Edge Appliance supports the following methods to copy data to the appliance:
- SCP or SFTP for Microsoft Windows, Linux, and macOS.
- NFS share for Linux and macOS.
Data partitions
Edge Appliance has two directories that are exposed via NFS:
/mnt/ta_data
: Data copied into this directory is transferred to the Cloud Storage bucket specified at the time of ordering when the appliance is connected to the network./mnt/ta_local
: Data copied into this directory is not transferred to the Cloud Storage bucket. If data is left in this directory when the appliance is returned to Google, it is wiped when the appliance is sanitized.
The size of the directories is not fixed. Data can be copied into either directory until the disk is full.
Data in both directories is deleted if ta reset
is executed.
Both directories are encrypted.
Use SCP or SFTP to copy data
To copy data to the appliance using SCP or SFTP, follow these steps:
Microsoft Windows
Download an SCP or SFTP client that supports UTF-8 filenames, such as WinSCP.
Using the SCP tool, connect to the appliance using the following settings:
- File protocol: SFTP
- Host name: The IP address for the appliance.
- Port number: 22
- Username: The appliance username provided by the Transfer Appliance Team.
- Password: The appliance password provided by the Transfer Appliance Team.
The destination directory on the Transfer Appliance must be
/mnt/ta_data
.
Linux
Run the following command:
scp PATH_TO_FILES USERNAME@IP_ADDRESS:/mnt/ta_data
Replace the following:
PATH_TO_FILES
: The path to the files you are copying.USERNAME
: The appliance username provided by the Transfer Appliance Team.IP_ADDRESS
: The IP address for the appliance.
When prompted, enter the appliance password provided by the Transfer Appliance Team.
Apple macOS
Run the following command:
scp PATH_TO_FILES USERNAME@IP_ADDRESS:/mnt/ta_data
Replace the following:
PATH_TO_FILES
: The path to the files you are copying.USERNAME
: The appliance username provided by the Transfer Appliance Team.IP_ADDRESS
: The IP address for the appliance.
When prompted, enter the appliance password provided by the Transfer Appliance Team.
Use NFS share to copy data
To copy data to the appliance using NFS share, follow these steps:
To mount Transfer Appliance, run the following commands on your data source:
Linux
sudo mkdir /mnt/data sudo mount -o vers=4 IP_ADDRESS:/mnt/ta_data /mnt/data
Replace
IP_ADDRESS
with the IP address for the appliance.Apple macOS
cd ~ mkdir ta_data sudo mount -t nfs -o vers=4,resvport IP_ADDRESS:/mnt/ta_data ~/ta_data
Replace
IP_ADDRESS
with the IP address for the appliance.To copy data to the appliance, use a copy utility of your choice.
Copying data is a long-running operation. On Apple macOS or Linux, we recommend using
tmux
orscreen
to ensure the copy process survives logout or network disconnects.