Hello, we would like to connect a vpn connection in a workspace in order to transmit some data from our folders found on our own server to another distant server. Is this possible with FME Desktop? We use Forticlient as a remote access. Thanks!

Hi @jessica_cadieux​ it is possible to use FME Desktop while connected to a VPN, can you elaborate a little further on your workflow like what kind of servers/formats you are working with. Thanks

@daraghatsafe​ we don't have a set workflow yet. But it would appear as a basic workflow (e.g. modifying data in a shapefile using the AttributeManager transformer). Instead of saving that shapefile in our folders, we would save it in a folder found on another server. To connect to other servers, we use a double vpn entry. First, connecting via FortiClient refering to an IP Address thanks to a remote gateway. Then, through a remote desktop connection (vpn_eg_2). We want to access the Files Explorer on the other computer.

Test by reading a file from the server or by writing a file to the server, and place the file location or destination when adding a reader or writer to the canvas.

This is the part we are trying to figure out. Do we add a esri shapefile Writer, and then adjust a specific parameter within? Or is there a Transformer that exist to connect to the different server?

FME can use a VPN connection, but it can’t create or manage the VPN itself, so you just need the tunnel active before the workspace runs. I’ve had fewer connection hiccups after switching my VPN setup to VPS hosting for VPN, since having my own dedicated IP made server access more predictable while running automated FME jobs.