This document provides an overview of using Oracle Managed File Transfer (MFT) to handle large files with Oracle SOA Suite. It discusses how MFT can be used to transfer files between systems in a managed, secure, and reliable way using pass-by-reference. The presentation then demonstrates an example use case where a user submits a permit request and file attachments through a web form, and MFT is used to transfer the files to SOA and a file repository in the background without impacting performance. It also shows how the MFT composer can be used to set up transfers and how files can be monitored through the MFT dashboard.

1. Session CON8736
Handling Large Files with
Oracle SOA Suite and Managed
File Transfer Pass-by-Reference
Dave Berry, Oracle
Senior Manager, Integration Products
Robert van Molken, AMIS
Senior Oracle Integration Specialist
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4. Program Agenda
 What is MFT and why you need it?
 Functional Use Cases
 Real World Use Case and Demo
 Discussion
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5. The growing problem with FTP in the enterprise
Lack of control, visibility, security & reliability
Manufacturing
Design partners
 Uncontrolled proliferation
of FTP servers & clients
Product
specifications
 No global visibility into
exchange of crucial data files
– including customer data
Distributors
Legal
firm
Catalogs
Enterprise
Media
(photos,
videos)
PR company
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Contracts
Employee
Records
HR consulting
firm
 Not integrated with
enterprise security
standards: FTP servers are
rarely integrated with
directories
 Single points of failure: FTP
servers rarely offer HA
capabilities

6. What Is Managed File Transfer?
Market Maturing, Consolidating and approaching $1B annually
 Simple and Secure End-to-End Managed File Gateway
– Large files, encryption, auditing, monitoring, pass-by-reference
 Standards Based Middleware Integrations
– (s)FTP, SOA, B2B, Service Bus, Web Services …
 Lightweight Web based Design Time Interface
– Easily build, edit and deploy end-to-end transfers
 Additional Characteristics
– Scheduling, Embedded sFTP server, FTP proxy, no transformations
– Advanced Management: Pause, Resume, Resubmit
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7. Oracle MFT Feature Set
 Core
– “Embedded” FTP(S)/SSH, FTP / FTP-SSL / SSH
server
 File Delivery
– Very Large Files ~ 500GB+
– Pass by Reference FTP or File, Inline
– File transfer auditing
– Scheduling and Auto Retry
– Extensible framework – pre/post processing
– Pause and Resume Target endpoints
– HA clustering
– HTTP, JCA, FTP, In-memory
– SOA/B2B integration and delivery headers
– Notifications
– Scalable architecture
– Actions
 Monitoring and Management
– Web UI: Managed Server
 Designer, Monitor, Administration
– Enterprise Manager: Admin Server
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– Zip Compress/Decompress
– PGP Encrypt/Decrypt
– Callouts
– Archive, Delete, Move, Custom

8. MFT Use Cases
Use Case Categories
 Internal Business Integrations
– Application to Application File sharing: SOA/SB integrations
 External Partner Integrations
– (s)FTP File gateway outside firewall. B2B integration, EDI ...
 COTS/Cloud
– OOTB End-to-end delivery channel, A2A …
 Other
– File management beyond business integration.
– Media, software delivery, smart phones …
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9. MFT Functional Use Case Patterns
MFT
Chained
Fan Out
Direct
MFT
MFT
MFT
MFT
SOA
MFT
Direct
Indirect
SOA
SOA
MFT
MFT
B2B
B2B
SOA
MFT
MFT
MFT
B2B
Direct
MFT
B2B
Enterprise
Hybrid
MFT
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B2B
SOA
MFT
MFT

10. Web-based UI Functionality (MFT UI + EM)
 Design Configuration
– Set up Transfers, Sources, Targets
 Monitoring and Operations Console
– Application-level functionality, diagnosis, resubmit …
– Dashboard: Metrics, Find File, Activity Deliveries, Recent Errors, Flow instance Reports
 System Administration/EM
– System-level functionality, Server Parameters, EXP/IMP …
 JDeveloper Bindings
– Composite Bindings/BPEL Services
 Enterprise Manager
– MFT App Configuration, Mbeans, global defaults
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11. MFT JDeveloper Binding
Integrated MFT JDeveloper Component
• SOA Browse and MFT
• Creates an SOA SCA Reference to MFT
• MFT Browse and Consume SOA
• Creates an SOA SCA Service from MFT
MFT
SOA
SOA
MFT
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Composite
Bindings
BPEL Services

