Security

ArcGIS Server can be configured to disallow administrative tasks from being conducted via REST. Is there something similar with an FME Flow that has a proxy server to do something similar--disallowing administrative logons via the proxy server (direct logon to FME Core machine only)?

Is TLS 1.3 supported for FME 2023.2.1?How do you go about finding this out? Thanks Keith

We currently have FME-supplied Flexnet running on a Windows server and would like to use the same daemon to licence another product. I have checked in the manual and the suggestion is that I simply need to tweak the other product licence file to point at a different port. However as the current Flexnet install does not show FME as he vendor file, when I try adding a vendor file it causes and error as it can’t find the FME licence file. I did put the other product’s licence file in the same folder as the FME file. I have also spotted a post that suggested adding the second products licence to the same file with FME pointing at the default port (27000) and the other product point at a second port. Can you advise what is the best approach? Thanks Chris

Hello, FME Desktop 2022.2.5, using OpenSSL 3.0.8.0, is being flagged by Defender as having three weaknesses: CVE-2023-0464, CVE-2023-0465 and CVE-2023-0466. I can't find anything here about these three: Is there anything known about them? CVE-2023-0465 and CVE-2023-0466 are being re-analyzed, so I appreciate that we need to wait for the outcome of that analysis, but CVE-2023-0464 could potentially be quite harmful. Thanks, Stefan

In case you missed it you can now access web connection and database connection details in python now. Using the SystemCaller and PythonCallers in the past have always enabled remote code execution but since FME 2023 now your connections are also exposed. Just a reminder to never run what you don’t trust.

Hi there, we are looking at making an OAuth2 connection so that we can pull back JSON files from our Asset Management System in TechOne so that we can then populate our SQL data. I thought FME Workbench would be a lot cleaner than using Python, however I am struggling to connect when setting up a web connection. I receive “an error has occurred” when testing. Out of the three requirements I am unable to set the third one, which is most important. This being grant_type in the body needs to be set to “client_credentials”. Is there any way to change this? I read that you can’t so trying to see if there is a workaround. I read online some are suggesting a REST API but not sure if that’s the way to go in FME Workbench. Regards, Josh

Hi all. Our FME Servers using version 2022.2.x have been running fine for over a year now, but suddenly (in the last month or so) the existing server apps have begun to fail, stating missing token permission to server and database connections as the cause. What’s causing this sudden change in behaviour ? The server apps have been running without problems until this started. Cheers. EDIT: It worked June 27 but failed June 28.

I am making a self service map generator workspace app. My want is to be able to verify a username by using either SSO/Windows authentication. then I have a script that has outputted all the groups and its users in our ArcPortal in a spreadsheet. so I can relate their username to the group they’re in which then I’ll use a testfilter as to what layers each group is allowed to use in their map. Unless there’s an easier way to go about this?

As we all know, FME supports use of Python in workbenches, either via PythonCaller, scripted parameters, etc. The risk I see though is, that unexperienced user or malicious insider could potentially run Python code with access to Operating System commands (os.system for example) and create some damages (delete shared data folder contents, remove some files or corrupt Engine host, map external drives and copy data there, etc., you name it). What are the best practices to restrict access to this type of Python modules? Is there any built-in functionality in FME Flow that could help to address this security concern?

Hi, I have a basic outline of how I would do this with FME Rest API, but wondering if anyone else has done it already in a comprehensive fashion, or whether Safe may have already created something for it? @siennaatsafe We are moving from Active Directory to Azure Active Directory (new name: Entra ID) in FME Flow. I just need to be able to move all user content and roles to a new AAD (new name: ME-ID) user. For instance: group: FME from AD already exists, but I am going to import group: FME from AAD and then switch all the content and role capabilities for all the underlying users. Happy to take anyone's learnings as well, just to ensure we don’t overlook anything? Cheers, Todd

Hi everyone, is there a way how to integrate Flow Apps through iframe into another web site page. There is a block in CORS setting Flow Apps strict-origin-when-cross-origin. Any idea? Kindly regards

I am starting with FME Server and can someone help me understand and learn I have a download process that runs on a virtual machine with Windows Server 2019 data center (Server 1) and it must write a file to a disk of another virtual machine that also has Windows Server 2019 data center (Server 2), but I gives permissions error. I understand that the process is executed with a user created in the FME Server, in this case of type System. My doubts are:Should the user created on the FME Server also be created as a user on Server 1 and have write permissions to the Server 2 disk? Should the user be changed in FME Server to Directory Server type or is it not necessary?

