To generate the FTP credentials for a customer, navigate to the Zendesk Super App:
Support Uploader option.Generate FTP user.This will trigger a pipeline to generate the user. Wait up to 5 minutes for an internal comment to be posted containing the FTP credentials.
If you do not see an update, please reach out to Support Operations via Slack for assistance.
To provide the credentials to the customer, please use the
General::Support Uploader macro, as it contains both the formatting to use and
links to explain how to utilize it.
In the macro's output, ensure you replace HOST, USERNAME and PASSWORD with
the values from the internal comment (made via the Zendesk Super App).
When the customer uploads files, an internal comment will be made on the ticket the FTP user was generated for. To access the file, use the same credentials generated previously.
If a customer using a Windows machine uploads any files, it's possible their FTP client may change the file slightly. See here
If the customer uploaded any archives, and you attempt to extract the archive, it may come up with an invalid format error:
$ tar --list -f gitlabsos.main-a_20230215115744.tar.gz
gzip: stdin: invalid compressed data--format violated
tar: Child returned status 1
tar: Error is not recoverable: exiting now
To resolve this, force dos2unix to run on the archive first:
dos2unix -f gitlabsos.main-a_20230215115744.tar.gz
When the ticket the FTP user was generated for is closed, the FTP user (and associated files) will automatically be removed completely.
There is not currently a US Federal Support Uploader. Please check back in the future for more information on it when it becomes available.
For details on using FTP to upload/download files, please see Support Uploader usage.