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Prepare Your Flare Connection

Before you create a Flare connection, complete these prerequisites. The Flare connector uses a Secure File Transfer Protocol (SFTP) staging area to transfer your content to Data 360 and requires Secure Shell (SSH) key authentication. Create a staging area, generate an SSH key pair, and gather your connection details. For instructions, see Working with a Staging Area

Find Your Username and Hostname

After you create the staging area, Data 360 provides a username and hostname. Madcap Flare requires this information when you create your Flare Destination.

  1. In Data 360, click Setup, and select Data Cloud Setup.
  2. From the left navigation menu, click Staging Area.
  3. From the staging area details page, locate the Username and Host Name.
  4. Copy and save these values in a secure location. You need them when configuring your Flare destination.

Configure Your Flare Target

Decide what content you want to upload to Data 360. Prepare the Flare content and note:

  • You will be publishing from an HTML5 target. Other target types are currently not supported.
  • Any topic not in the TOC associated with the HTML5 target is not included.
  • Any content not saved prior to publishing the target is not included.
  • Data 360 expects to receive a ZIP file containing the output of your HTML5 target. As Flare doesn't create this ZIP file as part of the target transformation, you need to add a Post Build Event to the HTML5 Target definition to create this ZIP file. Refer to MadCap's documentation for details.

Configure Your Flare Destination

In Flare, configure a destination to publish content to the Data 360 staging area.

  1. In Flare, open the Project Organizer and create a destination.
  2. Set the Type to SFTP.
  3. Enter the Host Name that you copied from the staging area.
  4. Set the Port to 22.
  5. Set the Connection Mode to Active.
  6. For Directory, enter public_html.
  7. Set Server Validation to No.
  8. For Authentication, select Private Key File and provide the path to the SSH Private Key file on your computer (see Generate an SSH Key Pair).
  9. In the Login Credentials section:
    • For Server, enter the Host Name from your Staging Area.
    • For Username, enter the Username from your Staging Area.
    • You can add a password. There is no requirement for it.

Next Steps

Set Up a Flare Connection

Create a Flare Unstructured Data Lake Object

Flare Connector Limitations