I am trying to create FME Flow backup in order to upgrade it to the newer version. Current version is FME Server 2020.2. I am getting the following error: Tried many times and cleaned drives a bit. Previous backup was about 100 Mb. So it should be more than enough space for the new backup: What can be wrong, how I can fix this? Thank you in advance.

I am trying to add a user to a Workspace in FME Flow 2023.1. I get a message ‘Parameter Validation Error’ when I click OK.

Hi I am not sure what to do at this stage and was wondering if anyone had any insight. I tried to enrol to do an online course and created an account using my work email. I have not received any emails to verify the account and I have tried to have a verification and password reset email sent with no luck either. I have sent an email to info@FME with no response as well. I tried to recover my old password from a FME account using my home email address as well with no response. Email addresses are correct, and I have check SPAM folders. Any suggestions on who to contact at this stage? Regards Mark

I have an FME role where I want all users assigned to it to be able to access all of the items in Repositories and Schedules by default. At this time (FME Flow 2023.2), it appears I have to add any newly published workspace or schedule to the role for users in that role to see it. Yes, I can “Select All” but our respositories and schedules are dynamic and it would be nice to “set it and forget it” rather than have to manually intervene on a regular basis. Is it possible? Hoping I am missing something.

I am using FME Flow 2021. Is there a way to add Active Directory User Names and credentials into FME Flow? Sort of like SSL/SSO with ArcGIS Enterprise. My goal would be to be able to use the same user credentials I use on our network for logging into FME Flow. Currently, my FME Flow has a domain user name, but the user names in FME Flow are built in.

We have successfully created a Web Connection for Microsoft SharePoint Online and had it authorise on FME Flow and workflows use a FeatureWriter to update list items in SharePoint. However, periodically (we suspect each day) an administrator will need to RDP to the server that hosts FME Flow, access the Web Application and Authorise the Web Connection otherwise workbenches error with the following message. 2024-2-12 09:46:10 | Microsoft SharePoint List Writer: Client-side error: '401 Client Error: Unauthorized for url: URL ' returned from SharePoint. Error message was: '' I have a suspicion that this is because as our FME Flow is hosted on-premise and is not configured for HTTPS. However, as the web connection maintains authorisation for a period of time I’m not 100% convinced. Has anybody experienced this behaviour in the past? How was it solved? We do have a ticket open with our infrastructure team to configure FME Flow for HTTPS and if this is the prime suspect then we can use this

Hi!I would like to get all database connections and additional information (e.g host, service name, username etc ) from FME REST API. I know that I can get all database connections with this request: https://FMEServerName/fmerest/v3/security/categories/NamedConnections/resources?limit=-1&offset=-1 it gives owner, display name, permissions, name, but not connection parametes. Is it somehow possible to get connection parameters as well? Thanks!

While trying to download this file https://downloads.safe.com/fme/2023/win64/fme-form-2023.2.2-b23781-win-x64.exe trend apex one antivirus regards it as malware.

I upgraded my Development machine Thursday, and install ran smooth, import of backup ran smooth. Checked settings and all appear to match up with Staging and Production, but unable to get Single-Sign-On to function again. Negotiation reported an error: "Failure unspecified at GSS-API level (Mechanism level: Encryption type RC4 with HMAC is not supported/enabled)". All three of my systems use the same Service-Account, and Staging and Prod have not issue, and Dev worked fine until the upgrade.

Hi all, What is the correct process to delete admins from FME Server. I deleted 3 fmeadmin users, testing before that any schedules or automations would be assigned to another user etc. Today many of our schedules who are owned by a completely different user are not working. They also don't work if I do a manual trigger. Recreating the schedule does work. Re-adding the user doesn't. I see in the Completed jobs that the schedules that ran before I deleted user have a reference to a Deleted user. I think the only way to fix this is to manually try to trigger each of our 25 job and recreate the schedule on acceptance and production. Any other ideas would be appreciated. And it would be interesting to know what is the correct procedure? Did I miss something? We are using Server 2021 but this server has been upgraded with an old backup since approx 2015 version.

I have a workbench that reads/writes CSV files to a network location. It works fine from my desktop but when published to FME Flow i get permission errors reading and writing. What user is FME Flow using to read/write to the network? any other workaround

Is this a bug in FME Flow 2023.1 Build 23619 - win64?

I want to encrypt generated output shapefile via PGP encryption in FME. How we can achieve this?