task is specific to Pega Platform 7.4 and later.
The following table displays the supported types of file
repositories.
Repository type | On-premises systems | Pega Cloud Services | Configuration notes |
Pega Cloud File Storage | Not applicable | Default | Pega Cloud File Storage is the default repository configured and ready to use in applications running in Pega Cloud Services environments. |
Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, JFrog Artifactory | Supported | Supported | These repository types are not configured by default in Pega Platform. Configure a new repository. For more information, see Creating a repository. |
Local file system | Supported (recommended only when using a shared network storage) | Not supported | Local storage on nodes in Cloud is ephemeral. Therefore, data
that is stored in Cloud can be lost. For more information, see Creating a repository. |
Customized file repository | Not supported | Not supported | File listeners do not support custom repositories. |
For descriptions of configurable file listener property fields, see Using file listeners and Where, when, and whether file listeners start.
- Create a file listener and configure the following values:
- In the Source properties section, in the
Source location field, enter
file://<repository_name>:<optional_folder_path>
where <repository name> is the name of a repository. - In the Source name mask field, enter the type of file that matches the type of files that you want the listener to read and process.
- Adjust any other file listener settings that are appropriate for your application and enterprise requirements.
For more information, see Creating a file listener. - In the Source properties section, in the
Source location field, enter
- To ensure that your configuration is successful, test the file service. For more information, see Unit testing a Service File rule.
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