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The upload transports the collected inventory files to the HTTP / HTTPS endpoint configured by the setting Upload URL in the UPLOAD section of the settings. Depending on the implementation, it may be any of the following:
•Another RayVentory Scan Engine instance
•RayManageSoft Reporting Location
•RayVentory Reporting Location
RayVentory Scan Engine also supports the following upload locations:
•Local directory
•UNC folder path
•FTP address
An upload URL for the default configuration would look like http://myRayVentoryServerHostname/ManageSoftRL/inventories (when reusing the RayVentory / RayManagesoft Reporting Location) or http://myRayVentoryScanEngineHostname:port/ (when using HTTP Upload Server provided by the parent RayVentory Scan Engine instance).
An upload can be triggered by clicking on the Upload tile in the Notification Center. The button is only visible if the upload location is configured and any of the following is true:
•There are some pending uploads.
•The option to upload legacy discovery files is active AND the upload location for legacy discovery files is set.
The upload feature supports authentication by providing a username / password pair that is taken from the Windows type credentials from the credential store or the authentication by a client certificate. You can learn more about parent upload settings in the following chapter: Upload Location.
The parent upload server can be configured as a custom Microsoft IIS web service that is using anonymous authentication and allows HTTP PUT for compressed (.ndi.gz) and uncompressed NDI files (.ndi).