12. Transfer Flow Design
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13. Runtime Transfer Flow Report
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14. Monitoring Dashboard
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15. Transfer Report
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16. Partner Profile
 Robert van Mölken
 Specialist in SOA Suite & OSB since 2007
 Oracle SOA Suite 12c and MFT Beta tester
 Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/rvmolken
 Blog: technology.amis.nl
 Twitter: @robertvanmolken
 AMIS was founded in 1991
 90+ employees & 1000+ years Oracle expertise
 2 ACE directors
3 ACEs
 Oracle specialized partner in Database, SOA en ADF
 Oracle Middleware partner 2011 & 2013
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17. MFT Real World Use Case Overview
Title
Requesting building permit by submitting web form and (required) attachments
Scenario
A person or company can request a building permit online. When submitting the web form a minimum
of one attachment is included. The web form data is send to a web service (SOA Suite) which creates
a new case in the backend. The uploaded files are saved to a file share where the final MFT picks
them up and transfers them separately to a second SOA Suite web service based on MFT service
definition. The received file references are correlated to the case and are passed to Webcenter
Content. Webcenter Content, which is the final destination, downloads the referenced files.
Business Value
Keep large files from interrupting transactions and gobbling system resources
Features
1.
2.
3.
Transfer files by using Pass-By-Reference
File content is not visible in instance tracing and secured with user account
Transferred files can be monitored and resubmitted if a transaction has failed
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18. MFT Real World Use Case Details
Customer Requirements
 Submit large files
– Submit web form with max 10 attachments with each 20Mb max file size
 Performance
– Processing form data and attachment should not impact performance of
transactions and system resources
 Security
– Files should only be accessed by authorized personal / system integrators
– Files should only be stored in Webcenter Content
 Track and Trace
– Transferred files should be monitored and able to resubmit when failed
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19. MFT Real World Use Case Details
Oracle Managed File Transfer Objectives
 Consolidate ad-hoc FTP transfers into a managed, fully audited and HA platform
 Working with Design Partners and Beta customers on a new Oracle 12c product to address
high demand for a well integrated MFT solution
 Handle large files with flexible payload semantics including pass-by-reference for just-in-time
file processing
 Easy to use Web Based Design and Runtime environment
 Deliver extensible framework allowing custom callout file manipulation
Target
Source
FTP/File
System
MFT
Domain
SOA
Domain
MFT
By Ref
______
______
______
______
SOAP
MFT
File
store
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______
______
______
______
SOA

20. MFT Real World Use Case Details
Architecture
 Front-end
– ADF Web / Mobile Application with Web Forms
 Network File Share
– File store for files uploaded when sending Web Form
 SOA Suite
– Web services for Case and Document management
 Database
– PL/SQL packages for storing/selecting Case data
 Managed File Transfer (MFT)
– Transfer files, uploaded through Front-end, to DocumentService (Pass-By-Reference)
 Webcenter Content
– Collect and store files from MFT using received reference
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21. MFT Real World Use Case Details
Architecture
SCA Composite
BPEL
CaseProcess
BPEL
Document
Process
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22. MFT Demo: Frontend > FTP > SOA > Repository
Scenario
eGoverment, a citizen request a building permit and adds some required documents as attachments. The requested
permit is then received and processed using a SOA Suite Composite service. This SCA composites uses a BPEL
process to create a case and it spawns, per attached document, a second BPEL process. This BPEL process uses an
intermediate web service binding to receive the uploaded files (pass-by-reference) from MFT. Using correlation the
files, send by MFT, can be matched to the correct permit. Using a third web service the file references are downloaded
en saved to a file-based repository.
Features
1.
MFT Composer: create and deploy MFT Transfer artifacts. 1 Source + 1 Target.
2.
MFT Server: transfer files from FTP Server to file system and creates instance data
3.
MFT Dashboard: shows transfer results and “Find File” portlet
4.
HTML5 Frontend: fill in web form and send data to SOA Suite Composite web service
5.
BPEL Process w/ intermediate MFT Binding: process waits till it receives service call from MFT
6.
File Repository: the received file(s) are downloaded, by SOA Suite, to a second environment
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23. MFT Demo: Managed File Transfer
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24. MFT Demo: HTML5 Frontend
JDeveloper 12c HTML5 Editor
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HTML5 Frontend

25. MFT Demo: JDEV with MFT Binding
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26. Q&A
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