Transfer data to your appliance

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

1. Download an SCP or SFTP client that supports UTF-8 filenames, such as WinSCP.

2. 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

1. 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.

2. When prompted, enter the appliance password provided by the Transfer Appliance Team.

Apple macOS

1. 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.

2. 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:

1. 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.

2. 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 or screen to ensure the copy process survives logout or network disconnects.