Setup FTP Connection to Pega 7 Exercise System

When running on a virtual machine as the Pega Exercise System, the PRPC 7 file system can be accessed using an FTP client application such as FileZilla to exchange files between the host system and the virtual machine.

• For more information on the Pega Academy Exercise Systems, see System Architect Essentials I (7.1) and Senior System Architect (7.1) in the Pega Academy course catalog.

1. Access the Virtual Machine running Pega 7 to Confirm that SFTP Server is Running
2. Using FileZilla FTP Client to open a Connection to the Pega 7 Virtual Machine
3. Obtaining the IP Address of the Pega 7 Virtual Machine

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• The Pega 7 Exercise System personal virtual server (PVS) is based on a virtual machine that uses Ubuntu as the operating system by default.
• Open the VMWare Player and click on the virtual machine name that you want to use.
• Then click on the link Edit virtual machine settings to review the network settings of the virtual machine.

• Clicking on Network Adapter will open a view showing the current network connection settings.
• In this example, the virtual machine is configured to use Host-only so that the virtual machine will be using an IP address in a 192.168 private network with the host operating system.

• Click on the Play virtual machine link to start the virtual machine and use the VMWare Player to access the command line. The default login credentials for pega 7 are:

• The following command can be used to confirm that the SFTP service is running.

netstat -nltup | more

• By default, the SFTP service should be running.

• A list of active TCP connections will be shown. Look for the one where the port shows 22 and the state shows LISTEN.
• The IP address 0.0.0.0 indicates that the FTP server is reachable at all of its IP addresses (if it has multiple interfaces).

• To further confirm that the SFTP server is running properly and that the architect/root users can be used to open a connection, run the following command:

sftp [email protected]

• To close the SFTP connection and to exit the program, enter: quit.

• The FileZilla client for Windows and Mac can be downloaded for free from the source below.

• Install the client and the run it. Navigate to File > Site Manager and add a new site by clicking on the New Site button.
• Enter the SFTP connection parameters as shown below.

• Click on the Connect button to open the connection.
• A message may appear, asking if the server SSL certificate should be trusted. Click on Yes to continue.
• FileZilla can now be used to navigate the file system of the virtual machine and to copy files to and from the host operating system.

• Note: FileZilla can also be used to set file permissions. Right-click on a directory or file and select File permissions from the context menu.

• The dialog can be used to set read, write and execute permissions for owners, groups and public.

• Note: If the Designer Studio or the FTP server are not reachable using the prpc hostname, the IP address of the virtual machine should be used instead.
• Open the VMWare command line and log into the virtual machine. For Linux based PVS, execute the command:

ifconfig -a

• In this case, the IP address that is used by the PVS virtual machine is 192.168.241.128.

• From the Windows or Mac host machine, confirm that the virtual machine is reachable by the given IP address.
• On Windows, open a command line window by clicking on the Start icon and entering cmd in the text box of the Windows menu.
• The cmd program should be listed at the top of the list under Programs.
• In the cmd window execute the ping command using the ip address that was obtained from the VM command line using the ifconfig command. Here it is, 192.168.241.128.

• If pinging the virtual machine was successful, continue with section 3 below. If not, it may be necessary to change the network settings of the VM in the VMWare Player (…NAT, Bridged).
• In addition, make sure that there are no firewall issues on the host machine.
• If the host machine is in a VPN, this could also cause problems with resolving the IP address of the VM.