IBM BPM, V8.0.1, All platforms > Authoring services in Integration Designer > Services and service-related functions > Access external services with adapters > Configure and using adapters > IBM WebSphere Adapters > FTP > Plan for adapter implementation
Before you begin
Before you begin to set up and use WebSphere Adapter for FTP, you must possess a thorough understanding of business integration concepts, the capabilities, and requirements of the integration development tools and runtime environment you use.
To configure and use the adapter, you must understand and have experience with the following concepts, tools, and tasks:
- The business requirements of the solution you are building.
- Business integration concepts and models, including the SCA programming model.
- The capabilities provided by the integration development tools you use to build the solution. You must know how to use the tools to create modules, test components, and complete other integration tasks.
- The capabilities and requirements of the runtime environment you use for the integration solution. You must know how to configure and administer the host server and how to use the administrative console to set and modify property definitions, configure connections, and manage events.
- The File Transfer Protocol (FTP), the protocol for exchanging files over the Internet.
- The FTP server being used to access the files on a specific file system in your solution.