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Serv-U Database Integration guide
This article describes the Serv-U Database Integration.
First published date
7/29/2020 8:10 AM
Last published date
3/27/2025 3:55 PM
Overview
Serv-U is a file server that allows end-users to transfer files via FTP, FTPS, SFTP, web browsers, and mobile devices. Serv-U runs on either Windows or Linux and supports both IPv4 and IPv6 networks. In addition, it runs natively on both 32-bit and 64-bit versions of Windows and Linux, taking advantage of performance benefits inherent in 64-bit computing.
To authenticate end users Serv-U can use its own user database or an external collection of user and group information. The two types of external collections supported today are Windows Active Directory (on Windows-deployed servers only) and the relational databases accessible via ODBC. This article discusses the latter: how to use a relational database accessible via ODBC to provide Serv-U with user and group information.
Serv-U MFT Server supports integration with external database engines like Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and more. Serv-U requires only an ODBC connection name, username, and password to an empty database to integrate with any supported database engine. Windows provides ODBC functionality via the "Data Sources" menu in the control panel, where Linux provides this functionality via the "unixODBC" package, found in standard Linux repositories. Storing users in an ODBC database can provide much faster response times when user counts grow above several thousand, and also makes the user list accessible to back-end user provisioning systems.
This manual describes how to authenticate end-users with a relational database. Two common scenarios are covered:
To authenticate end users Serv-U can use its own user database or an external collection of user and group information. The two types of external collections supported today are Windows Active Directory (on Windows-deployed servers only) and the relational databases accessible via ODBC. This article discusses the latter: how to use a relational database accessible via ODBC to provide Serv-U with user and group information.
Serv-U MFT Server supports integration with external database engines like Microsoft SQL Server, MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle, and more. Serv-U requires only an ODBC connection name, username, and password to an empty database to integrate with any supported database engine. Windows provides ODBC functionality via the "Data Sources" menu in the control panel, where Linux provides this functionality via the "unixODBC" package, found in standard Linux repositories. Storing users in an ODBC database can provide much faster response times when user counts grow above several thousand, and also makes the user list accessible to back-end user provisioning systems.
This manual describes how to authenticate end-users with a relational database. Two common scenarios are covered:
- Serv-U Build a new database for its own use
- Serv-U connects to an existing database shared with other applications or services
Product section
Serv-U Managed File Transfer & Serv-U FTP Server
Resolution
See Serv-U Database Integration guide.
Notes: It was updated July 23, 2020 for 15.2.1 password hashing.
Notes: It was updated July 23, 2020 for 15.2.1 password hashing.